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A spending freeze could disrupt systems that warn communities when eruptions appear imminent. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/8nMEwFt

On a nearly two-week reporting trip to the island, one Times reporter made time for exercise and ice fishing. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/TINWwHn

Underneath diplomatic pleasantries, President Trump and Prime Minister Keir Starmer were expected to have some difficult conversations about the future of Ukraine. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/RQP0EfM

On a nearly two-week reporting trip to the island, one Times reporter made time for exercise and ice fishing. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/Ru4rVae

China dominates in critical minerals, and President Trump has turned to high-pressure tactics to acquire them. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/EmaQ17j

One scene from the video, whose origins are unclear, shows President Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sitting shirtless at a pool with drinks. Hamas condemned it as ‘disgraceful.’ from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/7auLHfU

Plus, the microphone turns 100. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/sZ9Q6th

Understanding the Alternative for Germany’s success in Sunday’s elections. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/CroGTwX

The United States voted against a resolution, backed by most of Europe, demanding Russian withdrawal from Ukraine — a deep fissure between allies, and a sharp shift in American policy. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/jd26qnY

Peter and Barbie Reynolds were arrested on Feb. 1, their children told U.K. news outlets. The couple had run an education company in Afghanistan for almost two decades. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/7m1M3bi

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The collective shunning of the AfD party is part of a longstanding attempt to blunt its move into the mainstream. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/Cmo3b5U

Friedrich Merz, leader of the conservative Christian Democratic Union, has vowed to bring stronger leadership in Europe at a time when the new Trump administration has sowed anxiety on the continent. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/WrbCUhV

Israel’s defense minister, Israel Katz, said that 40,000 Palestinian residents displaced from militant hotbeds would not be allowed to return to their homes. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/7PSWNqy

A French convict was arrested in Romania months after he had been freed in a brazen daytime ambush that killed two prison guards, authorities said. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/RlPKCAv

France’s president, Emmanuel Macron, said there was “no doubt” that the stabbing was a terrorist attack, and the police are investigating it as such. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/2HoAbqs

France’s president, Emmanuel Macron, said there was “no doubt” that the stabbing was a terrorist attack, and the police are investigating it as such. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/xdnL75b

President Trump on Friday said the Ukrainian president had been negotiating “with no cards” and did not need to participate in all the diplomatic meetings to end the war. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/zt0P97E

The pandemic was declared in March 2020, shutting down travel for months. How did the lockdowns, and then the surge in demand, change the way you travel? from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/ZA2FJbg

As the pope enters his second week in a Rome hospital with a lung infection, his physicians said his condition was critical but not immediately life-threatening. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/ELASmo9

A giant hole opened up on a street in Surrey, southwest of London, forcing evacuations and leaving a car teetering on the edge. The cause was unknown. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/4OUbWPs

Lawyers representing one of the soldiers said they have presented arguments that deny the charges against the reservists. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/hDPs08a

The Trump administration has said little about the Venezuelan men who were transferred from Texas to the U.S. military base in Cuba. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/CEOfrkA

Plus, the women leading R&B’s new wave. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/detMzPL

Left out of a meeting between American and Saudi officials, the Ukrainian leader also canceled a trip to Riyadh. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/U6Gs2YI

Hamas said it would turn over the bodies of the boys, Ariel Bibas and his baby brother, Kfir, and their mother. Israel was expected to release Palestinian prisoners in exchange. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/iBvHMGw

Plus, the jury’s out on meat alternatives. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/rQbPEMg

The airport said on social media that emergency teams were responding and that all passengers and crew were accounted for. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/oHjxNFd

Bringing Canada into the United States, however farcical the prospect may seem, would alter the political map in a way likely to cost Republicans. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/sgkGozh

Muhsin Hendricks was credited by some as being the world’s first openly gay imam and helped Muslims reconcile their faith with their sexual identity. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/1w4hcEB

A diplomatic scramble over Ukraine. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/rCGPyWw

Prime Minister Keir Starmer said for the first time on Sunday that he was “ready and willing” to deploy troops to help guarantee Ukraine’s security. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/pd9eQHj

Plus, searching for ISIS’s forgotten victims. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/73yLhH0

The American president’s foreign policy, and a divisive speech by his vice president, drew attention away from an attack by a refugee that some expected would fan political tensions over migration. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/40PQfsR

The move, quickly seized upon by his political rivals, was the latest in a series that Javier Milei has made that seem to mirror President Trump. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/Xugfdvp

Crowds had swelled because trains bound for the Kumbh Mela, the world’s largest religious festival, had been delayed, according to local media. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/9bIsZHT

Vice President JD Vance and Elon Musk have challenged decades-long approaches to political extremism that were designed to prevent another Hitler. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/rxlNkH2

The couple last posted online from Iran in early January. Britain’s foreign office confirmed their detention after Iranian reports about British nationals accused of “security crimes.” from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/EPDtZ8h

U.S. funding for the promotion of democracy has been frozen, disrupting the work of groups that expose abuses in China. Chinese nationalists are celebrating. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/DB9dYoH

After an apparent drone strike blew a hole in the protective shell, there is an urgent need to patch what covers the wreckage of the world’s worst nuclear accident. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/bxUPOzR

Diplomats at the Munich Security Conference were uttering “appeasement,” with all its historical resonance, to describe the Trump administration’s approach to negotiations to end the war in Ukraine. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/EDO10ho

Plus, “Saturday Night Live” turns 50. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/R65pVGA

President Trump has made it clear that he is pushing for an end to the war in Ukraine. The move has left Europe worried that it, and Ukraine, could be left out as he negotiates with Russia’s leader, Vladimir V. Putin. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/i0I73nx

The president said advisers would devise new tariff levels reflecting countries’ tariffs, taxes, subsidies and other policies affecting trade with the United States. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/jJPgT3Z

Products must state if they contain chemicals tied to cancer or other risks. As a result, manufacturers have pulled back from using the chemicals, researchers found. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/sCncxye

Aleksandr G. Lukashenko, Belarus’s autocratic president and Russia’s closest ally, has taken steps to soften his country’s isolation from the West. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/iY9mXvl

The plan by the far-right Freedom Party to run Austria was halted by a disagreement over who would lead the all-important Interior Ministry. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/yU2Fmvc

Scores of people suspected of being affiliated with the resurgent mob were arrested Tuesday during overnight raids in Palermo and the surrounding area. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/0LfqKIy

His remarks came in a meeting with King Abdullah II of Jordan, who demurred when asked by reporters about the idea and said the two nations should consult with other Arab nations, including Egypt. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/Dri6LXP

Taking over the enclave, forcing Palestinians to leave and preventing them from returning would be clear violations of international law, experts say. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/PdBjzUF

The book on which she collaborated with two fellow feminists drew global attention to the repression of women under their country’s dictatorship. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/4BDaW0O

Stalling the next release of hostages from the Gaza Strip, scheduled for the coming weekend, raises new challenges for the already tenuous six-week truce and chances for a lasting end to the war. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/TIZdCoY

Shortly before the president said he would have to clear unexploded bombs to redevelop Gaza, he ordered all U.S.-funded demining groups globally to stop their work. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/ni80UbK

Critics say a Trump administration order calls into question the United States’ global standing and reliability. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/zlp8qbW

Dominique Pelicot became notorious after being convicted of drugging his wife and inviting strangers to rape her. Police say his crimes may have started long before. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/uaLzXgb

China produces a vast number of STEM graduates, but it hasn’t been known for innovation. Cultural and political factors may help explain why. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/rocTtIj

Plus, a study in swearing. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/EBHTPJk

The 7.6-magnitude tremor struck south of the Cayman Islands on Saturday. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/7Pfwgvm

At a gathering in Madrid, members of Europe’s far-right parties set aside any trepidation they might have about President Trump’s threats, and instead focused on a common enemy — the European Union. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/d5H03Y7

President Biden announced the arms sales at the end of his administration, and President Trump is pushing it soon after his meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/GulmWnJ

A stream south of the Argentine capital turned a freakish vermilion this week, prompting concerns about pollution. Officials said it could be the result of “some type of organic dye.” from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/rh8FbyB

The Israelis were identified as Eli Sharabi, Or Levy and Ohad Ben-Ami, all of whom were abducted during the 2023 Hamas-led attack. Israel is expected to let dozens of Palestinian prisoners go in return. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/jlxED5s

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, in a talk with business leaders, said Canada’s wealth of critical minerals are behind Mr. Trump’s comments about making its northern neighbor a U.S. state. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/EAOYUzR

Britain’s government confirmed Friday that the tower block in London, where 72 people died, would be demolished, provoking a combination of anger and relief from survivors and bereaved families. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/83IuJNA

The animals’ complex songs share structural patterns with human language that may make them easier for whales to learn, a new study suggests. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/gvT193B

By using a fiber-optic cable to detect tiny vibrations a mile below the surface, scientists discovered a surprising way that ice sheets move. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/tHlWGVJ

President Trump’s desire to engage in negotiations is a turnabout from his first term, when he often derided former President Barack Obama for agreeing to a nuclear deal with Iran. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/d0fc4Wn

Experts say a proposal to move all Palestinians out of Gaza and remake it as a U.S. territory would be time-consuming, extraordinarily costly and probably a violation of international law. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/DG5nVt8

The vote clears the way for final approval of France’s 2025 budget, easing concerns about the country’s political turmoil — but not ending them. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/Cj3qgZ7

The Canadian and Mexican leaders negotiated with President Trump in diverging ways. In the end, they both secured an outcome they could present as victories back home. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/j3XqRHD

In perhaps the quirkiest election in sports, seven officials are vying for the powerful position of president of the International Olympic Committee. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/Y4Vu3GA

Plus, the best and worst moments at the Grammys. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/ndxtMTb

As Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel prepares to meet with President Trump, the question of whether to strike Iran’s facilities or negotiate with Tehran appears certain to be under debate. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/Qz0vgE2

President Trump’s tariffs will have major effects on Mexico’s auto industry, agriculture and energy, but the country has some means for responding. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/tHnJqN5

Plus, a lobster war in Nova Scotia. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/aRikE8f

Mr. Trump is trying use tariffs to force Mexico to better guard its border with the United States, but Mexican officials say the tariffs will only hurt both countries. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/prudgme

Lifesaving treatment and prevention programs for tuberculosis, malaria, H.I.V. and other diseases cannot access funds to continue work. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/JnQm7eK