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Monday Briefing: A Deadly Strike on the Israel-Lebanon Border
Plus, Venezuela’s election and the Olympics’ first weekend
By Whet Moser
Plus, Venezuela’s election and the Olympics’ first weekend
By Whet Moser
The two governments said the moves were a response to growing aggression by China, whose rapid military buildup has many leaders worried.
By Edward Wong
The partial lifting of a communications blackout is providing a picture of the young victims of a brutal crackdown on protesters. Thousands of others have been swept into jails.
By Mujib Mashal and Saif Hasnat
The U.S. secretary of state pressed China’s top foreign policy official on Beijing’s support for Russia’s efforts to rebuild its military industries during the Ukraine war.
By Edward Wong
It’s highly unusual for the nation’s authorities to publicly acknowledge a leak from the command, which is one of South Korea’s top two spy agencies.
By Choe Sang-Hun
Zhang Yufei, one of 23 athletes who tested positive for a banned substance before the last Olympics, said China did not allow doping, and offered a window into the stress the accusations have caused.
By Jenny Vrentas
Here is what we know about the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee’s views on issues like migration and the wars in Ukraine and Gaza.
By Eve Sampson
The former president met with the Israeli leader in Florida, a day after his main opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, and he both criticized Israel’s conduct of the war.
By Michael Gold and Matthew Mpoke Bigg
In Paris, Chinese swimmers have been under extra scrutiny by doping watchdogs, but that hasn’t satisfied competitors like American star Caeleb Dressel.
By Jenny Vrentas and Tariq Panja
Asian officials will press Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken about the former president and about Kamala Harris as he visits the region.
By Edward Wong
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