Firefighters battle a blaze in a residential area of Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second city which has been under Russian bombardment since the war began.
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Washington’s policy shift will change the dynamics of the battle for Ukraine’s second city.
Undocumented migrants in Jacumba, Calif., are detained by U.S. Border Patrol officers on June 4, 2024.
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Biden’s executive order won’t apply to undocumented minors who enter the US alone. And the order will require the help of Mexico and other countries.
Asylum-seekers at the Rio Grande near the U.S.-Mexico border in Matamoros, Mexico, on May 11, 2023.
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When a COVID-19-era policy was set to expire in May 2023, Republican officials predicted that the US-Mexico border would be overrun with migrants. That didn’t happen.
President Joe Biden meets with campaign volunteers and their families at a community center in Racine, Wis.
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Wisconsin voters elected conservative and liberal politicians in almost equal numbers from 2008 to 2022 − in this election, issues such as abortion, the economy and immigration are key for voters.
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The stark reality is the United States has never been one country. And Trump is better than anyone at exploiting that.
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A selection of our coverage of the conflict in Gaza from the past fortnight.
Isolated: international support for Israel and its prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has faltered since the assault on Gaza began in October 2023.
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The brutality of Israel’s assault on Gaza and the failure to secure the release of the October 7 hostages have left the Israeli prime minister with few friends domestically or internationally.
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A selection of our coverage of the conflict from the past fortnight.
Kharkiv has come under almost daily aerial attack since the full-scale war began two years ago.
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Ferocity of Moscow’s offensive against Ukraine’s second city appears to be prompting a rethink among Ukraine’s western allies.
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The US initially supported the court’s creation, but has had ambivalent feelings towards it ever since then.
Somali Americans cast their early votes at the Lansing city clerk’s office on November 2, 2020, in Lansing, Michigan.
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Since 1992, Michigan voted reliably for Democratic presidential candidates. Then Donald Trump won the state in 2016, followed by Biden’s 2020 win in the state. Michigan is a ‘battleground state.’
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Hispanic and Latino voters have tended to vote Democrat in previous US presidential elections.
Hundreds of BYD vehicles wait at a port in Suzhou, China, to ship out.
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The early timing of Biden’s move, changing supply chains and national security fears suggest the tariffs might work this time, at least for a while.
Electric cars inside a Leapmotor showroom in Beijing, China.
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The US president is ramping up tariffs on Chinese-made products, including a 100% border tax on electric cars.
Israeli soldiers gather near the border fence with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel this week.
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The longer the war drags on, the more it has highlighted the fact that Israel has no long-term strategy for living side-by-side with its Palestinian neighbours.
Canadian police and television reporters gather outside the rapper Drake’s Toronto mansion after a shooting there in May 2024.
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Since rap’s emergence, artists have boasted about themselves in ways that were funny and sometimes violent, vulgar and sexist. The popularity of the music and its exploitation can be dangerous.
Protesters across the street from the Democratic National Convention in Chicago in 1968.
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There are many parallels between 1968 and today: an unpopular war, a vulnerable Democratic presidential candidate and a divided America.
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A selection of our coverage of the conflict from the past fortnight.
An unhoused resident sleeps on the street on Dec. 18, 2023, in Austin, Texas.
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Eliminating poverty has not been a major campaign issue during the 2024 presidential campaign.
Keeping faith: Volodymyr Zelensky poses for a selfie with Ukrainian troops near the frontlines in Chasiv Yar.
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The impact of the massive US aid package approved last month has yet to be felt on the battlefield.