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In one of their deadliest attacks yet on Russian forces, Ukrainians used American-made rockets to kill dozens — and perhaps hundreds — of Moscow’s troops in a New Year’s Day strike behind...

VATICAN CITY — As thousands of Roman Catholics flowed into St. Peter’s Basilica on Monday morning to see Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI lie in state and pay their last respects, bereft conservatives...

A hotel in Kyiv, Ukraine, was heavily damaged after being hit in a Russian strike on Saturday.Credit...Laura Boushnak for The New York TimesKYIV, Ukraine — As small crowds gathered on Saturday at...

A cruise through the glittering blue waters from Auckland to Sydney should have been a holiday-season highlight for passengers, many of whom had saved years for it.Instead of making stops along the...

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva took the reins of the Brazilian government on Sunday in an elaborate inauguration, complete with a motorcade, music festival and hundreds of thousands of supporters filling...

MASHPEE, Mass. — Ashley K. Fisher walked to the edge of the boat, pulled on a pair of thick black waders, and jumped into the river to search for the dead.She soon...

In September, the chip giant Intel gathered officials at a patch of land near Columbus, Ohio, where it pledged to invest at least $20 billion in two new factories to make semiconductors.A...

SEOUL — North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, vowed to expand his country’s nuclear capabilities against rival South Korea​ “exponentially,​”​ indicating that he would escalate his military brinkmanship in the new year ​despite...

The clerical sex abuse scandal broke under Pope John Paul II in the years that Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger — who would later become Pope Benedict XVI — headed the Vatican’s doctrinal office,...

A hotel in Kyiv, Ukraine, was heavily damaged after being hit in a Russian strike on Saturday.Credit...Laura Boushnak for The New York TimesKYIV, Ukraine — As small crowds gathered on Saturday at...