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Yesterday — 21 December 2024Main stream

How Canada’s Voters Turned on Justin Trudeau

21 December 2024 at 18:01
Canada’s prime minister gained global renown 10 years ago for his unabashedly progressive politics. But at home, voters turned sour on him long ago.

© Chris Wattie/Reuters

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada walking to the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa.

Jagmeet Singh, Key Trudeau Ally, Abandons Him in Fresh Blow to Canada’s Government

21 December 2024 at 04:41
The leader of the party that supported Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party vowed to bring down the government, saying Mr. Trudeau had failed Canada.

© Cole Burston for The New York Times

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during a cabinet swearing-in ceremony on Friday in Ottawa.

Australia Targets China’s Influence With Deals in Pacific Islands

21 December 2024 at 00:01
In separate agreements with Nauru, Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands, Australia is attempting to edge out China’s influence in the region.

© Lukas Coch/EPA, via Shutterstock

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of Australia announcing a deal on Friday to help the Solomon Islands expand its police force.
Before yesterdayMain stream

Senior U.S. Diplomats in Syria to Meet With Governing Militias

The U.S. officials planned to discuss governance and look for signs of Austin Tice, a missing American journalist, as well as other U.S. citizens.

© Nicole Tung for The New York Times

A rebel fighter with Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the most powerful militia group in Syria, at a presidential palace in the capital, Damascus.

Zelensky Raises Prospect of European Peacekeepers in Ukraine

But many European leaders say that with no sign that Russia is interested in peace, it is too early to discuss the presence of peacekeeping forces.

© Mauricio Lima for The New York Times

A destroyed Ukrainian tank hit by a Russian drone last May remained in pieces alongside the road between villages not far from the front line in the Kharkiv region, in northern Ukraine, this month.

More Than Twice as Many U.S. Troops Are in Syria as Previously Disclosed

20 December 2024 at 11:15
A Pentagon spokesman said the increase was unrelated to the fall of President Bashar al-Assad to rebel forces in early December.

© Lolita Baldor/Associated Press

The Pentagon has said that the troops in Syria are scattered among several bases, including al-Tanf, on the Syria-Iraq border.

Putin Glosses Over Russian Setbacks, Including Syria

20 December 2024 at 00:51
The Russian president, in a marathon annual news conference, said that he had not yet met with Bashar al-Assad, the ousted Syrian leader who fled to Moscow, but that he planned to.

© Maxim Shemetov/Reuters

President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia at his year-end news conference in Moscow, which has become an annual ritual.

‘Pandas Become the Bait’: How China Seeks Influence in U.S. Cities

Records and interviews show that Beijing has used pandas as leverage to shape policy on Taiwan and to cultivate relationships with local U.S. politicians.

© Ariana Drehsler for The New York Times

Chinese and Californian officials at a ribbon-cutting ceremony in August at the San Diego Zoo.

Europe Has a Leadership Vacuum. How Will it Handle Trump?

With Germany and France both in political turmoil, the new administration of Donald J. Trump will begin at a time of instability for the continent.

© James Hill for The New York Times

U.S. President-elect Donald J. Trump, left, with President Emmanuel Macron of France, center, and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine in Paris last week.

Killing of Russian General Sends a Message, but Doesn’t Change the War for Ukraine

19 December 2024 at 00:11
Ukraine’s forces are steadily losing ground on the battlefield. The assassination of a top general in Moscow won’t improve their war effort, analysts and Western officials say.

© Associated Press

Men loading the body of a Russian general, Igor Kirillov, onto a bus after he and an aide were killed on a Moscow street on Tuesday.

American Kitchens Face an Uncertain Mix: Olive Oil and Tariffs

18 December 2024 at 22:55
Trump hasn’t said whether he’ll move against imported foods, but the effects on oil producers and consumers are already being debated.

© Francesco Guerra for The New York Times

Bottled European olive oil was targeted for tariffs during the first Trump administration.
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