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Live updates: First tsunami waves reach West Coast after 8.8-magnitude Russian quake

The year’s strongest earthquake struck off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, triggering tsunami warnings in the U.S. West Coast, Hawaii, Japan and across the Pacific....

Earthquake off Russia’s coast is among strongest ever recorded

The 8.8-magnitude earthquake that struck Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula could be among the six strongest on record, according to U.S. geological authorities....

60,000 Gazans have been killed. 18,500 were children. These are their names.

Palestinian children have been killed at a rate of more than one per hour since the war began....

What to do if there’s a tsunami warning

Tsunami warnings have been issued for the U.S. West Coast and countries across the Pacific, including Japan. Here’s what to know if you receive one....

Japan Meteorological Agency warns of waves as high as 10 feet

More than 60,000 people killed in Gaza war, local health officials say

The toll announced by the Gaza Health Ministry is likely to be an undercount as Israel pursues its war and starvation spreads....

Russian strikes on Ukraine kill dozens, despite Trump push for ceasefire

The overnight attacks came after President Donald Trump expressed frustration with Russian President Vladimir Putin and brought closer the deadline for a ceasefire....

Trump-E.U. trade accord will raise cost of many U.S. imports

The preliminary deal imposes 15 percent tariffs on most E.U. goods, averts a trade war and leaves many details unresolved, including on wine and spirits. Here are industries on the line....

Warming oceans drive tuna from Pacific islands

Climate change poses an existential threat to Tuvalu. Not only are rising seas causing people to leave, but warming waters are forcing out tuna, the lifeblood of the economy....

Trump administration to destroy birth control intended as aid

Belgium, the United Nations and aid groups say they have offered to save $9.7 million in supplies kept in a Belgian warehouse....

Iran’s leaders reach back to pre-Islamic times to stoke nationalism

Officials in the Islamic republic are seeking to rally a population rattled by war and increasingly averse to the Muslim theocracy’s dominant ideology....

Binge, borrow and deal: Europe digs deep to buy U.S. arms for Ukraine

European nations like Germany and Norway say they will spend billions on U.S. weapons for Ukraine under a deal with the Trump administration....

Russia rules out Putin-Zelensky meeting until end of peace talks

The announcement appears to preclude any kind of top-level meeting or breakthrough ahead of the 50-day deadline for an agreement given by President Donald Trump....

A minister’s death tells Russia’s elite it is no longer untouchable

Starovoit’s apparent suicide suggests fundamental changes inside the Kremlin, where high-level officials caught in corruption cases were once allowed to flee the country....

Plane crashes in Russia’s far east, killing all 48 on board

The Angara Airlines passenger plane “disappeared from radar” before it was found near Tynda, in Russia’s far east, authorities said....

Rebalancing relationship with China ‘essential,’ E.U. president says

E.U. leaders are in Beijing to mark 50 years of diplomatic relations with China, but they have major disagreements over trade and Russia’s war against Ukraine....

Mass starvation stalks Gaza as deaths from hunger rise

Aid agencies warned for months that Israel’s harsh limits on food aid would bring acute malnutrition and widespread suffering to Gaza’s 2.1 million people....

Ukrainians protest as Zelensky cracks down on corruption watchdogs

Fighting corruption has been a central issue for Ukrainians since pro-Western protests a decade ago, and new curbs on the watchdog agencies have alarmed many....

Wreck of Revolutionary War frigate resurfaces on Scottish beach

Researchers identified the shipwreck as HMS Hind, a British frigate that intercepted American ships in the Atlantic before being repurposed as a whaling vessel....

Ukraine’s top commander asks Trump to help take the war to Russia

With Trump now open to supplying U.S.-made weapons to Ukraine, Gen. Oleksandr Syrsky calls for longer-range missiles and the permission to use them against Russia....

China’s strategy? Let Trump cook.

As President Donald Trump dismantles U.S. soft power and launches trade wars with allies, China is content to sit back and watch....

The Taliban banned beauty salons, leaving women to labor in the shadows

In a country scarred by four decades of war, women are the only or primary breadwinners for many families — and many are now struggling make ends meet....

Houthi attacks take toll on Israel’s Red Sea port

The port of Eilat, already diminished, could shut down entirely without government assistance in what would be a win for the Houthis, officials warn....

China says Wells Fargo executive ‘involved in a criminal case’

Beijing confirmed that China-born, Atlanta-based Mao Chenyue is banned from leaving the country. This comes during a trade war with the Trump administration....

U.S. citizen who works for Commerce Dept. ensnared in Chinese exit ban

China’s exit-ban detention comes at a fraught time in relations between Washington and Beijing, amid an escalating trade war and persistent geopolitical tension....

Putin sticks to Ukraine war despite erosion of Russia’s global clout

Putin’s refusal to compromise on Ukraine, say analysts, is a colossal error costing Russia regional influence, lucrative energy markets and its place in the world....

China-linked scam centers target U.S., congressional commission warns

Chinese industrial-scale scam centers are bilking Americans of more than $5 billion each year and giving Beijing a pretext to expand its influence across Asia....

E.U. hits Russia with new round of sanctions targeting energy

The E.U. approved plans to lower a price cap on Russian oil and ban transactions with 22 more Russian banks, pressing ahead with sanctions without the U.S....

How Ukraine’s allies helped Zelensky recover his standing with Trump

Trump’s decision to allow weapon sales to Ukraine culminated a five-month effort by allies to help Volodymyr Zelensky rebuild a relationship with the president....

The rest of the world struggles to restrain Israel

Several smaller countries are taking a stand against Israel’s conduct of the war in Gaza. Critics are skeptical about their impact, but others see the pressure as a first step in a global shift....