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  1. What Sank the Tech Tycoon’s ‘Unsinkable’ Yacht?

    A Times investigation has found that an unusually tall mast, and the design changes it required, made a superyacht owned by a British tech mogul vulnerable to capsizing.

     By Jeffrey GettlemanJames GlanzEmma BubolaElisabetta PovoledoPablo RoblesJosh Holder and

    CreditThe New York Times
  1. A Catastrophic Deluge Leaves Parts of Spain in Ruins

    Flash flooding across Spain killed more than 95 people after torrential rain left towns and villages submerged and turned streets into rivers.

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    A street in Valencia, Spain, on Wednesday.
    CreditDavid Ramos/Getty Images
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  2. North Korea, in the Spotlight Over Ukraine, Launches a Long-Range Missile

    The launch, into waters west of Japan, came shortly after the United States and South Korea criticized the North for sending troops to join Russia’s war.

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    South Korean news coverage of North Korea’s missile test on Thursday, using file footage from an earlier launch.
    CreditJung Yeon-Je/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
  3. Can Men in China Take a Joke? Women Doing Stand-Up Have Their Doubts.

    Comedy has become a way for women to skewer China’s gender inequality. Some men aren’t happy about it.

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    Yang Li, China’s best-known female stand-up comic, in a screenshot from a variety show. She was dropped from an ad campaign after men complained to the company.
    CreditiQIYI Variety via YouTube
  4. The World Series Was Big in Japan. The TV Ratings Prove It.

    Shohei Ohtani, the Dodgers’ superstar, drove massive interest for the World Series in Japan, where more than 15 million people watched each of the first two games.

     By Hisako Ueno and

    Dodgers fans cheering at a bar in Tokyo on Thursday.
    CreditRichard A. Brooks/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
  5. Strike on Gaza Hospital Destroys U.N. Supplies, Palestinian Officials Say

    Israeli troops had withdrawn from Kamal Adwan Hospital after arresting most of the medical staff. The Israeli military said it was “unaware of a strike” there.

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    Wounded Palestinians being treated this week at Kamal Adwan Hospital in Jabaliya, in the northern Gaza Strip.
    CreditReuters
  1. Typhoon Kong-rey Lashes Taiwan With Powerful Winds and Rain

    The storm was the most powerful tropical cyclone to hit Taiwan in nearly 30 years, the government said. At least one person was killed on Thursday.

     By Amy Chang ChienAlexandra E. Petri and

    CreditThe New York Times
  2. Russia’s Swift March Forward in Ukraine’s East

    Russia gained more territory in Ukraine in October than in any other month in the past two years.

     By Constant Méheut and

    CreditJosh Holder
  3. Ukrainians Tell of Brutal Russian Repression in Occupied Territories

    Moscow is employing a variety of tactics, including torture and forced Russian citizenship, to try to obliterate Ukrainian identity, former detainees and human rights groups say.

     By Carlotta Gall and

    Ukrainians at a registration center in Sumy, Ukraine, after arriving from Russian-occupied areas.
    CreditMauricio Lima for The New York Times
  4. Was This Scrap of Cloth Once a Tunic Worn by Alexander the Great?

    A Greek researcher says a piece of purple-and-white fabric discovered decades ago in a tomb in northern Greece may have belonged to Alexander. Others disagree.

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    A statue of Alexander the Great in Athens. Antonis Bartsiokas, a paleoanthropologist, has claimed that fabric found in a tomb believed to have held the remains of Alexander’s father, Philip II, actually belonged to Alexander himself.
    CreditNikolas Joao Kokovlis/SOPA Images, via Getty Images
  5. U.S. Military Says It Killed Up to 35 Islamic State Militants in Syria

    Airstrikes on Monday targeted people who the military said were senior leaders of the group, which has sharply stepped up its attacks in Iraq and Syria.

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    U.S. forces patrolling in Syria last month.
    CreditDelil Souleiman/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

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  1. In England’s Most Haunted Village, Halloween Means Screams and Skeptics

    Pluckley is said to count at least 12 spirits among its 1,000 residents. Come October, ghost hunters arrive in droves to a place where even nonbelievers concede they’ve had eerie encounters.

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    A tour of the graveyard of St. Nicholas Church in Pluckley, England.
    CreditAndrew Testa for The New York Times
  2. On the Israel-Lebanon Border, a Town With a Past Worries for Its Future

    Abandoned and off limits to civilians, Metula, a symbol of early pioneering Zionism, is left half-ruined by Hezbollah’s rockets and missiles.

     By Isabel Kershner and

    Metula, in northern Israel, has been heavily damaged by Hezbollah’s rockets and missiles amid tensions between the armed group and Israel.
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  3. In This Town, a Rape Trial Hits Painfully Close to Home

    The town of Mazan, where Gisèle Pelicot was drugged and raped by her husband and strangers, has been shaken by the revelations. “It feels a bit like it’s in our family,” one resident said.

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    Graffiti saying “Death to patriarchy,” on a wall in Mazan, France, where Gisèle Pelicot used to live with her husband.
    CreditDmitry Kostyukov for The New York Times
  4. In Battered Lebanon, a Lone Gas Station Is a Lifeline in the East

    Thousands have fled the town of Baalbek amid a barrage of Israeli airstrikes. For those who remain, Ali Jawad’s business is a critical piece of an informal safety net.

     By Christina GoldbaumHwaida Saad and

    Abdul Latif fills a customer’s car at Ali Jawad’s gas station, in Baalbek, Lebanon this week.
    CreditDiego Ibarra Sánchez for The New York Times
  5. A Menace to Motorists, but the ‘Noble’ Moose Is Adopted by Newfoundland

    Introduced to the island 120 years ago, moose are involved in hundreds of collisions each year. But the huge animal is an accepted part of life here. “I suspect that they got squatters’ rights.”

     By Ian Austen and

    CreditIan Willms for The New York Times

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  1. Part-Time Farmers, Part-Time Rock Stars: A Chinese Band’s Unlikely Rise

    The band, Varihnaz, has gained fans by offering an alternative to China’s hyper-polished, fast-paced modern life, with songs about pesticides and poultry raising.

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    Varihnaz performing its first show of a national tour in Guilin, China, in September.
    CreditGilles Sabrié for The New York Times
  2. ‘Life Is Complicated’: How a Scourge of Oligarchs Fell in Love With One

    Natalia Morari once reported on corrupt business in Moldova. Now she has upset many by having a son with a tycoon accused of corruption, and running against the pro-West president in elections.

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    Natalia Morari in her campaign office this month in Chisinau, Moldova.
    CreditAndreea Campeanu for The New York Times
  3. She Didn’t See Other Black Hikers. She Decided to Change That.

    Motivated by the racial disparity she saw on trails, Rhiane Fatinikun founded Black Girls Hike to make Britain’s countryside more inclusive.

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    Rhiane Fatinikun, the founder of Black Girls Hike, on Ingleborough, a peak in the Yorkshire Dales National Park in England, after climbing it with a group of hikers this year.
    CreditMary Turner for The New York Times
  4. Using Dance to Provoke, Delight and Tell South Africa’s Stories

    Growing up in a Black township, Vusi Mdoyi found a sprinkle of joy under apartheid in a street-dancing style known as pantsula. As a choreographer, he has elevated it into high art, injected with ideas.

     By John Eligon and

    Vusi Mdoyi, a South African dancer and choreographer with Step Africa at his purpose built home in Katlehong in September. Incorporating a dance studio and creative hub, he hopes it will give opportunities and exposure to formal dance that he did not get as a child.
    CreditIlan Godfrey for The New York Times
  5. The Wily Spy Who Risked His Life to Meet North Korea’s Secretive Leader

    Park Chae-so was so successful in infiltrating the North that Kim Jong-il, the enigmatic ruler, once gifted him blueberry wine. So why was the celebrated undercover agent later jailed by South Korea?

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    “Whenever I visited the North, I knew my life was on the line,” said Park Chae-so, a South Korean spy who met with the then-leader of North Korea, Kim Jong-il.
    CreditWoohae Cho for The New York Times

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  1. Eagles Players Feared Crime in Brazil. Have They Considered Philadelphia?

    Some N.F.L. players called Brazil dangerous ahead of the league’s first game in South America on Friday. Statistics show their home city is deadlier.

     By Jack Nicas and

    A mural featuring quarterbacks from the Philadelphia Eagles and the Green Bay Packers on an apartment tower in São Paulo, Brazil, on Wednesday.
    CreditAndre Penner/Associated Press
  2. Against This Mighty Paralympic Team, a Close Loss Can Feel Like a Win

    Other teams give themselves an A for effort after playing the Dutch women’s wheelchair basketball team, the favorite for the gold medal at the Paris Games.

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    Mariska Beijer of the Netherlands handled the basketball during a game against Spain at the Paralympics in Paris.
    CreditDmitry Kostyukov for The New York Times
  3. Every Four Years, He Gives Ireland a Reason to Watch Basketball

    While the Irish have no team in the Olympic tournament, Timmy McCarthy’s eccentric, enthusiastic commentary has earned him his own fervent fan base.

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    Timmy McCarthy has developed a following for his passionate narration during basketball games at the Olympics.
    CreditKenneth O'Halloran, via RTE
  4. Why Kenya Stopped Running From Its Doping Past

    A nation synonymous with distance running was given a multimillion-dollar choice: Get serious about antidoping efforts, or get banned from world sports.

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    Kenyan runners at a meet in Nairobi in 2018.
    CreditYasuyoshi Chiba/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
  5. How Norway Became a Powerhouse for All Seasons

    With money from an oil boom, Norway, a force at the Winter Olympics for generations, is now churning out elite performers in track, soccer and other sports, too.

     By Rory Smith and

    CreditDavid B. Torch for The New York Times

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  1. Israel vetó a la UNRWA. Esto es lo que significa

    En medio de críticas internacionales, fueron promulgadas nuevas leyes israelíes que podrían tener efectos catastróficos para la ayuda humanitaria en Gaza, según expertos.

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    Palestinos en fila para recibir medicamentos el martes en un centro de salud de la UNRWA en Jan Yunis, Gaza, que funciona con el apoyo de Japón, uno de los principales financiadores de la agencia de la ONU.
    CreditBashar Taleb/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
  2. El primer informe del Vaticano sobre abusos sexuales desata críticas inmediatas

    El documento pretende evaluar los esfuerzos de la Iglesia católica para salvaguardar a los menores y a otras personas. Los defensores de los sobrevivientes lo calificaron de ejercicio de ofuscamiento.

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    Pope Francis tasked the commission with verifying that countries were following a new church law that set out rules for reporting and combating clerical sexual abuse.
    CreditTiziana Fabi/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
  3. España abre sus puertas a China mientras se avecina una guerra comercial europea

    España se está forjando un camino como país “conector”, atrayendo inversiones chinas mientras evita posicionarse sobre los aranceles europeos a los vehículos eléctricos.

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    Automóviles eléctricos importados de China en el puerto de Barcelona, España
    CreditJeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group, vía Getty Images
  4. Inundaciones repentinas en Valencia dejan al menos 60 muertos

    Se han desplegado más de 1000 militares de las unidades de respuesta a emergencias y se espera que aumente el número de muertos. Se trata de una de las peores catástrofes naturales que han afectado a España en los últimos años.

     By José Bautista and

    Members of emergency services and Guardia Civil rescue people trapped in their homes after floods in Letur, Albacete on Tuesday.
    CreditVíctor Fernández/Europa Press, via Associated Press
  5. El presidente del Supremo Tribunal de Brasil dice que están salvando la democracia

    Luis Roberto Barroso, presidente del máximo tribunal del país, explica la postura del tribunal ante Bolsonaro, Elon Musk y la extrema derecha.

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    El presidente del Supremo Tribunal de Brasil, Luís Roberto Barroso, defiende la investigación de la corte sobre los ataques contra sí propia y otras instituciones gubernamentales.
    CreditDado Galdieri para The New York Times

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