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The Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was among 24 people released in a seven-nation, painstakingly negotiated deal that President Biden hailed as a triumph of diplomacy.

Turkey has frustrated its NATO allies by often refusing to get tough with Russia, but its good relations with Moscow may have helped it participate in the exchange.

Ryan Crouser, an American, has combined radar technology borrowed from golf and an innovative technique to take aim at his third straight Olympic gold.

Turkey’s new law aimed at moving millions of stray dogs to shelters, and allowing some to be euthanized, has both cultural and political implications.

The prisoners released on Thursday include a Wall Street Journal reporter, an editor working for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and a former U.S. Marine who had served in Iraq.

Vandals last year chopped down the famed tree, which had stood on Hadrian’s Wall in England for nearly 200 years.

Mr. Musk, who has long criticized leftist politicians, called President Nicolás Maduro a “dictator” and compared him to a donkey.

On a quest to fuel himself with thousands of calories a day, Henrik Christiansen found an unexpected delight and shared it with the world.

Mr. Deif has survived several previous Israeli assassination attempts and has been the No. 2 Hamas leader in Gaza. Israel said it killed him in a strike last month in southern Gaza.

An explosive device hidden in a heavily guarded complex where Ismail Haniyeh was known to stay in Iran was what killed him, according to a Times investigation.