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China’s large-scale military exercises are encircling Taiwan and testing the island’s defenses. They also raise the risk of conflict, accidental or otherwise.

Facing a revolt in his own party, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attacked both the Conservative opposition and India’s government, which he said had made “a horrific mistake” in the killing of a Sikh activist.

There were also attacks in southern Lebanon that killed at least 19 people. Israel’s military said the strikes were aimed at Hezbollah targets. They came on the same day the Lebanese health ministry said a case of cholera had been detected in the

Some of the sharpest criticism about a lack of sufficient assistance in the enclave came from Israel’s allies, including the United States.

The new law was pushed by the party of Giorgia Meloni, Italy’s conservative prime minister.

The stiff penalty was the potentially final step in the stunning downfall of the former official, Genaro García Luna, who has gone from the heights of power to imprisonment.

Under his 24-year leadership, the lobbying group developed enormous clout in Washington, but he broke with the Trump administration over immigration, tariffs and the 2020 election.

Food production is concentrated in too few countries, many of which face water shortages, the researchers said.

Plus, the women of the world’s gnarliest mountain-bike competition.

A motorcade through the capital revived “panda diplomacy” between Washington and Beijing for the first time in nearly a year.