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An official report into last year’s yacht tragedy, which killed seven, found that the boat could easily capsize in high winds. Its towering mast made it more vulnerable.

“The sanctions were really crippling,” President Trump said, before he traveled to Qatar, where he was given a lavish welcome.

President Cyril Ramaphosa called the white South Africans “cowardly” for leaving for the United States.

The former Uruguayan president, who died on Tuesday, showed the value in world leaders living like their constituents.

Plus, the world’s poorest president.

President Trump’s conversation with President Ahmed al-Shara, who once led a branch of Al Qaeda, was the first time in 25 years that the leaders of the United States and Syria had met.

François Bayrou’s popularity has plunged as his word is doubted on events at a Catholic school to which he had several ties.

The E.P.A. said it would maintain limits on the two most common “forever chemicals” in tap water. Rules for four others will be rolled back.

Besides El Salvador, where the United States has already sent detainees, Rwanda and Libya have records of mistreating migrant detainees.

Israel on Wednesday ordered residents to flee parts of Gaza City ahead of more attacks.

The men, Ukrainian nationals, were arrested in Germany and Switzerland, the state prosecutor in Berlin said. They are suspected of planning to sabotage commercial freight infrastructure.

The emirate, once called “a funder of terrorism” by President Trump, has spent lavishly on overhauling its global reputation.

A top leader in the militant group, he has survived several assassination attempts before.

Moscow thinks it’s winning in Ukraine and can play hardball diplomatically. Washington sees costly, incremental gains and an unrealistic negotiating position.

Mexico’s security secretary confirmed reports that 17 family members of Sinaloa Cartel leaders had entered the United States, likely as part of a deal with the Trump administration.

President Trump’s meeting with President Ahmed al-Shara came after he said he would lift U.S. sanctions on Syria. Mr. Trump’s Gulf tour has mostly sidestepped the war in Gaza.

Mr. Trump has few meetings directly about pressing geopolitical challenges. Instead, he’s in the Persian Gulf to make deals.

The announcement is a boon for the new government as it looks to rebuild an economy wrecked by a decade of civil war.

Israel tried to kill Muhammad Sinwar, a key Hamas leader in Gaza. If confirmed, his death would deprive the group of another top commander, but it might not lead to a strategic shift.

The case revolved around whether texts between a top official and a drug company executive counted as a public record that might need to be disclosed.