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Global competition in the Arctic is raising hopes of a revival in the town of Churchill. We went to meet the people, and the bears, there.

Ivan Urgant was an unstoppable Russian megastar. Then he expressed opposition to President Vladimir V. Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.

South Korea has a notoriously grueling college entrance exam. This year’s English portion was so difficult that it led to a resignation. Could you answer some of the questions correctly?

The conflict appeared to have continued unabated on Saturday morning, a day after President Trump said a cease-fire was supposed to have resumed.

Kim Jong-un hugged the returning troops and awarded the country’s highest medal to nine soldiers killed in action.

Jets from the Myanmar military dropped two bombs on the facility in Mrauk-U, in what rebels and witnesses called a deliberate attack on civilians.

The lawsuit was a warning to European officials who are racing to agree to a plan to use Russian government assets in Europe to lend money to Ukraine.

Three generations of a family built their homes and lives in Sri Lanka’s highland tea country. The biggest storm in decades wiped out their hamlet in a landslide.

Many understand the dance their leaders must perform to appease President Trump. But that doesn’t make them any less weary of the rounds and rounds of talks.

A senior Trump administration official said that maintaining sanctions against Justice Alexandre de Moraes was no longer in the interest of the United States.

Thailand’s prime minister said he had talked with the U.S. president, urging him to pressure Cambodia to resolve a deadly border clash, after a previous truce broke down.

A Ukrainian peace plan, sent this week to Washington, pushes back against President Trump’s proposal that Ukraine give up more land for peace, although Russia is unlikely to accept it.

The British monarch said that his treatment would be reduced in the new year, in a recorded message emphasizing the value of cancer screening.

Four Canadian provinces are selling off the American liquor they pulled from shelves in protest over President Trump’s tariffs. Some bourbon drinkers are thrilled.

Mujib Mashal, our South Asia bureau chief, takes us to Kandy in Sri Lanka, which suffered the worst of the devastation from last month’s cyclone.

Her books, many of which were best sellers, often described empty marriages, love affairs (with tasteful sex) and heroic clergymen.

The human rights activist was released on furlough from prison last year, but was detained again on Friday, along with several other human rights activists.

An environmental group is suing, saying federal law requires an image of public lands, not the president.

Young Bulgarians turned out in protests that helped unseat their government. Whether that will translate into higher turnout in upcoming elections is up to them.

The German foreign ministry’s announcement, which Russia denied, was the latest suggestion of growing Russian aggression in Europe.