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Andrzej Bargiel, 37, became the first person to complete the feat.

Nathan Gill, a former leader of Reform U.K. in Wales, pleaded guilty on Friday to charges of bribery while he was a member of the European Parliament.

The last time North Korea sent officials directly from the capital was in 2018, a year before direct diplomacy between its leader, Kim Jong-un, and President Trump collapsed.

Defending his country’s military actions, Israel’s prime minister rejected the idea of a Palestinian state and demanded the release of hostages still held by Hamas. He sought to speak to them directly through loudspeakers broadcasting his speech into Gaza.

Mark Carney, Keir Starmer, Pete Buttigieg and Jacinda Ardern were among those at a London summit as a rising populist right appears to threaten progressive politics.

Li Qiang, China’s second-highest-ranking official, portrayed Beijing as stable leader at a time when President Trump is pulling back from international institutions.

During his speech to the U.N., Israel’s prime minister sought to focus attention on the carnage of the Hamas-led attacks on southern Israel that led to the war in Gaza.

The Israeli prime minister, who is subject to an international arrest warrant for war crimes charges, avoided France and Spain, which have sharply criticized the war in Gaza.

Germany’s chancellor is the latest to back a loan plan that is meant to send a message to Moscow that Ukraine will not collapse. But the idea carries risks.

The government said the new system would help to curb illegal migration, but opponents said it would infringe on citizens’ privacy.

A new visa for science and engineering graduates is part of China’s effort to establish itself as the world leader in science and technology.

The nation’s top federal health official said the United States could not support W.H.O. policies that he claimed promoted abortion and “radical gender ideology.”

The president of the Palestinian Authority addressed the U.N. General Assembly by video after the U.S. denied him a visa.

Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority, delivered a speech by video to the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday in which he thanked countries for recognizing Palestinian statehood.

The government’s previous attempts at postal service cuts were politically unpopular, but Canada Post’s dire financial situation has expedited them.

A $20 billion loan to support Argentina’s president, Javier Milei, could come with economic and political risks.

After more countries recognized a Palestinian state this week, President Trump said on Thursday that he would not permit Israel to take over the territory.

The president of the Palestinian Authority addressed the U.N. General Assembly by video after the U.S. denied him a visa.

The Israeli military said it was targeting sites linked to the Houthi militia, but a witness said a residential building was hit. A day earlier, a Houthi drone hit the Israeli city of Eilat.