Managers of Swiss Bar Are Suspected of Negligence in Deadly Fire, Police Say
A memorial outside Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, on Friday, the day after 40 people died there in a fire.
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Why Security Guarantees Are So Crucial, and Thorny, for Ukraine
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine meeting with President Trump at Mar-a-Lago last Sunday.
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Trump Says U.S. Will Intervene if Iran Kills Protesters
Shopkeepers and traders protesting in Tehran on Monday in a state media handout photo.
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Yemen Sends Its Military to Push Out Separatist Faction
Soldiers affiliated with the Southern Transitional Council separatist group, which has seized control of parts of Yemen, at a checkpoint in Aden on Wednesday.
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Ukraine’s Zelensky Names Kyrylo Budanov as New Chief of Staff
Kyrylo Budanov, one of Ukraine’s highest-profile generals, has been asked to move into a political role.
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In China, A.I. Finds Pancreatic Cancer That Doctors May Miss
Self-service kiosks at the Affiliated People’s Hospital of Ningbo University. The hospital, in Ningbo, China, is testing an A.I.-powered tool for detecting pancreatic cancer.
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Why a Nuclear Plant Is a Big Sticking Point in the Ukraine Peace Plan
The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, along the banks of the Dnipro River, in 2022.
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Venezuela Frees Dozens of Political Prisoners
A group of women holding handkerchiefs with the names of political prisoners in Caracas in November.
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Guinea’s Coup Leader Wins Election After Barring Leading Opponents
Gen. Mamady Doumbouya of Guinea during his final campaign rally in Conakry last week.
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Another New Year at War: Ukraine’s Troops Doubt It Will Be the Last
A Ukrainian serviceman of the Da Vinci Wolves Battalion carrying an artillery shell before firing toward Russian positions at the front line in eastern Ukraine, in November.
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A Monumental Church in Amsterdam Is Ravaged by Flames on New Year’s Day
The Vondelkerk on New Year’s Day, after the blaze had been extinguished.
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A Timeline of Rising Tension Between the U.S. and Venezuela
A mural of President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela in the nation’s capital, Caracas.
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Vance Justifies Capture as Bringing Maduro to Justice
Vice President JD Vance took to social media on Saturday to assert that the United States capture of President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela was legal.
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Trump Did Not Seek Congressional Authorization to Capture Maduro
Senator Andy Kim, Democrat of New Jersey, accused Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth of having “blatantly” lied to Congress about the administration’s goals in Venezuela.
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Maduro’s Inner Circle Appears to Survive U.S. Strikes on Venezuela
Vice President Delcy Rodríguez of Venezuela during an interview in Caracas, Venezuela, in September.
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What to Know About the Protests in Iran
A photo released by Iranian state media shows closed shops after protests in Tehran on Tuesday.
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C.I.A. Source Inside Venezuelan Government Helped Track Maduro
President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela during a rally in Caracas, Venezuela, in December. The U.S. government had offered a $50 million reward for information leading to Mr. Maduro’s capture.
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Bondi Says Maduro and His Wife Face a New Indictment in Manhattan.
President Nicolás Maduro, prosecutors say, is the head of the so-called Cartel de los Soles.
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How Tensions Escalated Between the U.S. and Venezuela
Smoke at Generalissimo Francisco de Miranda Air Base in Caracas, Venezuela, after explosions on Saturday.
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Trump Celebrates Capture of Nicolas Maduro in New York Times Phone Interview
Trump called the strike against Venezuela “a brilliant operation.”
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Explosions Reported in Venezuela’s Capital
Smoke rising near La Carlota airport after explosions and low-flying aircraft were heard in Caracas, Venezuela, on Saturday.
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Swiss Bar Fire Likely Caused By Sparklers, Authorities Say
A memorial outside the Constellation bar in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, on Friday, the day after 40 people died there in a fire.
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Oil Tanker Fleeing U.S. Coast Guard Broadcasts Location in North Atlantic
The oil tanker Bella 1, photographed in March. It recently appeared in Russia’s official register of ships under a new name, the Marinera.
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A Rescuer Recounts How He Saved Lives During Swiss Bar Resort Fire
Authorities shielded Le Constellation bar and lounge on Friday to conduct an investigation following the deadly fire on New Year’s Day.
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Families search for information about those unaccounted for.
Mementos left near Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, where dozens remain missing after a New Year’s Day fire.
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China’s BYD Surpasses Tesla as World Leader in Electric Car Sales
Tesla’s decreasing sales suggest that a wider slump is in store for electric vehicles.
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Survivor Recounts Moment He Caught Fire in Swiss Bar
Outside the sealed-off Le Constellation bar on Friday.
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Swiss Authorities Face the Grim Task of Identifying Fire Victims
A medical helicopter landing next to air ambulance planes at the Sion airport in Switzerland on Friday. Victims are being treated in several hospitals in Switzerland and neighborhing countries.
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Le Constellation, Swiss Bar Where Fire Hit, Was Popular With Young People
Le Constellation had an upstairs and downstairs area, and was frequented by a younger crowd.
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There Was Probably a Flashover in the Swiss Bar Fire. Here’s What That Means.
The authorities said that a flashover had likely happened at Le Constellation, the bar in Crans-Montana, Switzerland.
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Swiss Resort Bar Fire: 17-Year-Old Italian Golfer Is One of the First Identified Victims
Flowers near the bar Le Constellation in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, on Friday.
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Can F.C. Barcelona, the Most Indebted Team in Global Soccer, Fix Its Finances?
The Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, reopened in November, which is mostly related to a stadium refurbishment.
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Search Is Suspended for Passenger Who Went Overboard From Cruise Ship
The Holland America Line cruise ship Nieuw Statendam in Portland, in southwest England, in 2024. A 77-year-old woman went overboard from the ship as it was cruising near Cuba on Thursday.
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Switzerland’s Burn Centers Are Overwhelmed After New Year’s Fire
An air ambulance leaving the main hospital in Sion, Switzerland, the closest to the deadly fire, on Thursday.
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A Deadly Blaze in Switzerland
A makeshift memorial in Crans-Montana, Switzerland.
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Fire in Swiss Alps Leaves Dozens of New Year’s Revelers Dead
An officer near a bar in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, where a deadly fire broke out during a New Year’s celebration early Thursday.
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Bars, nightclubs and discos have been the sites of deadly fires.
An informal memorial for the victims of the deadly fire at a bar in Crans-Montana, a ski resort town in southern Switzerland, on Thursday.
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Survivors of Swiss Fire Search for News of the Victims
A view of the main hospital in Sion, Switzerland, which was inundated with victims of a deadly fire on Thursday.
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What to Know About the Swiss Ski Resort Fire on New Year’s Day
Dozens of people were killed, and more than 100 others were injured, after a fire broke out early New Year’s Day at Le Constellation, a bar in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, the authorities said.
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Iran Protests Turn Deadly as Violence and Anger Spread
A photo released by Iranian state media showed shops closed in Tehran’s Grand Bazaar on Tuesday, following protests over a currency crisis.
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Russia Asks United States to Stop Pursuit of Fleeing Oil Tanker
A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter flying in Puerto Rico last month.
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Crans-Montana Bar Fire Victims Transported Across Switzerland for Treatment
Hospital du Valais in Sion, Switzerland, quickly filled up with victims of the fire.
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Crans-Montana is a Historic Swiss Ski Resort Town Popular With International Tourists
Police officers investigate the area where the fire at Le Constellation bar broke out in Crans-Montana, a popular ski resort town in Switzerland.
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How Two Powerful U.S. Allies Came to Blows in Yemen
Burned-out vehicles at Al Mukalla port, in southern Yemen, on Tuesday after an early-morning strike by a Saudi-led coalition.
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A Story of Extraordinary Celebrity and Terrible Exploitation Ends
An ‘Avoidable Tragedy’: The Hazards That Led to the Swiss Fire Disaster
Venezuela Live Updates: Trump to Speak on U.S. Capture of Maduro
In South Florida, Venezuelans Revel in Maduro’s Capture
An Operation in Venezuela
Witnesses Recount Fire That Killed 40 in Switzerland