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  • As Putin Digs In, a Long—and Different—War With Ukraine Looms

    Russia’s refusal of a cease-fire and an aborted peace summit in Budapest have raised the grim prospect that the war in Ukraine will rage for years to come—even as the nature of the conflict transforms.

    President Vladimir Putin remains convinced that Russia will eventually wear down its smaller neighbor, causing a collapse of the Ukrainian economy and society. An elusive victory would allow him to make the case that the devastating war he unleashed nearly four years ago was worth it, after all.

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    Yaroslav Trofimov

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  • Milei’s Overhaul of Argentina Has Another Problem: He Isn’t Great at Politics

    Argentine President Javier Milei’s problem heading into midterm elections Sunday isn’t just the pain caused by his radical free-market experiment. It is that, for all the force of his personality, he hasn’t mastered the art of politics.

    Milei has alienated so many important allies that, even though his Freedom Advances party is set to double its share of congressional seats, he might not win a big-enough coalition to govern, protect his veto or avoid impeachment.

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  • How One Ad Sent U.S.-Canada Trade Talks Into a Tailspin

    Canadian officials were just starting to get their hopes up.

    Negotiators from Ottawa and Washington had spent weeks hashing out a potential deal to reduce punishing 50% tariffs President Trump had imposed on steel and aluminum, and the Canadians were growing optimistic in recent days, according to people familiar with the talks. The discussions were punctuated by an amicable Oval Office meeting earlier this month between Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. Both leaders expressed confidence that they could get the trade relationship back on track.

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  • Opinion | Trump Says the Road to Gaza Ran Through Tehran

    The news media that has misread the Donald Trump–Benjamin Netanyahu relationship every step of the way is doing it again. The latest fixation is on the President’s comments against West Bank annexation, while his analysis on Iran and Qatar go ignored.

    President Trump told Time magazine that he won’t let Israel annex the West Bank, and Vice President JD Vance said in Israel that he was personally insulted by two preliminary votes of the Israeli Knesset in the policy’s favor on Wednesday. Both U.S. statements are being taken as a rebuke of Prime Minister Netanyahu, when they are really an assist.

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  • U.S. Imposes Sanctions on Colombia’s President Over Drug-Trafficking Accusations

    WASHINGTON—The Treasury Department has sanctioned Colombian President Gustavo Petro and his family, alleging his government has aided drug traffickers.

    “President Petro has allowed drug cartels to flourish and refused to stop this activity,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said.

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  • Pentagon Orders Aircraft Carrier to the Caribbean

    WASHINGTON—The Pentagon said it is sending the Navy’s most advanced aircraft carrier to the Caribbean in a major escalation of the Trump administration’s military campaign to target drug smugglers and threaten governments in Latin America.

    Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the USS Gerald R. Ford carrier, which is currently deployed in the Mediterranean, to the Caribbean, bringing dozens more fighter and surveillance aircraft, along with other Navy warships that accompany a carrier, officials said.

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  • Russia’s Central Bank Cuts Key Rate as New Sanctions Loom

    Russia’s central bank on Friday lowered its key interest rate for a fourth straight meeting as an already slowing economy braces for the impact of fresh sanctions from the U.S. and the European Union in response to President Vladimir Putin’s continued war on Ukraine.

    The Bank of Russia cut its key rate to 16.5% from 17%, having begun to lower borrowing costs from a recent peak of 21% in June. The move was smaller than previous cuts.

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  • Has Argentina Really Changed? Soon, We Will Find Out

    BUENOS AIRES—The adage “The most dangerous words in investing on Wall Street are ‘It’s different this time’” could have been coined to describe Argentina. For 50 years, it repeatedly convinced international lenders it had changed its ways, only to slide back into default, instability and inflation.

    This Sunday, Argentines will demonstrate whether this time really is different. Midterm elections will decide whether President Javier Milei’s radical economic reform will continue.

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  • Full Impact of Tariffs on Asia-Pacific Still to Come, IMF Warns

    Asia-Pacific economies fared better than expected in the first half of the year but the IMF warns that the full blow of U.S. tariff hikes remains unclear, and growth will slow.

    “The intensification of trade tensions continues to be a major downside risk for the region,” the International Monetary Fund said in a report on Friday.

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  • Trump Says He Is Terminating Trade Negotiations With Canada

    WASHINGTON—President Trump said late Thursday he was terminating trade negotiations with Canada, contending the country had run an advertisement featuring Ronald Reagan speaking negatively about tariffs.

    “Based on their egregious behavior, ALL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS WITH CANADA ARE HEREBY TERMINATED,” Trump wrote on social media shortly before 11 p.m.

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  • Exclusive | U.S. Sends B-1 Bombers Near Venezuela, Ramping Up Military Pressure

    The U.S. flew Air Force B-1 bombers near Venezuela on Thursday, stepping up pressure on President Nicolás Maduro only days after other American warplanes carried out an “attack demonstration” near the South American country.

    Two B-1 Lancers took off from Dyess Air Force Base in Texas on Thursday and flew near Venezuela, though they remained in international airspace, according to a U.S. official and flight tracking data.

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  • Opinion | Xi Is Watching as Chinese Christians Pray

    Zion Church moved many of its services online. Beijing still arrested its pastor.

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  • Opinion | Britain’s Do-It-Yourself Version of Chinese Sabotage

    A ‘spying’ case that may have been a mistake all along sows more distrust than Beijing ever could.

    Joseph C. Sternberg

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  • Why North Korea Has Scaled Back Its Missile Tests This Year

    SEOUL—Kim Jong Un is growing his nuclear arsenal but curbing his missile tests.

    The 41-year-old dictator has sharply reduced the number of missile tests but signaled a more confident era for North Korea. Now an increasingly prominent actor alongside Russia and China, Pyongyang’s focus is on solidifying its nuclear status, shifting away from seeking global attention with a flurry of missile launches.

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  • U.S. Widens Campaign Against Alleged Drug Boats With Eastern Pacific Strikes

    The U.S. said Wednesday it had struck two suspected drug boats on the Pacific side of South America, widening its campaign against alleged drug trafficking and transnational crime.

    Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth posted videos of the strikes on X and said one took place Tuesday in the eastern Pacific Ocean and another Wednesday. The two attacks killed five people on board the boats, he said, without providing more details about the vessels or their precise locations except to say that the strikes occurred in international waters.

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  • A Parade of Senior U.S. Officials Descends on Israel for ‘Bibisitting’ Duty

    Trump has touted Gaza cease-fire as the “historic dawn of a new Middle East,” but the old Middle East isn’t entirely gone.

    Vera Bergengruen

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  • U.S. Imposes Substantial New Sanctions on Russian Oil Giants

    WASHINGTON—President Trump has announced substantial new sanctions on Russia’s two biggest oil companies as frustration in Washington grows over the war in Ukraine.

    The new sanctions, which would be the first direct U.S. measures on Russia during the second Trump administration, target Lukoil and Rosneft as well as nearly three dozen of their subsidiaries. Oil is one of Russia’s largest sources of revenue.

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  • Opinion | ‘Does India Even Have Any Cards?’

    Sadanand Dhume writes a biweekly column on India and South Asia for WSJ.com. He focuses on the region’s politics, economics and foreign policy.

    Mr. Dhume is also a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C. Previously he worked as the New Delhi bureau chief of the Far Eastern Economic Review (FEER), and as Indonesia correspondent for FEER and The Wall Street Journal Asia.

    Mr. Dhume is the author of “My Friend the Fanatic: Travels with a Radical Islamist,” (Skyhorse Publishing, 2009), which charts the rise of the radical Islamist movement in Indonesia. His next book will look at India’s transformation since the election of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2014.

    Mr. Dhume holds a bachelor’s degree in sociology from the University of Delhi, a master’s degree in international relations from Princeton University and a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University. He lives in Washington, D.C. with his wife, and travels frequently to India.

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  • Oklo Is Having Its Worst Week Since May 2024. What’s Ailing the Nuclear Stock.

    Oklo Stock Is Having Its Worst Week Since May 2024. What’s Burdening the Nuclear Start-Up.

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  • U.N. Court Says Israel Must Allow Unrwa Aid Into Gaza

    Israel must allow the United Nations’ aid agency to deliver humanitarian aid in Gaza, the International Court of Justice said Wednesday, labeling the country as an occupying power.

    The nonbinding opinion by the top U.N. court, requested by the U.N. General Assembly last year to clarify the protections member states must provide their staff, carries little practical weight. A bigger issue is the stability of the fragile cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas that took effect Oct. 10. It was tested earlier this week after the Israeli military launched a series of airstrikes, saying Hamas militants had killed Israeli soldiers.

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    James Hookway

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