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The Final Blocks: Inside Ukraine’s Bloody Stand for Bakhmut

After 10 months of one of the longest and bloodiest battles in Russia’s war in Ukraine, Ukrainian soldiers are now defending a shrinking half-circle of ruins in a western neighborhood of Bakhmut, only about 20 blocks wide and continually pounded with artillery.

After Months of Turmoil, Israel’s President Sees Hope for Judicial Compromise

President Isaac Herzog of Israel is leading talks to resolve a crisis provoked by a divisive government plan to overhaul the courts. In an interview with The Times, he said he was optimistic about a breakthrough.

Biden Celebrates a Northern Ireland ‘Made Whole by Peace’ as Tensions Persist

President Biden on Wednesday made what amounted to a diplomatic toe dip in Northern Ireland, a territory that he said had been “made whole by peace” in the decades since the Good Friday agreement brought an end to sectarian violence.

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