Today's Headlines: As Russia Advances, NATO Considers Sending Trainers Into Ukraine

Israel Sending More Troops to Rafah Amid Warnings of Famine in Gaza
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As Russia Advances, NATO Considers Sending Trainers Into Ukraine

As Russia Advances, NATO Considers Sending Trainers Into Ukraine

By Helene Cooper, Julian E. Barnes, Eric Schmitt and Lara Jakes

The move could draw the United States and Europe more directly into the war. The Biden administration continues to say there will be no American troops on the ground.

Israel Sending More Troops to Rafah Amid Warnings of Famine in Gaza

Israel Sending More Troops to Rafah Amid Warnings of Famine in Gaza

By Raja Abdulrahim, Adam Rasgon, Bilal Shbair and Thomas Fuller

Fighting in Rafah has closed off a vital border crossing in southern Gaza, forced hundreds of thousands to flee and cut off humanitarian aid.

Trump's Lawyer and Cohen Match Wits in Crucial Cross-Examination

Trump's Lawyer and Cohen Match Wits in Crucial Cross-Examination

By Ben Protess, Jonah E. Bromwich and Maggie Haberman

Michael D. Cohen tried to parry attacks on his honesty as Todd Blanche, Donald J. Trump's lawyer, tried to destroy his credibility with jurors.

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Dancing Past the Venus de Milo

World | Paris Dispatch

Dancing Past the Venus de Milo

By Catherine Porter and Dmitry Kostyukov

The Louvre is joining in the celebration for the Olympics by opening up for dance and exercise classes early in the morning. Tickets sold out in a flash.

I Was Shot in Vermont. What if It Had Been in the West Bank?

Opinion | Guest Essay

I Was Shot in Vermont. What if It Had Been in the West Bank?

By Hisham Awartani

The dehumanization of Palestinians has become a norm.

Today's Videos

Trump's Lawyer and Cohen Match Wits in Crucial Cross-Examination

Video Video: Trump's Lawyer and Cohen Match Wits in Crucial Cross-Examination

By Jonah E. Bromwich, Karen Hanley and Claire Hogan

Michael D. Cohen tried to parry attacks on his honesty as Todd Blanche, Donald J. Trump's lawyer, tried to destroy his credibility with jurors.

Slovak Leaders Urge Unity After Attack on Prime Minister

Video Video: Slovak Leaders Urge Unity After Attack on Prime Minister

By The Associated Press

Slovakia's outgoing and incoming presidents called on the country's political parties to reduce tensions after an assassination attempt on its prime minister, Robert Fico.

Our Reporter on the Radicalization of Israel

Video Video: Our Reporter on the Radicalization of Israel

By Nikolay Nikolov and Ronen Bergman

For the past fifty years, Israeli officials have failed to restrain a violent settler movement, which has been allowed to operate with few consequences. Some of its most extreme members are now in government. According to officials in the Israeli security establishment who spoke with Ronen Bergman, a staff writer for The New York Times Magazine, the decades of failure to stop crimes by Jewish settlers and ultranationalists now threaten the future of Israeli democracy.

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