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Bolsonaro, Brazil’s Former President, Ordered to Wear Ankle Monitor Ahead of Trial NYT &rt; World News Brazil’s Supreme Court ordered Jair Bolsonaro, the former president, to stay home most hours, defying President Trump’s demands that charges against Mr. Bolsonaro be dropped.

Felix Baumgartner, Professional Daredevil, Dies Paragliding at 56 NYT &rt; World News Nicknamed “Fearless Felix,” Mr. Baumgartner jumped from the edge of space in 2012.

Floods and Heavy Rain Kill Dozens in Pakistan NYT &rt; World News Relentless rain began on Wednesday, causing flooding in several cities and across vast rural stretches in the province of Punjab.

UK, France and Germany Plan for a Post-U.S. Future NYT &rt; World News The leaders of France, Germany and Britain are building parallel diplomatic institutions to defend Europe as President Trump retreats from the continent.

Who Are the Druse: The Religious Minority at the Center of Israel and Syria’s Tensions NYT &rt; World News Spread across Syria, Lebanon and Israel, the secretive religious minority has long balanced integration and independence. Now, members are at the heart of the region’s shifting power struggles.

Extra! Extra! Read All About Last Newspaper Hawker in Paris NYT &rt; World News Ali Akbar started selling papers on the streets in 1974. He is still at it, winning over Parisians and presidents with persistence, humor and his signature catchphrase: “Ça y est!”

Friday Briefing: Trump’s Order on Epstein Records NYT &rt; World News Plus, panic-buying Korean beauty products

Musk Clears Final Hurdles for Tesla and Starlink in India NYT &rt; World News In the first tangible inroads Elon Musk has sought for years in India, Starlink passed a final regulatory hurdle and Tesla opened its first India store.

Iran’s Fordo Nuclear Site Was Badly Damaged by U.S. Strikes, New Assessment Finds NYT &rt; World News A clearer picture begins to emerge of what the Israeli and U.S. attacks on Iran’s nuclear sites achieved.

5 Charged in U.C. Berkeley Professor’s Killing in Greece, Including His Ex-Wife NYT &rt; World News Przemyslaw Jeziorski, who taught quantitative marketing at the Haas School of Business, was shot several times on July 4 outside Athens, the authorities said.

Interior Dept. to Put Wind and Solar Projects Through Stricter Political Review NYT &rt; World News Industry groups said the directive could create new delays and bottlenecks for renewable energy projects across the country.

Friday Briefing: Bloodshed in a Syrian City NYT &rt; World News Plus, panic-buying Korean beauty products

‘Bonjour’ Sets Off a Linguistic Dispute on a Belgian Train NYT &rt; World News The rules can get complicated in a country with French, Dutch and German as official languages.

Smell of Death Lingers in Syrian City After Spasm of Violence NYT &rt; World News Blood in the streets, smashed windows and the smell of corpses in the air: A resident of the southern city of Sweida describes the aftermath of a wave of sectarian violence.

Prominent Human Rights Group Flees El Salvador NYT &rt; World News The group, Cristosal, has investigated prison deaths and torture under President Nayib Bukele. Its employees were threatened and surveilled, its director said.

The UK Plans to Lower the Voting Age to 16. Here’s What to Know. NYT &rt; World News The plan has been described as the largest expansion of voting rights in Britain in decades.

Israeli Strike on a Gaza Church Kills Three NYT &rt; World News As cease-fire talks stalled, a deadly strike on a Catholic church in Gaza City prompted Pope Leo XIV to call for an immediate end to the fighting.

Prince Harry Follows Diana’s Footsteps in Angola as Specter of Land Mines Returns NYT &rt; World News Harry walked through a minefield in Angola, retracing a journey by his mother, Diana, Princess of Wales, in 1997. Several countries plan to revive use of the weapons.

Rescuers Seek American Hiker Missing for Days in the Pyrenees NYT &rt; World News Cole Henderson, 27, was last heard from on July 9, when he told friends he was putting his phone into airplane mode ahead of a mountain hike in Spain.

Why Israel Attacked Syria NYT &rt; World News For weeks, Israel has engaged in back-channel talks over a diplomatic agreement with the Syrian government. Its strikes on Damascus this week highlight a lack of strategic clarity.