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Premier League Preview: Here We Go Again NYT » World News The European soccer season is back. Here are the top story lines to watch this season.

Black Caviar, Champion Racehorse, Dies NYT » World News She won every race she ran, and her fame went beyond the insular world of horseracing.

Venezuelans Mourn Loved Ones Killed in Protests, and Last Shreds of Democracy NYT » World News The nation is in anguish as it buries its dead and enters a new era of authoritarianism.

Blinken Travels to Israel Amid Push for Gaza Cease-Fire NYT » World News The secretary of state’s trip comes days after negotiations in Qatar ended without a major breakthrough.

Russians Fleeing Ukraine’s Advance Border Regions Rush to Kursk NYT » World News In the regional capital, those who left their homes as Ukrainian forces tore into western Russia are uncertain whether they can ever return to their old lives.

Has Power Moderated Giorgia Meloni? Not to Italy’s Same-Sex Parents. NYT » World News Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has mostly shown a pragmatic streak abroad. But at home, her government is plunging many gay families into panic.

‘Bad Blood’ Stalks a Lithium Mine in Serbia NYT » World News A Rio Tinto mine that Europe sees as a critical source for electric vehicle batteries has been the target of enormous protests. “I don’t need green cars. I need green apples and green grass,” said one opponent.

Attack by Israeli Settlers in West Bank Sends Palestinians Fleeing NYT » World News Residents of the village in the Israeli-occupied West Bank say one Palestinian man was killed by rampaging settlers. Israel’s military confirmed the village was attacked.

During Ukraine’s Incursion, Russian Conscripts Recount Surrendering in Droves NYT » World News More than 300 have been processed in a prison in Ukraine, providing the country with a much-needed “exchange fund” for future swaps of prisoners of war.

The Movies of 1999 NYT » World News Twenty-five years ago was a landmark time for cinema, with films that captured our collective hope and paranoia about the coming millennium.

A New National Park That Rests on Indigenous and Industrial History NYT » World News The collapse of a steel mill project during the Great Depression preserved natural lands linked to First Nations people in Windsor, Ontario.

‘There Is No Childhood in Gaza’ NYT » World News A 9-year-old Palestinian boy lost his mother, father and two siblings in an Israeli airstrike early in the Gaza war. Within months, he, too, was killed.

With Purple Gold and Bouncy Metal, a Canadian Chemist Shines on YouTube NYT » World News Disillusioned with grad school, Nigel Braun dropped out to film chemistry videos in his parents’ garage in Montreal. Then millions began viewing his whimsical and occasionally dangerous experiments.

Ukraine Destroys Key Russian Bridge as It Presses On With Offensive NYT » World News The bridge’s destruction is a setback for Russian supply lines as Ukraine seeks to consolidate its territorial gains in the Kursk region of western Russia.

Lebanese Officials Say Israeli Strike Kills at Least 10 NYT » World News It would be one of the deadliest attacks in the country since Israel began fighting its war in Gaza. Negotiators have been pushing to reach a cease-fire in that war, hoping to avert a wider conflagration.

Why Many South Koreans Want the Country to Have Nuclear Weapons NYT » World News Washington says it would defend the South against North Korea with nuclear arms, if need be. But more and more people in the South think it should rely on itself.

Gaza Cease-Fire Talks to Resume in Cairo NYT » World News Top officials from the U.S., Israel, Egypt and Qatar ended two days of talks in Doha aimed at trying to resolve remaining disagreements between Israel and Hamas.

Mpox Case in Sweden Sets Off Concerns of Wider Spread in Europe NYT » World News Experts expect more cases to surface in European countries because of frequent travel to and from Africa, with the threat of contracting the disease raised from “very low” to “low.”

The UN Calls for a Temporary Truce to Fight Polio in Gaza NYT » World News Secretary General António Guterres’s public comments came just before Gazan health authorities announced the first case of the disease in the enclave in many years.

New Zealand Diplomat Is Victim of Armed Robbery, Paris Authorities Say NYT » World News The Paris prosecutor’s office said that the diplomat had been struck in the face with the butt of a pistol. The robbery took place in Paris’s affluent 7th arrondissement.