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China’s Military Puts Pacific on Notice as U.S. Priorities Shift NYT » World News China is flexing its military muscle in the region to show that it will not wait for the Trump administration to decide how hard it wants to counter Beijing.

Friday Briefing NYT » World News A meeting between President Trump and Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

Biodiversity Talks in Rome End NYT » World News Delegates at global biodiversity talks in Rome agreed on a framework for monitoring environmental commitments and other measures.

U.S. Terminates Funding for Polio, H.I.V., Malaria and Nutrition Programs Around the World NYT » World News Here are some of the 5,800 contracts the Trump administration formally canceled this week in a wave of terse emails.

With Trump, Alliances Come With Strings Attached NYT » World News President Trump has little use for America’s traditional alliances, and tends to evaluate U.S. relationships according to whether countries are contributing economically to the United States.

Francis’ Illness Raises a Hard Question: Who Governs if the Pope Can’t? NYT » World News The Vatican says Pope Francis has continued making decisions and is improving, but his two-week hospital stay poses uncomfortable, unanswered questions about Vatican decision-making.

Mexico Begins to Release Dozens of Cartel Operatives Into U.S. Custody NYT » World News The decision was said to be a signal that President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico planned to cooperate with the Trump administration in cracking down on the cartels.

Friday Briefing: Trump Met With Britain’s Leader NYT » World News Plus, remembering Gene Hackman.

Boris Spassky, Chess Champion Who Lost ‘Match of the Century,’ Dies at 88 NYT » World News When Mr. Spassky, a Russian, played Bobby Fischer, an American, in Iceland at the height of the Cold War, the media attention reduced them to pawns in a wider drama.

A U.K. Teen’s Parents Sent Him to Ghana. He Took Them to Court. NYT » World News Fearing their son was becoming involved in a gang, a London teenager’s parents tricked him and left him in Ghana. He sued, but a court sided with his parents.

In Greenland, Taking It All In With Snowy Jogs and Sled Dogs NYT » World News On a nearly two-week reporting trip to the island, one Times reporter made time for exercise and ice fishing.

Starmer Offers Trump a Plea and a Promise Over Ukraine NYT » World News President Trump, who is hosting Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain, was expected to have some difficult conversations about the future of Ukraine.

In Greenland, Taking It All In With Snowy Jogs and Sled Dogs NYT » World News On a nearly two-week reporting trip to the island, one Times reporter made time for exercise and ice fishing.

Putin Praises Trump for Working to Thaw U.S.-Russia Tensions NYT » World News “The first contacts with the new American administration give us some hope,” the Russian president said in televised comments on Thursday.

Israel’s Military Lays Out Its Oct. 7 Hamas Attack Failures NYT » World News The highly anticipated public findings, the first from its internal inquiries into the devastating Hamas-led attack, do not apportion individual responsibility, though officials said that may come later.

Marian Turski, Who Refused to Forget the Holocaust, Dies at 98 NYT » World News From influential platforms, Mr. Turski, an Auschwitz survivor from Poland, warned the world of rising antisemitism and the perils of indifference to it.

What to Know About the Turkey-P.K.K. Conflict NYT » World News The fighting has taken more than 40,000 lives over the past four decades. The group’s leader is now calling for its fighters to put down their arms.

Anxiety in Gaza and Israel as Cease-Fire Nears End of First Phase NYT » World News A series of hostage-for-prisoner swaps agreed under the first phase of the cease-fire is complete, and no one knows how long the uneasy calm will last.

Pro-Russia Politicians in Ukraine, Inspired by Trump and Putin, See an Opening NYT » World News From prison and from exile, supporters of Moscow have been ramping up social media posts aimed at backing Russia’s call for elections in Ukraine and slamming President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Mother on Hunger Strike to Free Alaa Abd El Fattah From Egyptian Jail at ‘Risk to Life’ NYT » World News Laila Soueif, the mother of Alaa Abd El Fattah, one of Egypt’s most prominent political prisoners, has fasted for 151 days as she seeks his release.