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Guarded Optimism, and Some Jokes, in Ukraine Over Trump’s Midterm Wipeout

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By: Paul Sonne， Andrew E. Kramer and Marc Santora
Victory for Democrats could alter the course of peace negotiations and a war nearing its fifth year.

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President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine meeting with President Trump at the United Nations in September. Mr. Trump has blown hot and at times very cold on Kyiv.
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How Did Flávio Bolsonaro Flee Brazil? ‘I’ll Take That to the Grave,’ He Says

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By: Ana Ionova
From Miami, Flávio Bolsonaro is making unfounded claims of a stolen election and plotting to sway his nation’s politics from afar, even though his party is not challenging the results.

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Flávio Bolsonaro, the right-wing Brazilian senator who lost last month’s presidential election, in Aventura, Fla., on Wednesday after fleeing Brazil.
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How Melania Trump Became a Dark-Horse Diplomat on Ukraine

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By: Siobhán O’Grady and Katie Rogers
Both Moscow and Kyiv say Mrs. Trump’s team was the driving force behind an evacuation of a besieged city. It was also in their interest to deliver her a humanitarian win.

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Melania Trump receiving a humanitarian award from Dmytro Lubinets, the Ukrainian human rights ombudsman, at the White House on Thursday.
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Midterm Election Losses Complicate Trump’s Options on Iran War

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By: David E. Sanger
The midterm results laid bare the deep unpopularity of the war of choice that President Trump started and is now struggling to end.

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An American B-1 bomber taking off from an air base in the United Kingdom earlier this year.
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For Israelis, U.S. Midterms Show How Far Their Star Has Fallen in America

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By: Isabel Kershner
Israel once had bipartisan support in the United States, but a strong showing for Democrats, some of whom are deeply critical of the war in Gaza, has left the country with fewer friends in Congress.

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The Detroit election night party of the Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed of Michigan. Mr. El-Sayed won his race.
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What Trump’s Midterm Defeat Means for Iran and Oil Prices

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By: Jim Tankersley， Damien Cave and Annie Correal
Commentators abroad wondered what President Trump’s electoral losses might mean for oil prices, the war on Iran and the future of American politics.

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President Trump walking offstage after a rally in Salina, Kan., on Sunday. The election results mean the Democrats will take control of the House and Senate.
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How Will the Midterms Play Out? These Races May Provide Early Clues.

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By: John Yoon
Election results in states where voting ends early could indicate how each party will fare in House and Senate races elsewhere in the country.

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Analysts said the House race in Virginia this year was a tossup.
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Israeli Claims of Iranian Chemical Weapons Divide U.S. Officials

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By: Julian E. Barnes， Natan Odenheimer， Eric Schmitt， Adam Rasgon and Dustin Volz
Some administration officials suggested Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to draw President Trump back into military action.

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Military personnel joined mourners in Tehran to pay their respects at the funeral processions for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in July.
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Why Trump Often Mentioned Iran in the Midterm Campaign

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By: Lara Jakes
President Trump has repeatedly reminded Americans of a losing campaign issue just as voters head to the polls. Why?

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Visitors at a school in Minab, in Iran’s Hormozgan Province, in September. The school was hit by U.S. strikes on the first day of the war.
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Why Orban and Vucic Broke With Trump on Election Denial

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By: Andrew Higgins
Rejecting President Trump’s election denial playbook, nationalist leaders in Serbia and Hungary opted for an orderly retreat.

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Aleksandar Vucic conceded defeat in the Serbian parliamentary elections in Belgrade on Oct. 25.
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‘This Hour Has 22 Minutes,’ a Canadian Sketch Show, Beats American Late Night to the Punchline

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By: Shawna Richer
The long-running comedy show “This Hour Has 22 Minutes” is having a heyday playing with the fraught relationship between President Trump and Canada.

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Mark Critch, a veteran cast member of “This Hour Has 22 Minutes,” plays President Trump on the show.
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State Dept. to Shift Millions in Contraception Funding to Cover Energy Costs

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By: Olivia Diaz and Stephanie Nolen
In a memo, the department told lawmakers it was redirecting up to $125 million in foreign aid, including nearly $49 million that Congress appropriated for family planning programs in low-income countries.

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A sex worker sorting through condoms at her home in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in 2024.
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U.S. Hits Rwanda With New Sanctions Over a Conflict Trump Declared ‘Ended’

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By: Lynsey Chutel
The Treasury Department accused Rwanda of undermining a U.S.-brokered peace agreement by supporting a rebel group in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Soldiers from the M23 rebel group in Goma, the Democratic Republic of Congo, in January. The United States has accused Rwanda of continuing to support the group.
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Vance Proposes Restarting Peace Talks in Outreach to Iranian Official

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By: Farnaz Fassihi and Tyler Pager
In his letter, the vice president suggested an immediate resumption of comprehensive talks, including about Iran’s nuclear program.

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Vice President JD Vance is said to have made the outreach in a letter sent last week via Qatari meditators and delivered Sunday to an Iranian official, Gen. Mohsen Rezaei.
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Trump Officials Discussing Sanctions Relief for Russian Fund, Russia Acknowledges

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By: Anton Troianovski
A Russian official said potential relief for a state investment fund was part of talks. Russia has sought to wring economic benefits from the negotiations on ending the war with Ukraine.

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Mr. Putin’s foreign policy adviser, Yuri Ushakov, said that “such a conversation” had been “going on for some time, though I do not know what the outcome will be.”
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Trump Explores Lifting Sanctions on Russia’s Flagship Investment Fund

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By: Anton Troianovski
The move would be the latest U.S. concession to Moscow as President Trump pursues economic incentives he hopes will secure an end to war in Ukraine.

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Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, President Trump’s envoys, with Kirill Dmitriev, the head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund, in Moscow last month.
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