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He faced off with North Korean troops, helped prepare for the Trump-Kim summit and witnessed some of the most ​hair-raising — and ​bizarre — moments ​on the world’s most heavily armed border.

A reversal in Australian immigration policy toward New Zealand is part of a reset in relations, but some tensions remain.

For Valentyn, a Ukrainian soldier in the Donetsk region, the war’s death toll is more than a statistic. He is tasked with moving wounded troops — and dead bodies — away from the front lines, often under Russian fire.

An estimated 20 percent of Russia prisoner recruits are H.I.V. positive. To some, the front lines seemed less risky than prisons where they said they were denied effective treatments.

The police appear to know little about how the crime was committed or who is behind the theft.

The bill, passed last month, calls for life in prison for anyone engaging in same-sex relations. President Yoweri Museveni congratulated lawmakers for their “strong stand” against L.G.B.T.Q. people.

The official, Ma Lieh, left his seat during a speech at the Kremlin by a Soviet Politburo member, a sign of the strained relations between Moscow and Beijing.

The book is often described as the world’s first novel and a touchstone of Japanese literature. But some of its themes, including its take on gender and power, have echoed over centuries.

With his sister, Valerie Biden Owens, and his son, Hunter Biden, in tow, the president spent the first day of his trip to Ireland steeped in family lore.

Songkran, a traditional Thai festival, often involves splashing and squirting. But the continuing crackdowns on all forms of dissent in Hong Kong made things different this year.