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China’s surveillance balloons have flown over more than 40 countries and are directed by the Chinese military, the State Department said. The F.B.I. is studying debris.

The deadly earthquake was felt in at least four countries, with most of the casualties and the heaviest damage reported in Turkey and Syria.

On his second trip abroad, the Ukrainian president asked the leaders of the European Union to begin talks this year for his country to join. Back home, he faces an intensifying fight on the eastern front.

Amid scenes of utter devastation and widespread suffering in the bitter cold, residents mourned the loss of family, friends and memories.

An improbable journey by a Japanese visitor chronicling his adventures on social media has captured the country’s imagination.

The death toll surpassed 20,000 on Thursday, a grim milestone that makes it among the deadliest since 2000.

The members of the Ryuyukai have done nearly 100 years of hard time. Now they’re just looking to stay out of trouble.

“Some people under ruins are sharing their wills with the team,” said one rescue worker. “They share names of their loved ones, then they die.”

Also, new U.S. information about China’s spy balloon and North Korea’s newest missile.

An address at the United Nations this week is dismissed by an American ambassador.