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via NYT > World News Japan had tried to dissuade the U.S. from imposing sanctions on Tomoko Akane, president of the International Criminal Court, but the White House pressed ahead.

via NYT > World News Our colleagues at The Amplifier newsletter have music recommendations for the final sun-basking days of summer.

via NYT > World News The prince and his wife, whose relations with King Charles and the rest of the royal family have long been strained, will remain non-working royals, according to a person familiar with the decision.

via NYT > World News The country’s small-scale gold mining sector has been booming in recent years, leading to a series of deadly accidents.

via NYT > World News A day after President Trump’s envoy, Jared Kushner, visited Israel to advance a stalled plan for demilitarizing and rebuilding Gaza, the Israeli military said it targeted Hamas commanders.

via NYT > World News An Australian woman, Erin Patterson, was found guilty of murdering three of her husband’s relatives and trying to kill a fourth by serving them deadly mushrooms.

via NYT > World News The Cambridge professor, found dead last week, was at the center of a firestorm about race and hiring. We talk to the reporter covering the story.