Isabella de la Houssaye, a lawyer and prolific endurance athlete who continued to go on daunting adventures around the world with her five children after being diagnosed with Stage 4 non-small-cell lung cancer, has died at 59. nyti.ms/46IxhoQ

Israel accused Hamas on Thursday of firing rockets from what it called “humanitarian zones” in the southern Gaza Strip where thousands of desperate Palestinians have sought refuge. nyti.ms/3GyYv6I

Recorrer el peligroso Tapón del Darién y solicitar asilo en EE. UU. son riesgos que merece la pena correr para los migrantes chinos que han perdido la esperanza en el futuro de su país. nyti.ms/41q5PeF

Colette Maze had one of the most surprising second acts in classical music history. She began playing piano at age 4, but she didn’t release her first album until 86 years later — and she went on to record six more. She has died at 109. nyti.ms/46I76i0

Museum shows were canceled, a book prize was suspended and artists were barred from applying for a major commission. All these happened in Germany recently because of artists’ views on Israel. nyti.ms/46JqbAh

Juanita Castro, a sister of the Cuban dictator Fidel Castro who broke with him in the early 1960s and went on to collaborate with the Central Intelligence Agency, has died at 90. nyti.ms/47MxI2y

Isabella de la Houssaye climbed mountains and competed in marathons and triathlons. After being diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer, she went on a series of athletic adventures around the world, bringing her five children along. nyti.ms/46N8Mqy

After a series of Quran burnings in Scandinavia caused uproar in Muslim communities, Denmark on Thursday banned the “improper treating” of religious texts in public. nyti.ms/3NhAwge

The president of Seychelles declared a state of emergency on Thursday after a blast at an explosives depot injured almost 200 people and rippled through businesses and homes, sending shock and confusion across the archipelago off the coast of East Africa. nyti.ms/3RevVMD

The leaders of Greece and Turkey signed a “declaration on friendly relations.” The eventual goal, they said, was to resolve longstanding differences that in recent decades have brought their countries to the brink of the military conflict. nyti.ms/3GvXjki

Britain has accused Russia of a years long campaign of cyberattacks with the goal of undermining trust in the British political system. nyti.ms/487PBbQ

Ukraine remains hopeful of further American assistance, but it is also looking to other resources — and trying to make clear what could be at stake. nyti.ms/4a9LiP5

The explosion, which caused “massive damage,” followed destruction caused by recent flooding, the authorities said. nyti.ms/4a6dTVF

Since the Oct. 7 attacks, Israel has recovered a trove of intelligence that its military has used to assess the extent of Hamas’s plans, as well as its battle tactics and abilities, information that Israeli officials say has helped shape the war in Gaza. nyti.ms/46Mb8Gb

A 14-year-old girl shot and killed a schoolmate and wounded five other children on Thursday before killing herself at a school in the western Russian city of Bryansk, officials said. nyti.ms/3Tf4JQG

Russian lawmakers set the date for a presidential election that is widely expected to return Vladimir Putin to power. nyti.ms/3GCoHNy

A border blockade by Polish truckers is starting to have an effect on Ukrainian soldiers in frozen trenches defending against unrelenting Russian assaults, making already fierce battles even more difficult. nyti.ms/3Twd2Ib

In the Gaza Strip, where more than two million people are trapped, death can feel imminent. This is life there: constant Israeli airstrikes, which have resumed after a truce; food and water are scarce. Nowhere feels safe. This is 60 days in Gaza. nyti.ms/41cqfrh

The disorder in Ireland’s capital last month may have appeared to come from nowhere. But experts say it reflected long-running social problems and an emboldened anti-immigrant movement. nyti.ms/47N2wQO

Leaders of the European Union pressed China on the country’s trade imbalance with Europe and its support for Russia during a visit to Beijing. nyti.ms/3RbUJ87

The Seychelles declared a state of emergency on Thursday after a blast at an explosives store, following destructive floods from the recent heavy rains in the East African nation. nyti.ms/3NcCRJd

Humanitarian conditions in southern Gaza grew increasingly dire on Wednesday, as Israel urged Palestinian civilians to leave their homes for an ever-shrinking patch of land and its military fought close-quarter battles with Hamas. Follow updates. nyti.ms/4a7orDW

Alarmed by the power of artificial intelligence, Europe, the United States and others are trying to respond — but the technology is evolving more rapidly than their policies. nyti.ms/4a5R4kY

An Arizona man has been arrested in the United States in connection with a shooting in rural Australia last year that left two police officers and a bystander dead, the F.B.I. and the Australian authorities said on Wednesday. nyti.ms/3Rv6o3a

In the Gaza Strip, intense fighting in and around Khan Younis has set off another mass flight of civilians. But is there really any place for them to go? nyti.ms/3GvT3Br

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak of Britain on Wednesday announced plans to override his country’s top court and disregard some human rights law, gambling on emergency legislation to rescue a scheme that would put asylum seekers on one-way flights to Rwanda. nyti.ms/3Rv2JSY

Illia Kyva, a former Ukrainian lawmaker who called for Ukraine to surrender after Russia invaded was killed near Moscow. nyti.ms/3uKW0vx

Prosecutors in Bordeaux, France, have charged a bar manager in connection with a botulism outbreak in which one person died and 15 others were sickened after eating homemade sardine preserves at an organic wine bar. nyti.ms/3R2C26E

A former Vietnamese refugee who found success on radio in the U.S., Nguyen Qui Duc went on to open an exhibition space in Hanoi that became a salon, drawing artists, journalists and ambassadors. nyti.ms/3GtHfzN

President Vladimir Putin of Russia began a rare visit to the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, two oil-rich Gulf nations which have resisted pressure to take sides in the Ukraine war. nyti.ms/46JGf5i