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Bathing in Oil at a Climate Summit? It Leaves a Stain.

In Azerbaijan, site of the COP29 climate talks and a petrostate, people aren’t only proud of their oil. They swear by its health benefits and visit resorts to soak in it.

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Don’t Do Trump’s Work for Him on Mass Deportations

How big will the Trump administration will go, and how quickly?

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How Forced Labor and Hysterectomies Are Darkly Linked in India

Our correspondent explains how an exploitative labor system has produced a system of brutality in the country’s sugar fields.

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Why Mexico Isn’t Panicking About Another Trump Presidency

Mexico is banking on its ability to negotiate with a deal maker like Donald J. Trump, and many officials say the country is better prepared and has more leverage than it did during his first term.

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Canada Prepares for Immigration Surge After Trump Vows Mass Deportation

The Canadian authorities are preparing for a possible spike in undocumented migrants, just as Trump appointees complain about too many people arriving from Canada.

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In America, if Everything Is a Public Health Crisis, Nothing Is

Why invoking a crisis too often can lead society astray.

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Florida Tries a Subtler Way to Curb Progressive Ideology: Cut Sociology

Conservatives in Florida have moved from explosive politics to subtler tactics to uproot liberal “indoctrination” in higher education by removing classes like Sociology from core requirements.

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Abused Workers in India’s Sugar Industry Face Worse Fates if They Quit

Why would anyone stay in a job where abuse is rampant and women are coerced into hysterectomies? Because the cost of escaping India’s cane fields is often even higher.

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Jury Awards $98.65 Million to Family of Man Killed by Former Dallas Police Officer

A jury in federal court concluded that a white police officer used excessive force and violated the constitutional rights of Botham Shem Jean, a Black man, in 2018.

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COP29 Climate Talks in Baku, Azerbaijan, Are Teetering

Western countries are confronting demands for trillions of dollars to fight climate change and to cope with its worsening effects.

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Anthony Weiner’s Latest Redemption Tour Starts With a Haircut

The disgraced New York politician is considering a run for City Council. But even in an era of political comebacks, this might be pushing it.

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Brooklyn Needs Housing. She Has a Vacant Lot. Why Can’t She Build?

A property owner’s effort to develop an apartment building in a popular neighborhood has been stymied for years. She may just give up.

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How Sabrina Carpenter Started a Brooklyn Church Battle

Msgr. Jamie J. Gigantiello is in hot water with his diocese. Prosecutors are looking into his dealings with the New York City mayor’s top adviser. It all started with Sabrina Carpenter.

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Desi Lydic Says Trump is ‘Picking Mascots,’ Not Leaders

“The Daily Show” host said Trump could do worse than an “actual doctor” like Dr. Oz to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services: “I’m impressed he didn’t pick Dr Pepper.”

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US Proposes Forcing Google to Sell Chrome to Fix Search Monopoly

In a landmark antitrust case, the government asked a judge to force the company to sell its popular Chrome browser.

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Israel and Iran Seemed on the Brink of a Bigger War. What’s Holding Them Back?

So far, direct attacks between the two adversaries have been precise and calculated. Whether that lasts is another question.

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Democrats Split as Senate Rejects Bills to Block Weapons Transfers to Israel

The legislation failed resoundingly but highlighted a growing Democratic divide over whether the United States should withhold some weapons to register its disapproval of Israel’s war tactics.

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Police Report Offers Graphic Details of Sexual Assault Claim Against Hegseth

President-elect Donald J. Trump’s choice for defense secretary was never charged with a crime and vehemently denied to the police that a sexual encounter was coerced.

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New York City Will Get Some Rain, but Not Enough to Ease Its Drought

About two inches were forecast to fall through Saturday. Officials say it won’t be enough to fully replenish the city’s reservoirs.

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‘Wicked’ Fans Singing in Movie Theaters Are Anything but Popular

Some fans who have attended early screenings of the film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical have treated it as a singalong. Not everyone is thrilled.

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Percival Everett, Author of ‘James,’ Wins National Book Award for Fiction

Jason De León received the nonfiction award for “Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling.”

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Democrats Split as Senate Rejects Bills to Block Weapons Transfers to Israel

The legislation failed resoundingly but highlighted the Democratic divide over whether the United States should withhold some weapons to register its disapproval of Israel’s war tactics.

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Begich Defeats Peltola in Alaska, Flipping House Seat for Republicans

The G.O.P. united behind Nick Begich III, the conservative son of a prominent liberal Alaska political family, to beat Representative Mary Peltola, a Democrat.

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Accusations of “Race-Shifting” Prompt Canadian Cabinet Minister to Resign

Randy Boissonnault, who resigned as employment minister, had long described himself as the great-grandson of a Cree woman, but now acknowledges he was wrong about his family’s ancestry.

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Who’s Laughing Now? Banana-as-Art Sells for $6.2 Million at Sotheby’s

A conceptual artwork by Maurizio Cattelan, “Comedian,” is just a fruit-stand banana taped on the wall. But 7 bidders were biting. It went to a crypto entrepreneur.

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Urologist Who Sexually Abused Patients Is Sentenced to Life in Prison

Darius A. Paduch, a fertility specialist, assaulted men and boys for years at prominent New York hospitals, prosecutors said.

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U.S. Plans to Propose Breakup of Google to Fix Search Monopoly

In a landmark antitrust case, the government will ask a judge to force the company to sell its popular Chrome browser, people with knowledge of the matter said.

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Ukraine Strikes Inside Russia With U.S. Missiles

The next two or three months in Ukraine are likely to be exceedingly violent, in a war that has already been the deadliest in Europe in the past 80 years. Marc Santora, who has been reporting from Ukraine since the beginning of the war with Russia, explains why.

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Rudy Giuliani’s New Lawyer Takes His Case to the Streets

Mr. Giuliani has not turned over his apartment and other items to two women he defamed. His new counsel, a Staten Island divorce lawyer, held a sidewalk news conference.

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Coca-Cola’s A.I.-Generated Holiday Ads Receive Backlash

The company’s nostalgia-filled commercials are a holiday tradition, but this year’s ads are facing backlash for dipping into the uncanny valley.

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