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China Courts Lula and Latin America After Trump’s Tariff Shock

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil is visiting Beijing this week, and China’s Xi Jinping will also meet top officials from other Latin American and Caribbean nations to emphasize their ties.

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Republicans Propose Paring Medicaid Coverage but Steer Clear of Deeper Cuts

The proposal, which is to be considered this week by a key House panel, omits some of the furthest-reaching reductions to the health program but would leave millions without coverage or facing higher costs.

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Pope Leo XIV May Be a Stern Teacher for American Catholics

Political partisanship is likely to become an even more untenable position for American Catholics than it already is.

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Serbia Is Showing America What’s Possible

Serbian protesters are bravely combating a powerful autocratic government.

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Can More Military Spending Revive an Economy? This British Town Hopes So.

Britain is spending billions of pounds more on defense, but wants the money to go beyond nuclear submarines to improve local jobs and prosperity. Barrow-in-Furness may be the model.

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Asia Stocks Rise on Hope for Lower Tariffs After U.S.-China Talks

Investors were optimistic after American officials touted progress in trade negotiations over the weekend, though details had yet to be released.

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Trump Is Poised to Accept a Luxury 747 From Qatar for Use as Air Force One

The plan raises substantial ethical issues, given the immense value of the lavishly appointed plane and that Mr. Trump intends to take ownership of it after he leaves office.

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Trump Plan Would Tie Some Drug Prices to What Peer Nations Pay

The president announced an executive order aimed at lowering U.S. drug costs, revisiting an idea that was blocked in court during his first term.

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Rodrigo Duterte Is Expected to Again Become Mayor of Davao City

Former President Rodrigo Duterte, who faces international court charges of crimes against humanity, remains very popular at home.

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‘Viva Papa Leo!’ At U.S. Masses, Dawn of Homegrown Pope Brings an Air of Electricity.

In Chicago, New Orleans and beyond, elated worshipers and priests celebrated their immediate sense of connection with Pope Leo.

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Johnny Rodriguez, Country Music Star, Dies at 73

He was best known for the 1970s hits “I Just Can’t Get Her Out of My Mind” and “Ridin’ My Thumb to Mexico,” and as the first popular Mexican American country artist.

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Why Patients Are Being Forced to Switch to a 2nd-Choice Obesity Drug

CVS Caremark decided to stop offering Zepbound in favor of Wegovy for weight loss. It’s the latest example of limits imposed by insurance that disrupt treatments for patients.

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Families of Sept. 11 Victims Urge Lutnick to Help Extradite Saudi National

The letter comes as the commerce secretary plans to accompany President Trump to Saudi Arabia this week as part of a weeklong trip to the Middle East.

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White South Africans Granted Refugee Status by Trump Leave for U.S.

Dozens of Afrikaners who claim discrimination in their home country left Johannesburg on Sunday. Their departure for the U.S. came as the Trump administration was halting virtually all refugee admissions.

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Hamas Says It Will Release Its Last American Hostage

The announcement, which did not say when the hostage, Edan Alexander, would be set free, came as President Trump planned to visit the region.

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Milwaukee Apartment Building Fire Kills at Least 4

Four other people were critically injured, and 30 others were rescued after the fire broke out on Sunday morning, the authorities said.

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California Bus Crash Leaves at Least 1 Dead and 32 Injured

The bus crashed into a disabled S.U.V. on a highway in Los Angeles County around 5 a.m. Sunday, officials said.

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Pope’s Family History Offers a Glimpse Into the American Creole Journey

The revelation that Leo XIV has roots among New Orleans Creoles has stirred curiosity and joy about the first pope from the United States.

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Flights Could Be Disrupted Across U.S., Transportation Secretary Warns

After a series of problems at Newark Liberty International Airport, the secretary, Sean Duffy, said that he would meet with airline leaders to plan a scaling back of Newark flights.

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Heavy Rain and Flooding Threaten the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic

Forecasters warn of flash flooding from Florida to Virginia amid a slow-moving system that is expected to bring heavy rainfall through Wednesday.

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Pope Leo Is All Over the Map, and That’s Driving Some People Crazy

Neither MAGA nor woke, the new pontiff confounds political categories.

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As Cease-Fire Seems to Hold, India and Pakistan Both Claim Victory

The Trump administration’s public descriptions of its role in the mediation seemed to touch some sensitive spots politically in India.

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How a Quiet American Cardinal Became Pope

At a conclave with many new members, a swift, stunning consensus built around an unknown to many outside of the church.

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UK Battles Wildfires Amid Drought Warnings

A very dry start to spring has helped set off wildfires across Scotland, Wales and England, and officials have warned of a potential drought this summer.

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Trump’s Cuts to Education Will Hit the Disabled the Hardest

President Trump’s efforts to eliminate the Department of Education and give its funding directly to the states is a nightmare for parents like myself.

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Elon Musk Leaves Washington Less Than Legendary

Musk is leaving Washington looking less like a legend.

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Pope Leo XIV Calls for End to War in First Sunday Blessing as Pontiff

The new pope echoed themes that Francis, his predecessor, regularly addressed, as he appeared in front of thousands of the faithful gathered in St. Peter’s Square.

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South Korea’s Two Presidential Candidates Have Been Chosen For June Election

Lee Jae-myung and Kim Moon-soo represent the opposite sides of a country polarized over former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s use of martial law and his ouster.

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Bangladesh Bans the Political Party of Its Ousted Former Ruler

Sheikh Hasina fled the country after a mass uprising against her government, but the party she led remained a factor in Bangladeshi politics.

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How Siblings Shape Us

While parents work hard to mold their offspring, those offspring just as often mold each other.

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