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Canada Moves to Discourage Arctic Rivals as the Fabled Northwest Passage Opens Up

The Inuit of the far north helped solve the mystery of a doomed 19th-century expedition. Now Canada needs them to strengthen its claim to this newly contested region.

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New York’s Many Dystopian Fictional Futures

If you’re a writer or filmmaker hoping to create a hell on earth, might as well start with the most famous city in the world.

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AI Data Centers Create Fury From Mexico to Ireland

As tech companies build data centers worldwide to advance artificial intelligence, vulnerable communities have been hit by blackouts and water shortages.

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How Chile Embodies A.I.’s No-Win Politics

Political debates have flared across Chile over artificial intelligence. Should the nation pour billions into A.I. and risk public backlash, or risk being left behind?

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Australia Could Be a Rare Earths Alternative to China for the U.S.

China’s escalating curbs on the critical minerals has given Australia, a longstanding U.S. ally, the opportunity to reposition itself to a transactional president.

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In China, a Forbidden Question Looms: Who Leads After Xi?

Xi Jinping seems to believe that only his continued rule can secure China’s rise. But as he ages, choosing a successor will become riskier and more difficult.

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Peanut Allergies Have Plummeted in Children, Study Shows

Doctors have long recommended that infants avoid peanuts. But in 2017, experts officially reversed that guidance, and food allergies decreased sharply.

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China’s Economy Held Steady in the Third Quarter, but Consumers Were More Cautious

A further increase in China’s trade surplus failed to fully offset the effects of a worsening housing market, which has left consumers wary.

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Mamdani and Cuomo Make Their Cases in Last Weekend Before Early Voting

As the New York City mayoral campaign enters its final weeks, the candidates appeared at a forum at Queens College and at a soccer tournament in Coney Island.

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Colombia’s Leader Accuses U.S. of Murder, Prompting Trump to Halt Aid

President Gustavo Petro said a U.S. strike in the Caribbean had killed a fisherman. President Trump said he would cut aid and impose new tariffs on Colombian imports.

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Emirates Cargo Plane Slides Off Hong Kong Runway, Killing 2 Ground Crew

The plane, arriving from Dubai, skidded off the runway after landing and fell into the sea, Hong Kong officials said.

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For Alaskan Evacuees, Home Is Gone, With No Return in Sight

Their communities devastated from last weekend’s storm, many are in shelters in Anchorage and facing life in a completely different world.

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Shell Detonated Over Interstate 5 During Marines Event, California Officials Say

The mishap, during an anniversary celebration for the Marine Corps attended by the vice president and defense secretary, underscores safety concerns that Gov. Gavin Newsom voiced before Saturday’s event at Camp Pendleton.

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Sam Rivers, Bassist for Limp Bizkit, Dies at 48

As a founding member of the band, he helped it achieve mainstream success.

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U.S. Kills 3 on Boat Suspected of Smuggling Drugs for Colombian Rebels

It was the seventh known strike in President Trump’s military campaign of attacking, rather than arresting, those suspected of running drugs in the Caribbean.

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Louvre Robbery: What Was Stolen

The stolen items include glittering royal tiaras, necklaces and earrings.

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Santos Thanks Trump During TV Appearances After His Release From Prison

Mr. Santos, the disgraced congressman from Long Island, lashed out at the warden of the prison where he had been held and suggested he was now free to get Botox.

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The Right Has Gone Woke

Language policing. Cancel culture. Victimhood contests and cultural grievances. Despite attacking the left for partaking in such practices, there’s an emerging set of individuals on the right who have became exactly what they’ve criticized. Meet the woke right.

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The HBO Miniseries ‘Task’ Gets Rural America Right

Since the first election of President Trump, Hollywood has fretted about portraying rural and red state Americans. Some new TV series show how to get it right.

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A Fragile Cease-fire Between Afghanistan and Pakistan Ends Violence, for Now

The two committed to stop attacking each other after the worst outbreak of hostilities in years. But the underlying causes remain, analysts warn.

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Epoch Times Reporter Resigns After Publication Signs Pentagon Rules

The reporter, Andrew Thornebrooke, also cited a recent editorial directive to refer to antifa, the far-left ideological movement, as a terrorist organization.

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Sanae Takaichi Is Set to Be Japan’s First Female Prime Minister. But Will She Advance Women’s Rights?

Sanae Takaichi is poised to break Japan’s political glass ceiling. But some worry she will maintain policies that have held women back.

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Hit-and-Run at a Child’s Birthday Party Injures 14

A driver fled the scene after ramming a vehicle into a group of people, including children, outside a Maryland home on Saturday night, the police said.

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Gaza Cease-Fire Strained by New Flare-Up of Violence

Israel launched airstrikes on Gaza after it accused Palestinian militants of attacking its forces across cease-fire lines.

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An Ode to October Baseball

With the World Series just days away, we look at the beauty of baseball — even if one team looks unbeatable.

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Trump Is Dragging Us Down to His Level

The Young Republicans’ Telegram chat was revealing in so many ways.

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Mamdani, Jeffries and How to Beat Trump at His Own Game

Democrats’ vision for the country won’t matter unless they can get people to pay attention to it.

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Louvre Closed After Robbery

It was not immediately clear what, if any, of the Paris museum’s priceless artifacts had been stolen.

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Wealthy Americans Are Spending. People With Less Are Struggling.

Data show a resilient economy. But that largely reflects spending by the rich, while others pull back amid high prices and a weakening labor market.

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Shutdown Fight Reopens Debate in G.O.P. Over Health Care

The spending showdown has highlighted Republicans’ failure to produce an alternative to Obamacare, which many of them assail but concede is too politically risky to undo.

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