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Can the World Move On Without the U.S.? G20 Leaders Gave It a Shot.

With the United States boycotting the summit, other nations sought to strike new deals, and some took a tougher tone with President Trump.

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Denmark Offers Lessons as Europe Toughens Up on Immigration

Like other European leaders, British Labour politicians are borrowing from Denmark’s restrictive asylum policy. One of its architects cautions that “balance” is necessary.

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How a Sabotaged Ankle Monitor Ended Bolsonaro’s House Arrest

Shortly before he was expected to start serving a 27-year sentence, Brazil’s former president took a soldering iron to his tracking device.

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Israel Says It Assassinated Top Hezbollah Commander in Lebanon

Escalating its attacks on the armed group in Lebanon, Israel said it killed Hezbollah’s chief of staff in an airstrike on an apartment building.

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Trump Calls Ukraine Ungrateful, Again, for U.S. Support in War With Russia

President Trump renewed his criticism of Ukraine’s government as emissaries from Kyiv and Washington met to discuss a plan to end the war.

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F.B.I. Letters Send Shivers Through California’s Political Inner Circle

The indictment of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s former chief of staff shocked many power players in California. Now, some wonder how far the investigation will spread.

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‘Wicked: For Good’ Takes Flight at Box Office, Expected to Make Over $150 Million

The movie is expected to take in about $150 million from Friday through Sunday, earning 34 percent more than the first installment last year.

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Why That Whitney Houston Drum Beat Is So Addictive, Yet Hard to Match

People online have been trying to nail the drumbeat before the final chorus of “I Will Always Love You.” It’s harder than it looks.

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Zelensky Is Under Pressure from Trump and Domestically

Over nearly four years of wartime leadership, analysts say the Ukrainian leader has repeatedly played weak hands wisely. A U.S. peace plan may be his biggest test.

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Hedge Fund Titan Has a Turnaround Plan (for the Carolina Panthers)

David Tepper, the founder of the $20 billion Appaloosa Management, may have finally cracked the winning code for his flagging N.F.L. team.

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As Trump’s Inquisitors Face Scrutiny, a Divisive Figure Could Play a New Role

The prosecutor running an inquiry into those who investigated President Trump has established a grand jury under Judge Aileen M. Cannon, whose scuttling of the documents case made her a White House favorite.

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Mamdani and Trump Tamp Down Fears Over National Guard in New York City

In a Sunday interview on “Meet the Press,” Zohran Mamdani, the mayor-elect, said he had made a forceful case to the president that troops were not needed in the city.

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How the Elite Behave When No One Is Watching: Inside the Epstein Emails

This power elite was already used to ignoring the powerless. Redeeming a disgraced sex offender was a logical next step.

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Rubio Insists U.S. Authored the Ukraine Peace Plan

The comment from Secretary of State Marco Rubio came after a group of U.S. lawmakers claimed that he said the plan was a Russian initiative, not a U.S. proposal.

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What OpenAI Did When ChatGPT Users Lost Touch With Reality

In tweaking its chatbot to appeal to more people, OpenAI made it riskier for some of them. Now the company has made its chatbot safer. Will that undermine its quest for growth?

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Meet the Beatles, Again

A music reporter revisits the documentary that made him fall in love with the Beatles, ahead of the film’s 30th-anniversary rerelease.

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Trump Has Put the Military in an Impossible Situation

Who should take responsibility for the president’s undeclared war in the Caribbean?

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America’s Housing Crisis, in One Chart

If we want more places for people to live, we’re going to have to get more creative.

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How to Use. A.I to Talk to Whales

This is not your average chatbot.

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Titanic Passenger’s Pocket Watch Sells for $2.3 Million

The watch belonged to Isidor Straus, a co-owner of Macy’s who was traveling first class on the Titanic with his wife when it sank in April 1912.

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At Harvard-Yale Game, Rivals Come Together Against Trump Administration Attacks

Students and alumni set aside rivalries at the 141st Harvard-Yale football game on Saturday to summon support against attacks on higher education under the Trump administration.

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Fact-Checking Trump’s Latest Claims on Affordability

The president has made misleading statements about the cost of a Thanksgiving meal, breakfast and gasoline and about prices in general.

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Haitians Rejoice Over Their First World Cup Berth in 50 Years

The national team’s success in landing a World Cup slot gave Haitians around the world a momentary reprieve from their country’s deep crises.

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Why Republicans Are Fighting About the Nazis

Tensions over right-wing antisemitism have burst to the forefront of Republican politics, and show signs of becoming a fierce point of contention in the midterms and beyond.

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How Parents Talk to Kids About Money, Privilege and Inequality

Some parents turn to books or family movie nights to facilitate discussions. But they admit they don’t have all the answers.

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One Undocumented Worker Used a Stolen Identity. Two Men Paid the Price.

Thousands of undocumented workers rely on fraudulent Social Security numbers. One of them belonged to Dan Kluver.

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Patel Under Scrutiny for Use of SWAT Teams to Protect His Girlfriend

The F.B.I. director’s travel on government jets has contributed to growing questions inside the administration about whether he is using taxpayer-funded resources inappropriately.

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Ukraine, U.S. Will Meet About Trump’s Peace Plan to End War With Russia

Meetings in Geneva will include European officials, as the Trump administration’s pushes Kyiv to accept a 28-point peace plan to end the war with Russia.

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Listening to a Book Counts as Reading

We need to let go of our legacy print snobbery.

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In Russian-Occupied Mariupol, Everything Ukrainian Must Go

Russia is remaking Mariupol, which was devastated by a brutal siege in 2022. Ukrainians seeking to move back are finding it hard to recognize the city, or to reclaim their property.

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