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Data Center Surge Reaches India as American Tech Giants Invest Billions

Megacities in southern India are attracting enormous investments to help build artificial intelligence infrastructure to serve the world’s most data-hungry country.

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Trump Is Getting Weaker, and the Resistance Is Getting Stronger

It’s become easier to imagine the moment when Trump’s mystique finally evaporates.

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The Race to Save the Sacramento Mountains Checkerspot Butterfly

The Sacramento Mountains checkerspot butterfly is critically endangered, with the last known larva living in a lab in New Mexico.

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One Gazan Girl’s Fight to Survive Extreme Hunger

After Israel sealed Gaza’s borders, Hoda Abu al-Naja, 12, who suffered from celiac disease, spent months seeking the food and care she needed to combat malnutrition.

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How Ryan Wedding, a Canadian Olympic Snowboarder, Turned into a Drug Lord

Ryan Wedding rose to fame as a Canadian Olympic athlete, but the authorities say he became one of the world’s biggest drug lords, who ordered an informant executed.

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When the Democratic Door-Knocker Has Something Unscripted to Say

Zohran Mamdani’s campaign encouraged canvassers to ditch their scripts in pursuit of genuine, off-the-cuff-conversation. It’s a strategy that some Democratic strategists want to see more of.

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Northern California Conservatives Are Frustrated They Could Get a Democratic Representative

The passage of Proposition 50, which redrew California’s congressional map, means that all of the state’s conservative north is likely to be represented by Democrats.

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Feral Dogs on the Roof of the World

As many as 25,000 free-ranging dogs roam the cold, high-altitude desert of Ladakh, India. That’s a problem for wildlife and people alike.

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What Can Hundreds of Pieces of Litter Tell Us About Manhattan?

Shoes. A phone. Receipts. A comb. Traces of wild nights and hurried days are all around us.

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Flu Cases Climb to Highest Levels in New York City in a Decade

The number of patients going to hospital emergency rooms with flulike symptoms has soared.

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With Help of Lina Khan, Mamdani Looks to Quickly Cut Costs for New Yorkers

Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s signature plans for New York City will take time. Lina Khan, the former chair of the Federal Trade Commission, has ideas for making a swift impact.

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This May Be Our Last Chance to Get It Right in Venezuela

For the past decade, every administration in Washington has said Venezuela represents an extraordinary threat to the United States.

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Myanmar’s Health Crisis Spills Over Borders

Fighting has caused the spread of illnesses like malaria and cholera. In a worst-case scenario, the situation could threaten regional health security, experts say.

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From Pariah to Power: The Hindu Right’s 100-Year Quest to Reshape India

The far right juggernaut known as the R.S.S. and its most prominent member, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, are remaking secular India as a Hindu-first society, pushing aside minorities.

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5 Key Moments in the Rise of India’s Hindu-First Powerhouse

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, known as the R.S.S., has survived bans and vilification to emerge as the force reshaping India’s secular republic into a Hindu nation.

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What to Know About ISIS Terror Attacks

The terror group has lost its territorial stronghold, but it still orchestrates and inspires violence through affiliates across Africa and beyond.

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Death Toll in UPS Plane Crash Rises to 15

Alain Rodriguez Colina, who was injured when a cargo plane crashed into his Kentucky workplace more than a month ago, died on Christmas Day.

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Trump Administration Emphasizes Religion in Official Christmas Messages

Government officials have traditionally steered clear of such overtly religious language, as the Constitution prohibits the establishment of an official state religion.

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What to Know About U.S. Military Action in Nigeria

Before the strikes on Thursday, President Trump said he would halt all aid and go in “guns-a-blazing” to target militants.

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Trump Announces Strike Against ISIS in Nigeria

The attack comes after President Trump ordered the Defense Department last month to prepare to intervene militarily in Nigeria to protect Christians from Islamic militants.

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Judge Blocks Detention of British Researcher Who Scrutinizes Online Hate

Imran Ahmed, who runs an organization that chronicles disinformation, was among five Europeans the State Department had barred, claiming they promote censorship.

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New York City Braces for Heavy Snow as Winter Storm Approaches

The region could see accumulations of up to 5 to 7 inches from late Friday into Saturday.

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John Carey, Literary Eminence Who Excoriated Snobbery, Dies at 91

An Oxford professor and renowned critic, he was pugnacious, fearless and disdainful of the received wisdom of his intellectual milieu.

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Robert Lindsey, Times Reporter and Reagan Ghostwriter, Dies at 90

The nonfiction spy thriller “The Falcon and the Snowman,” which became a film, grew out of his work as a journalist covering the West Coast for The Times.

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Trump Has a New Auto Loan Tax Break. Here’s Who Could Benefit.

Many Americans can take advantage of President Trump’s deduction on auto loan interest, but the tax break will provide only modest savings.

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Kimmel Tells U.K. Viewers ‘Tyranny Is Booming’ in America

Chosen by a British TV station to give an “alternative” to the king’s speech, Jimmy Kimmel said it had been a great year for the U.S. “from a fascism perspective.”

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No Power, No Heat, No Water: Odesa’s Days of Hell Under Russian Fire

The toll on older people and those with disabilities is especially severe as Moscow’s forces repeatedly attack the port city’s infrastructure.

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Prominent Leaders Amplify Disinformation About Brown University Shooting

Prominent business and government figures spread rumors about the attack on Brown University’s campus this month, reigniting questions about accountability in online discourse.

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Estonia’s Man on Capitol Hill Is on a Charm Offensive

The Baltic nation’s congressional liaison is using candy, an American flag outfit and “Die Hard” jokes to make friends in Congress as the Trump administration turns against Europe.

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King Charles Urges ‘Compassion’ and Finding Strength in Diversity in Annual Christmas Message

His annual Christmas message was more outward-looking than last year’s, when he focused on the medical workers who had helped him and his daughter-in-law after their cancer diagnoses.

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