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This Is Not China’s War, but Beijing Started Preparing for It Years Ago

Long concerned about geopolitical crises, China redoubled efforts to secure energy security when President Trump started raising the stakes in his first term.

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China Mourned an Education Influencer. The Grief Was a Quiet Revolt.

Zhang Xuefeng helped people navigate the country’s unforgiving higher education system. The public outpouring after his death was a quiet rebuke to the punishing process.

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NASA Artemis II Astronauts Race Into Moon’s Embrace After Quiet Easter

Ahead of a lunar flyby on Monday, the crew celebrated the astronaut Jeremy Hansen’s first spaceflight and got a special message from Charlie Duke, the Apollo 16 moonwalker.

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Trump’s Lesson From Risky Rescue: Threaten to Go Harder at Iran

In an expletive-laced social media post, the president said Iran should open the Strait of Hormuz or he would bomb bridges and power plants.

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ICE Agents Detain Newlywed Spouse of Soldier Training to Deploy

The 22-year-old wife of an Army staff sergeant came to the U.S. as a toddler. She was taken from a military base where the couple planned to live.

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3 Dead After High Winds Topple Tree During Easter Egg Hunt in Germany

A 21-year-old woman, her baby and a 16-year-old girl were killed after a nearly 100-foot tree fell in a wooded area in northern Germany, the police said.

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A Food Pantry Network Suddenly Shuttered, Leaving Thousands Scrambling

Ruby’s Pantry had 85 locations in communities in Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dakota and Iowa.

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The Old Way of Campaigning Won’t Cut It Anymore

Is this a great way to audition and select our leaders, especially for executive offices? Not particularly.

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A Harrowing Race Against Time to Find a Downed U.S. Airman in Iran

For the Iranians, the Air Force colonel whose fighter jet had been shot down was possible leverage. For the U.S. military, finding him was a moral imperative.

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Trump Revels in Threats to Commit War Crimes in Iran

The president said he would bomb Iran “back to the Stone Ages.” Until this administration, American leaders had insisted they were trying to follow international law in war.

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Hockey Rinks Turn to Plastic Ice as Planet Warms

Some environmentalists question using plastic to address rising temperatures.

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Pepsi Drops Sponsorship of Wireless Festival Headlined by Kanye West

Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he was “deeply concerned” that the rapper known for antisemitic and racist comments had been booked to perform at the Wireless Festival.

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How the C.I.A. Helped Locate a U.S. Airman Hiding on an Iranian Ridgeline

The intelligence agency also executed a deception campaign aimed at drawing Iranian forces away from where the missing Air Force officer was hiding.

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Former Matador Is Gored to Death Before Annual Bullfight in Spain

The accident happened before the Corrida Picassiana, an annual event in Malaga that honors the painter Pablo Picasso.

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In New Threats, Trumps Seems Emboldened by a Successful Rescue

In an expletive-filled social media post, Mr. Trump said Iran should open the Strait of Hormuz or he will bomb bridges and power plants.

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Iran Is Ending the Dream of Remote-Controlled War

A.I.’s significant targeting improvements aren’t enough to overcome geography in Iran.

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ICE Arrests in Texas Leave Children to Raise Their Siblings After Parents Are Detained

Andrea García and her siblings are carrying on in a home reshaped by fear, loss and new responsibility.

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Iran Downing of Plane and Daring U.S. Rescue Leave Both Sides Emboldened

Iran’s downing of a U.S. plane and the complex two-day American rescue operation to extract a stranded airman has emboldened both sides, a potential recipe for escalation.

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Is Christianity Making a Comeback?

Some see Easter Sunday’s packed pews and overflowing chapels as a sign of a religious revival. But experts are urging caution.

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Pope Leo Calls for Peace and Warns of a World Indifferent to Violence

The pontiff’s Easter remarks follow a Palm Sunday homily in which he said God rejected the prayers of “those who wage war.”

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A Smoldering Wick in the Darkness

The light that changed my life.

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Want to Change? Maybe Stop Trying So Hard.

The self-transformation industry sells control. Real change is messier.

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Despite Poor Reviews, ‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ Is a Megahit

The animated sequel was expected to collect about $371 million worldwide over its first five days in theaters. “Kids love the movie,” a box office analyst said.

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Interceptor Missiles Save Lives, but Stockpiles Are Dwindling

Defense systems that shoot projectiles out of the sky have become one of the most important components of warfare, so much so that militaries face a diminishing supply.

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New Chef Program Helps People With Autism Find Jobs in Fine-Dining Restaurants

Culinary jobs have the potential to be a perfect fit, and a new effort is afoot to help autistic workers land them.

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ICE Arrests in Texas Leave Children to Raise Their Siblings After Parents Are Detained

Andrea García and her siblings are carrying on in a home reshaped by fear, loss and new responsibility.

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New Owner of Shopping Plaza in Kansas City Pitches a $1.5 Billion Rescue Plan

The Country Club Plaza’s sale and turnaround plans come at a consequential economic time for Kansas City, Mo., which will soon lose the Chiefs football team.

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Stephen Miller Is Still Pursuing His Immigration Agenda, but More Quietly

The architect of President Trump’s mass deportation campaign wants “a moratorium on immigration from third world countries until we can heal ourselves as a nation.” The chaos in Minneapolis has not pushed him off that course.

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What Were Bob Dylan and John Lennon Really Saying in the Back of That Limo?

A film scene of Dylan and Lennon at a low moment in 1966 has held a grim fascination for fans. Beneath the repartee, a touchy issue was at stake.

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U.S. Rescues Downed Air Force Officer Deep Inside Iran, Trump Says

An Air Force officer of a F-15E Strike Eagle shot down on Friday by Iran spent a day in hostile territory with little more than a pistol for protection.

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