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Two Boys Arrested After Deadly School Shooting in the Philippines

Three people were killed and seven wounded after two ninth graders opened fire on Monday morning in Tacloban City, the police said.

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Embattled Superintendent of Los Angeles School District Resigns

Alberto Carvalho resigned Sunday, months after the F.B.I. raided his home and office. He came to Los Angeles from Miami with a reputation for raising student test scores but also made missteps.

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Exceptionalism Can Be Lonely. Ask Britain.

Brexit was supposed to let Britain return to a time when it still counted as a global power. A decade later, the costs are blindingly apparent.

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Oil Prices Fall as U.S.-Iran Talks Show Signs of Progress

Oil prices retreated after Iran’s foreign minister said there had been “major progress” toward ending the fighting in Lebanon during the first session of high-level talks.

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Does This Radio Host Really Know Everyone in Wales?

Elis James thinks he has a friend in common with just about everyone else in Wales. Don’t believe him? Give him 60 seconds to prove it.

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‘The world knows we exist now’: Cape Verde fans lure neutral spectators to their side.

Dancing exuberantly in the bleachers and teaching the crowd Cape Verde chants.

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Boyle Heights Warehouse Fire Spreads Smoke Across Los Angeles

Firefighters say they are making progress against the blaze, which began Wednesday at a cold-storage facility. But smoke continued to blow across the region, and the authorities reiterated air-quality warnings.

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Abelardo De La Espriella, Trump-Backed Rightist, Headed for Win in Colombia

A victory for Abelardo De La Espriella, a lawyer with no previous political experience, would be a rebuke to the left and another win for the right in Latin America.

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Oil Rises Amid Uncertainty Over Strait of Hormuz

Modest reactions in the oil and financial markets as Iran and the U.S. met in Switzerland for a first round of talks aimed at making a temporary cease-fire permanent.

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Uncertainty Remains Over the Strait of Hormuz

The United States and Iranian militaries have offered conflicting accounts over whether the crucial waterway is open.

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Israel Directs Its Military to Limit Its Actions in Lebanon, but Tensions Persist

It was not clear whether the new directive would resolve the friction that led to deadly clashes on Friday and Saturday and threatened to derail a preliminary U.S.-Iran peace deal.

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Israel directs its military to limit its actions in Lebanon, though tensions persist.

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Keir Starmer Reflects on ‘Political Challenges’ as Pressure to Resign Mounts

An ally of Keir Starmer’s told the BBC on Sunday that Mr. Starmer was “taking the time to think through what the political realities are today compared to last week.”

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Sweet or Salty?

We catch up with The Times’s restaurant critics.

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Israel directs its military to limit its actions in Lebanon, though tensions persist.

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The Women Running Businesses Under Taliban Rules

With secondary education and most jobs out of reach, thousands of Afghan women have turned to entrepreneurship as the only path to make money and maintain a social life.

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For Half a Century, Capturing New York’s Human Moments

Lovers’ quarrels on sidewalks, acts of kindness on public transportation, friendships forged under awnings in the rain, and so much more of the city’s daily poetry.

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F.A.A. Investigates Near Miss Between Planes at Boston’s Logan Airport

A Delta Air Lines flight aborted its landing to avoid another plane that was taking off from an intersecting runway, the agency said.

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F.A.A. Investigates Near Miss Between Planes at Boston’s Logan Airport

A Delta Air Lines flight aborted its landing to avoid another plane that was taking off from an intersecting runway, the agency said.

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Minneapolis Donors Gave as ICE Surged, but Eviction Filings Are Rising

Residents organized to keep their neighbors housed during Operation Metro Surge, and convinced state legislators to pass a rent relief bill in May. Some fear it won’t be enough.

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‘What Do I Do? Do I Tell Her? How Do I Fix This?’

Some notable friends of Metropolitan Diary share their New York stories in the first of a special, limited series of columns marking the feature’s 50th anniversary.

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What I Learned About Parenting as a Trans Dad

Becoming a father taught Zach Ellams how to overcome shame.

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A Malicious Chapter in the History of American Justice

The Trump administration is the nation’s chief threat to the rule of law.

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You Can’t Be a Superpower Without Allies

Even the most powerful state in the world is not all that powerful when it decides to go it alone.

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How Trump’s Fragile Agreement With Iran Is Shaping the Midterms

Democrats say the president started an economically painful war that resulted in nothing positive. Republicans are more divided, even as they show some signs of relief at falling gas prices.

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Neither the War Nor Trump’s Deal Terminated the Main Threats in Iran, Analysts Say

Neither the war nor the agreement terminated the main threats emanating from Iran, many analysts said.

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While the World Scrambles for Oil, China Sits on Full Tanks

The possible reopening of the Strait of Hormuz may not prompt China to return quickly to prewar levels of oil purchases from the Persian Gulf.

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For Heirs of Custer and Sitting Bull, a 150-Year-Old Battle Is Personal

As the anniversary of the Battle of the Little Bighorn approaches, relatives of the two men still grapple with the legacy of a contentious moment in U.S. history.

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Protect Every Animal From Cruelty? Not in 2026, Oregon Democrats Say

A possible referendum in Oregon on animal rights would end fishing, hunting, even pest control, just when Democrats are trying really hard not to be seen as “weirdos again.”

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A Diocese Tries to Protect Its 29-Foot Jesus From Trump’s Border Wall

In a battle of symbols, the Catholics of Las Cruces, N.M., argue that religious freedom should stop the wall from scarring a mountain that has attracted pilgrims for nearly a century.

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