Thursday Briefing: Anger Is Building in India

Plus, books that whisk you away.

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A.I. Can Trick You, Warns Book That Hid A.I.’s Help Writing It

People were deceived. Accusations of dishonesty and even illegality flew. But the man behind the book defends it, calling it not a prank but a “philosophical experiment.”

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Swedish Police Arrest 16-Year-Old After Three Are Killed

The motive was unclear but the police said they were investigating if the shooting had been gang-related.

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King Charles Issues Message of Support to Fellow Cancer Patients

The British monarch said the “frightening” experience of cancer could also illuminate the “best of humanity” as he thanked medical workers and charities.

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Wednesday Briefing: 100 Days of Trump

Plus, advice on how to be happy.

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Days After Trump Commits to Seabed Mining, Two Sides Face Off

At a congressional hearing, one executive welcomed President Trump’s “starting gun” to begin mining. Democrats and Republicans clashed over environmental and business concerns.

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French Lawmakers Cracking Down on Drug Traffickers

A rare consensus in France’s lower house of Parliament prompted by fears that drug-related violence has grown out of control.

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Results are starting to come in. Here’s the latest.

In the most important election of a generation, Canadians are heading to the polls Monday. Here’s what to know, and what to expect.

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Why the Economic Disruption From Trump’s Tariff War Will Be Hard to Reverse

The president’s turnover of the economic order has unleashed changes that could prove lasting, because other countries will adjust.

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E.P.A. Says It Will Tackle ‘Forever Chemicals.’ Details Are Sparse.

A new proposal to combat PFAS contamination, announced by the Environmental Protection Agency, left critical questions unanswered.

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Mike Myers is ready to defend Canada.

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Zurab Tsereteli, Polarizing Russian Sculptor of Colossal Works, Dies at 91

In bronze, he glorified figures like Peter the Great and Vladimir Putin, often to the public’s distaste. Some works, like a giant Columbus and a 9/11 memorial, were reviled.

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Titanic Survivor’s Letter, Written Aboard the Ship, Sells for Nearly $400,000

Col. Archibald Gracie wrote the letter while traveling on the Titanic days before the ship sank and plunged him into the icy North Atlantic.

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Why Australia Wants to Set Caps on International Students

Both major political parties are pledging steep cuts on the number of foreigners allowed to study in Australia as a way to rein in runaway housing prices.

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Palestinian Leader Abbas Appoints Hussein al-Sheikh as Deputy Amid Succession Fears

For many ordinary Palestinians, the appointment of Hussein al-Sheikh was emblematic of how out-of-touch the leadership of the Western-backed Palestinian Authority has become.

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David Paton, Creator of Flying Eye Hospital, Dies at 94

An idealistic ophthalmologist, he came up with an ingenious way to treat blindness in far-flung places: by outfitting an airplane with an operating room.

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At 13, Charlotte Brontë Already Knew How Good a Writer She Would Be

An anthology of her teenage poetry, published for the first time, shows ambition, even if the verse isn’t perfect.

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Amsterdam’s Mayor Apologizes for City’s Role in the Holocaust

The city “horribly abandoned its Jewish residents,” more than 60,000 of whom were deported and killed during World War II, Mayor Femke Halsema said on Thursday.

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Congo and M23 Agree to a Cease-Fire in Qatar

Felix Tshisekedi of Congo had long said his country would not negotiate with the Rwanda-backed militia, making the joint agreement a rare bright spot in the conflict.

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Killer of Gucci Heir Is Arrested on Suspicion of Shooting His Own Son

Benedetto Ceraulo, who in 1995 killed Maurizio Gucci, the heir to the fashion house, was suspected of shooting his son over a scratch on a car, Italian police said.

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Here’s What to Know About the Muslim Brotherhood, Which Jordan Banned

The move could shutter the country’s largest opposition party, the Islamic Action Front, which is the Brotherhood’s political arm in Jordan.

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Thursday Briefing: Trump Lashes Out at Zelensky

Plus, the perfect pour-over coffee.

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Trump Team Races to Form Trade Deals After Tariffs Sow Global Chaos

The president’s threats of tariffs have brought countries like Japan, South Korea and India rushing to negotiate, but they have sown chaos with bigger trading partners like China.

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A choice that sent a message: Looking back at Francis’ 2013 election as pope.

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U.S. Catholics, and some Protestants, mourn a pope who ‘tried to understand.’

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For a Times Reporter Who Covered Him, Francis Was Always a Surprise

An unlikely choice to be pope championed causes and challenged orthodoxy, keeping allies and critics alike on their toes.

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South Korean Police Seek Arsonist After Deadly Seoul Fire

The fire in a 21-story building in southern Seoul killed one person and injured several others, two of them seriously.

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Syria’s Easter Celebrations Pass Peacefully, in Early Test of New Government

At least in the capital, Damascus, the Christian holiday festivities were protected and joyfully observed. Religious minorities are still wary, however, about the new leaders’ commitment to inclusivity.

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Monday Briefing: A Broken Truce in Ukraine

Plus, a Senegalese strawberry farmer on a mission.

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Trump Draft Order Would Drastically Overhaul U.S. State Department

The draft executive order to be signed by President Trump would eliminate Africa operations and shut down bureaus working on democracy, human rights and refugee issues.

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How Violence Erupted On Syria’s Coast

Massacres have spread across once-quiet towns on Syria’s Mediterranean coast, in the deadliest outbreak of sectarian violence since rebels toppled the dictator Bashar al-Assad. Christina Goldbaum, The New York Times’s bureau chief in Syria, traveled to the area to get a sense of who was responsible.

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Inside El Salvador’s CECOT Prison, Where Abrego Garcia Was Held

A U.S. senator was denied entry to a prison holding Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia and other deportees. The authorities arranged a meeting at a hotel instead. Here’s what to know.

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Abrego Garcia Told Chris Van Hollen He Had Been In Isolation in El Salvador Prison

Senator Chris Van Hollen said Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, an immigrant who was deported and incarcerated in El Salvador, reported having been transferred after weeks in a notorious maximum security prison.

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2 Judges Order Federal Agencies to Unfreeze Climate Money

The rulings are setbacks to Trump’s efforts to halt climate and environmental funding approved under the Biden administration.

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U.S. Is Withdrawing Hundreds of Troops From Syria

The end of the Assad era has reduced some threats, but the Islamic State has shown renewed strength in the country.

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Measles Outbreaks in Canada and Mexico Bring Grim Prognosis

Surges in Mennonite communities near the U.S. border may complicate containment efforts, experts say.

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Ontario Premier Doug Ford Orders Review of Therme’s Toronto Waterfront Lease

Doug Ford said he had asked his government to look into the contract that granted a 95-year lease to a European wellness company following a New York Times investigation into the deal.

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Russia Arrests Former Governor of Kursk Region

Aleksei B. Smirnov, together with his deputy and other accomplices, was accused of embezzling money earmarked for building defenses that failed to prevent a Ukrainian attack in Kursk.

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Sperm Donors Fathered More Than 25 Children Each, Netherlands Data Reveals

The numbers raise concerns about the risk of genetic anomalies as those children eventually seek partners and give birth.

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The First Ever Sighting of a Colossal Squid

An expedition spotted a baby of the species in the South Sandwich Islands. This cephalopod can grow to more than 20 feet and has proved elusive in its deep-sea environs.

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Autopsies of Slain Gaza Medics Show Some Were Shot in the Head

The New York Times obtained autopsy reports for 14 of the 15 people killed in a March 23 attack on an ambulance and fire truck.

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How Trump Might Unwittingly Cut Emissions From Online Shopping

Fast fashion retailers rely heavily on shipping by air. The president’s tariffs could change that.

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A Crisis at a British Steel Mill Has Cast a Shadow Over U.K.-China Relations

Britain was edging closer to China, but a dispute at a Chinese-owned steel company in the U.K. may prompt a rethink.

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Trump Administration Memo Proposes Cutting State Department Funding by Nearly Half

The draft plan is part of a process involving the agency and the White House. It would eliminate almost all funding for international organizations that include the United Nations and NATO.

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Tuesday Briefing: El Salvador Won’t Return Deportee

Plus, remembering Mario Vargas Llosa.

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Pope Places Antoni Gaudí, ‘God’s Architect,’ on Path to Sainthood

Pope Francis on Monday signed a decree that recognized the 20th-century visionary’s “heroic virtues” and put him on the path to possible sainthood.

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Ecuadorean President’s Opponent Contests His Re-Election Win

In a divisive election season, Daniel Noboa pledged to bring law and order. His opponent immediately contested the results.

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UK Laws Are Not ‘Fit for Social Media Age,’ Says Report Into Summer Riots

Outdated legislation prevented the police from rapidly correcting misinformation after a stabbing attack on a Taylor Swift-themed dance class last summer, lawmakers said.

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Monday Briefing: China Pauses Crucial Exports

Plus, an art forest in Thailand.

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Xi Jinping Travels to Southeast Asia Amid Tariff War with U.S.

China’s leader is on a charm offensive in the region, but some of Beijing’s neighbors are wary of being caught in the crossfire of a superpower rivalry.

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How Brexit, a Startling Act of Economic Self-Harm, Foreshadowed Trump’s Tariffs

Britain’s decision to leave the European Union in 2016 was sold to voters as a magic bullet that would revitalize the country’s economy. Its impact is still reverberating.

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Manchester Arena Bomber’s Brother Is Accused of Attack on Prison Guards

Hashem Abedi allegedly stabbed the officers with homemade weapons inside a high-security prison.

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Brice Oligui Nguema Is Favored to Win Gabon Election

A military officer who seized power but promised to step down is expected to win the presidential vote on Saturday.

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Hegseth Attends Ukraine Defense Group Only Virtually

Pete Hegseth’s predecessor as defense secretary, Lloyd J. Austin III, started the roughly 50-nation group to support Kyiv after Russia invaded in 2022, but he has given up leadership.

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Friday Briefing: A Worsening Trade War

Plus, the biggest luxury deal of the year.

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Andrew Tate is Accused of Rape and Threatening a Woman with Gun in U.K. Lawsuit

Four women, who are suing the influencer in Britain, gave accounts of being choked and assaulted in encounters that took place between 2013 and 2015. Mr. Tate has denied the accusations.

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Can Nigeria Help Save the Pangolins Amid a Global Wildlife Crime Crisis?

The country has been known as a hub for the trade in illegal wildlife. But it has been stepping up enforcement as concerns grow about the depletion of certain species and the growing role of international crime groups in animal trafficking.

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Thursday Briefing: Trump’s Tariff Reversal

Plus, how your brain connects to ideology.

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Trump Reverses Course on Global Tariffs, Announcing 90-Day Pause

The president also further raised already steep tariffs on China, saying that Beijing should not have retaliated against his earlier trade actions.

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Family Seeks Answers After Death of American Tourist in the Bahamas

The mother of Dinari McAlmont, 23, of Bowie, Md., says that a photo that the police showed her indicated that her son had been badly beaten.

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Dozens Die in Floods Hitting Congo’s Capital

While the Democratic Republic of Congo reels from a new rebel offensive in the east, its capital in the west, Kinshasa, grapples with deadly floods.

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‘Getting Heavier’: Climate Change Primes Storms to Drop More Rain

With rising temperatures, the atmosphere can hold more moisture, meaning precipitation has a tendency to fall at more extreme levels.

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Trump Says the U.S. and Iran Will Hold ‘Direct’ Nuclear Talks

President Trump pulled out of the last Iran nuclear accord in 2018, and negotiators from the two nations have not met face-to-face since. Now he faces the challenge of dismantling the Iranian program.

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Tuesday Briefing: Trump’s Tariff Threat to China

Plus, “The White Lotus” finale.

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American Tourist Arrested After Trying to Film Isolated Tribe and Offer Diet Coke

A 24-year-old YouTuber went to a far-flung island in hopes of filming an encounter with the Sentinelese, the Indian authorities said. It is illegal to make contact with the tribe.

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Amadou Bagayoko, Half of Malian Duo Who Went Global, Dies at 70

As Amadou & Mariam, he and his wife were improbable pop stars on two counts. Their style was venturesome and eclectic, and they were blind virtuosos.

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Monday Briefing: Trump’s Team Defends Tariffs

Plus, meet a robot butler.

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Defiant, Le Pen Tells Supporters ‘I Won’t Give Up’ Despite 5-Year Ban

In a speech, Marine Le Pen, the French far-right leader, cast a judicial decision prohibiting her from running for office as a threat to democracy.

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Trump Administration Revokes Visas of South Sudanese in Clash Over Deportees

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he was making the move because the transitional government of South Sudan had refused to accept its citizens in a timely manner.

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Israel Says Its Account of Rescue Workers Killed in Gaza Was Partly ‘Mistaken’

The Israeli military had previously asserted that the workers had been “advancing suspiciously” toward its troops. A video obtained by The New York Times on Friday appeared to contradict that account.

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After Trump’s Tariffs, Stocks Plunged but Penguin Memes Ticked Up

The internet poked fun at the Trump administration’s decision to impose new tariffs on Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Australian territories near Antarctica where many penguins but no people live.

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U.K. Labour Lawmaker Suspended From Party After Arrest

Dan Norris, a lawmaker who won a seat in Parliament last year, was swiftly suspended from Britain’s governing party.

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‘I Hope Trump Won’t Deceive Us’: Ukrainians Are Wary of U.S. Minerals Deal

In a major mining region of Ukraine, President Trump’s proposal to collect profits from mineral wealth is meeting with a mix of skepticism and weary acceptance.

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Detained in The Hague, Duterte Pursues a Political Comeback at Home

Rodrigo Duterte, the former Philippine president who is facing charges of crimes against humanity, is running for mayor in a race analysts say he could win.

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Video Shows Aid Workers Killed in Gaza Under Gunfire Barrage, With Ambulance Lights on

The U.N. has said Israel killed the workers. The video appears to contradict Israel’s version of the incident, which described the vehicles as “advancing suspiciously” without headlights or emergency signals.

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YouTuber Is Arrested After Leaving Diet Coke on Isolated Tribe’s Island

A 24-year-old American man went to a far-flung island in hopes of filming an encounter with the Sentinelese, the Indian authorities said. It is illegal to make contact with the tribe.

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Italy Tightens Citizenship Rules Amid Influx of Applications

The government says it tightened citizenship rules because of a deluge of applications from the descendants of emigrants who only coveted an Italian passport.

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Investigating a Sprawling Money Laundering Network

Two reporters spent months learning the intricacies of a sprawling network of scammers.

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Senators Denounce Trump Administration’s Response to Myanmar Quake

Democratic senators said in a letter that the administration was failing its first test of humanitarian aid as China and Russia send teams to help.

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Betty Webb, Who Helped Bletchley Park Code Breakers, Dies at 101

Sworn to secrecy about the goings-on at Britain’s storied World War II decryption operation, she only later recounted the efforts to crack German signals.

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Immigration Officials Detain Former Taliban Ambassador to Spain

Mohammad Rahim Wahidi, a lawful permanent resident of the United States, was detained for more than 30 hours upon returning to the country over the weekend.

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