Sunday, August 31, 2025

Brazil Tightens Bolsonaro House Arrest Amid Escape Concerns

Former President Jair Bolsonaro, who will stand trial on Tuesday, is being closely monitored by the Brazilian authorities, who fear he may try to flee.

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China Shows Off its Power

Xi Jinping is using a summit with leaders like Narendra Modi and Vladimir Putin as an opportunity to pull countries away from the U.S.

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Houthis Vow Revenge After Israeli Attack Kills Senior Officials

Israel’s assassination of top officials last week is likely to make the Iranian-backed militia even more hawkish, Yemen analysts say.

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Protesters in Indonesia Focus Rage on Politicians, Ransacking Their Homes

After a week of demonstrations, protesters on Sunday directly targeted the people they blamed for economic challenges and police brutality.

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Saturday, August 30, 2025

A City Reinvented: Paris Is Now Greater Paris

The periphery of the French capital is more vital than ever, and its creativity and dynamism have blurred old boundaries.

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Over 15 Killed in Gaza City, One Day After Israel Ends Daily Pauses for Aid

One attack was an effort to assassinate Abu Obeida, one of Hamas’s best-known spokesmen, Israeli officials said. It was not immediately clear if that succeeded.

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Xi Uses Summit, Parade and History to Flaunt China’s Global Pull

With the leaders of Russia and India visiting, China’s president will show how he can use statecraft, military might and history to push for global influence.

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Friday, August 29, 2025

Appeals Court Rules Against Many Trump Tariffs

The decision is a big blow to President Trump’s trade policies, but the judges left the duties in place for now to allow time for a likely appeal to the Supreme Court.

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Trump Administration Bars Palestinian Officials From U.N. Meeting in New York

The United States generally allows foreign officials to attend the United Nations General Assembly. The administration’s move comes amid a new push for Palestinian statehood.

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Thursday, August 28, 2025

A Major Russian Attack on Kyiv

The assault, which killed at least 18 people, was the largest attack on the Ukrainian capital since President Trump met Vladimir Putin.

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Buried by Princess Diana, Time Capsule Brings Back the ’90s Far Too Soon

The capsule was opened early because of a construction project. It revealed a Kylie Minogue CD, a pocket television and other ephemera from its time.

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Wednesday, August 27, 2025

Jimmy Lai’s Freedom May Now Hinge on Beijing and Trump

As the outspoken Hong Kong publisher awaits a verdict, his trial has become a test of China’s resolve to crush dissent, and of whether President Trump can free him.

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A Casualty of Trump’s Tariffs: India’s Nascent Solar Industry

The full weight of a 50 percent tariff on Indian goods took effect this week, undercutting one of the country’s most promising markets for solar exports.

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Gérard Chaliand, Intrepid Authority on Geopolitics, Dies at 91

His considerable influence in the French-speaking world was based on an unusual attribute: He had actually been to the revolutions he wrote about.

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Tuesday, August 26, 2025

Mumbai’s Pigeon-Feeding Rules Aren’t Going Over Well

The new rules led to clashes with the police and threats of hunger strikes by members of the Jain religious community, which believes in nonviolence against all creatures.

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Macron Defends Call for Palestinian Statehood in Letter to Netanyahu

President Emmanuel Macron of France also pushed back against accusations by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he had not done enough to protect French Jews from antisemitic attacks.

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Nigel Farage Promises Mass Deportations if Elected UK Prime Minister

The plans announced by the leader of Reform U.K., which is leading opinion polls in Britain, illustrated how he is driving a hardening of the debate around immigration.

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Monday, August 25, 2025

French Prime Minister Calls Special Parliamentary Session to Address Ballooning Debt

Prime Minister François Bayrou called a parliamentary session to address the “gravity” of the situation. An analyst said his move was “political suicide,” as some opponents vowed to bring down the government.

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Abrego Garcia Detained Again After Administration Signaled It Would Re-Deport Him

The move came three days after Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia was freed from custody in the federal criminal case that was filed against him in Nashville.

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How China Influences Elections in America’s Biggest City

The Chinese consulate in Manhattan has mobilized community groups to defeat candidates who don’t fall in line with the authoritarian state.

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Sunday, August 24, 2025

Monday Briefing: Would Ukraine Give Up the Donbas?

Plus, the U.S. Open gets going.

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North Korea’s Glossy New Surface: Apps, Beaches and a Fake Starbucks

Videos taken by visitors to the isolated country provide a rare glimpse of how it’s mimicking the consumerism of the outside world.

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Monday Briefing: Would Ukraine Give Up the Donbas?

Also, the U.S. Open gets going.

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Saturday, August 23, 2025

As Other Israelis Die in War, Ultra-Orthodox Resist Call to Fight

Ultra-Orthodox Israelis, exempt for decades from military service, are now being drafted. Their rage is dividing Israel and threatening Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition.

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Singer Marko Perkovic’s Fascist-Era Salute Evokes a Bloody Time in Croatia

There’s a new generation of fans for the singer known as Thompson, who uses the salute and nationalist rhetoric to cast himself as a guardian of Croatian heritage.

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Friday, August 22, 2025

Trump Begins Buildup of U.S. Naval Forces Outside Venezuela, but Many Remain Skeptical

Past experience has left some people skeptical that political change in Venezuela will come from the outside.

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Is the Trump Administration Building Up to a Military Confrontation With Venezuela?

A major increase in U.S. naval forces in the south Caribbean Sea has been underway since President Trump signed a directive targeting some cartels.

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Thursday, August 21, 2025

Trump Budget Office Is Withholding H.I.V. Funds That Congress Appropriated

Lawmakers allocated $6 billion this fiscal year for PEPFAR, the H.I.V. prevention and treatment program, but the administration has indicated it will release less than half of that.

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Texas Mother Wanted for Son’s Murder Arrested in India

Cindy Rodriguez Singh had fled the United States in 2023 shortly after the authorities questioned her about her 6-year-old’s disappearance.

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Friday Briefing: The U.S. and Europe Flesh Out a Trade Deal

Also, a war photographer’s return to Afghanistan.

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Vance Recounts Telling Zelensky to ‘Behave’ in Trump Meeting

It was not the first time that the vice president had addressed Ukraine’s leader with words more commonly spoken to toddlers than heads of state.

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Wednesday, August 20, 2025

Israel Approves Settlements, a Blow to Faded Hopes for a Palestinian State

The long-stalled project near Jerusalem, known as E1, further fragments West Bank lands envisioned as part of a Palestinian state, advancing a goal of Israeli hard-liners.

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John Cruickshank, Last World War II Victoria Cross Winner, Dies at 105

He made a daring raid on a U-boat, suffered 72 wounds and helped land his damaged seaplane.

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Gazans Fear Looming Israeli Operation

Israel’s plan to invade Gaza City, the most populous city in the northern Gaza Strip, has forced many families to consider uprooting themselves.

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Tuesday, August 19, 2025

Trump Says He’s Ended 6 (or 7) Wars. Here’s Some Context.

President Trump has cast himself as a global peacemaker. His interventions have calmed some conflicts, while in others his role is less clear.

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Monday, August 18, 2025

Israel Is in Talks to Send Gazans to South Sudan, Officials Say

Israel has broadened its push, so far unsuccessful, to persuade other countries to take in Gazans en masse. Critics say the relocation could violate international law.

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Russia Reaffirms Opposition to NATO Troops in Ukraine



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Sunday, August 17, 2025

Trump Is Pushing India Back Toward China

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had been moving to align India with the United States and freeze out China. Now, efforts to rebuild ties between the Asian giants are gaining momentum.

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The Trauma of Childhood in Gaza: No School, Few Toys, Little Hope

Over the past two years, tens of thousands of children in the territory have been killed, wounded or orphaned. Childhood as they once knew it has ceased to exist.

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Monday Briefing: A Trump-Zelensky Meeting

Plus, an A.I. stuffed animal.

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Zelensky Brings Backup to the White House as Trump Aligns More Closely With Putin

European leaders are joining a trip to Washington to make sure the trans-Atlantic alliance remains intact.

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Saturday, August 16, 2025

Why Russia Sold Alaska to the U.S.

The Trump-Putin summit will take place in a former Russian colony that the United States bought for $7.2 million in 1867. Here’s how the deal came together and why its legacy matters.

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U.S. Pauses Visitor Visas for Gazans After Right-Wing Outcry

The move blocked a pathway for those seeking medical care in the United States, including young children who arrived in recent weeks with serious conditions.

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Trump Backs Off Cease-Fire Demand in Ukraine War, Aligning With Putin

President Trump’s break from a strategy agreed to with European allies could give President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia an edge as talks to end the fighting continue.

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Putin keeps talking about the ‘root causes’ of the war. What does he mean?



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Friday, August 15, 2025

Here’s the latest.



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As Trump Meets Putin in Anchorage, Zelensky Condemns Russia’s Continuing Strikes

The Ukrainian leader sounded off on social media before the summit in Anchorage from which he was excluded.

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New I.R.S. Rules for Large Wind and Solar Projects Released

The move comes as the Trump administration has issued a barrage of new restrictions on renewable energy across the country.

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Thursday, August 14, 2025

Friday Briefing: Ukraine’s Fate

Plus: To appreciate a dancer, watch the hands.

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Plan for Israeli Settlements Advances and Will ‘Bury’ Palestinian Statehood, Minister Vows

Bezalel Smotrich, the finance minister, said on Thursday that a plan to significantly expand a settlement near occupied East Jerusalem had won approval. But a procedural step remained.

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Air Canada Cancels Flights Ahead of Possible Flight Attendant Strike

The dominant air carrier in Canada set in motion a process that could ground 130,000 passengers a day by Saturday.

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Wednesday, August 13, 2025

Ahead of Putin Meeting, Trump Shrugs Off Russian Threats in U.S. and Abroad

President Trump struck a remarkably unconcerned tone when asked to address the horrors of war, raising questions about whether he has the leverage to convince Vladimir V. Putin to agree to end the invasion in Ukraine.

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Thursday Briefing: Air Conditioning Politics

Also, Trump spoke with European leaders ahead of his talks with Putin.

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Top Iranian Official Visits Lebanon as Hezbollah Bucks Calls to Disarm

The visit by Ali Larijani, the head of Iran’s top security body, came as the Lebanese government moves to disarm Hezbollah, the militant group that has long been Tehran’s most powerful regional ally.

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Tuesday, August 12, 2025

Under Pressure by Trump, Mexico Sends 26 Cartel Operatives to U.S.

The transfer followed news that President Trump ordered the Pentagon to begin using military force against certain Latin American drug cartels.

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Wisconsin Woman Convicted in Failed Assassination Attempt in Birmingham, England

Aimee Betro, 45, was convicted on Tuesday of attempting to shoot a man near Birmingham, England in 2019.

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Monday, August 11, 2025

What to Know About Al Jazeera, the Broadcaster Israel Accuses of Supporting Hamas

Al Jazeera, five of whose reporters the broadcaster said were killed by an Israeli strike, has angered governments across the region that claim it gives voice to terrorists. The outlet denies that.

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Who Were the Al Jazeera Journalists Killed in an Israeli Strike in Gaza?

Israeli officials said it was a targeted strike aimed at one of those killed, Anas al-Sharif, whom it accused of being a Hamas fighter posing as a reporter.

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Trump Wields Tariffs as a Force in Diplomacy, to Questionable Effect

The president has threatened more tariffs on Russia and its trading partners and has imposed harsh ones on India and Brazil to try to sway matters of war and politics.

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Sunday, August 10, 2025

Monday Briefing: North Korea’s Heir Apparent

Plus, Europe closed ranks ahead of the Trump-Putin summit.

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Israeli Strike Kills 4 Al Jazeera Journalists, Network Says

Anas al-Sharif, a well-known correspondent for the network, was among those killed. Israel said it had conducted a strike targeting Mr. al-Sharif, claiming he worked for Hamas.

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Monday Briefing: North Korea’s Heir Apparent

Also, Europe closed ranks ahead of the Alaska summit.

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Earthquake Strikes Western Turkey

Rescue efforts were continuing as officials tried to assess damage in a region prone to disaster.

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Saturday, August 9, 2025

Xi Looks to Tighten Grip After Scandals Shake China’s Military Elite

The Chinese leader’s crackdown on military corruption reveals how deep his concerns run, not only about battlefield readiness, but about political survival, as well.

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These Are Drug Cartels Designated as Terrorists by the U.S.

President Trump has signed an order telling the Pentagon to begin using military force against certain criminal gangs that the United States has named terror organizations.

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Friday, August 8, 2025

William H. Webster, Who Ran Both the F.B.I. and the C.I.A., Dies at 101

A former federal judge, he first came to the F.B.I. just as two of the worst spies in American history were running rampant.

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Netanyahu’s Plan for Gaza City Has Skeptics in Israeli Military

The military leadership has said it prefers a new cease-fire instead of renewed fighting, and the military’s chief of staff previously raised concerns about troop exhaustion.

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What’s Behind the Thailand-Cambodia Conflict

A series of border skirmishes between Thailand and Cambodia escalated into a military conflict in July that killed dozens of people and rattled the region. As negotiations take place, Sui-Lee Wee, The New York Times’s Southeast Asia bureau chief, talks to Katrin Bennhold, a senior writer on the International desk, about the context behind the evolving dispute.

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Trump to Meet With Leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan, Seeking to End Conflict

The two countries’ leaders are expected to sign a joint declaration toward a peace deal after decades of fighting.

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Thursday, August 7, 2025

Canada Wildfires: Military Is Brought In to Battle Blazes

Amid thousands of evacuations and the spread of smoke to the United States, the Canadian armed forces and the Coast Guard were summoned to help battle the blazes.

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South Africa’s Equity Laws, Reviled by Trump, May Complicate Tariff Talks

Slapped with a steep tariff, South African officials hope for a deal, but some worry the U.S. may insist that it roll back measures that redress the damage of apartheid.

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How a Carbon Tax Plan in Europe Survived (Mostly)

Austria tried a combination of taxes and rebates to reduce emissions.

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Wednesday, August 6, 2025

Charleston’s Climate Lawsuit Against Oil Giants Is Dismissed

The legal claim, one of a raft of lawsuits across the country, had accused companies of a yearslong disinformation campaign about climate change.

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Thursday Briefing: Trump Threatens to Double India’s Tariffs

Also, a possible Russia-Ukraine-U.S. summit.

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New Zealand Air Force Mounts Dangerous Rescue Mission in Antarctica

Three staff members from the National Science Foundation were evacuated from a U.S. research base after a medical emergency. The mission is one of the most challenging for the air force.

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Trump Tells European Leaders He Intends to Meet With Putin and Zelensky

President Trump has been stymied for months in his efforts to find a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine, after more than three years of war.

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Tuesday, August 5, 2025

Bolsonaro House Arrest Casts Shadow Over Brazil-U.S. Trade Talks

The Brazilian Supreme Court justice’s order could complicate efforts to negotiate over President Trump’s punishing tariffs, set to go into effect this week.

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Wednesday Briefing: Netanyahu’s Next Steps in Gaza

Plus, how to break free from your phone.

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British Opera Company Cancels ‘Tosca’ Collaboration in Israel After Criticism

The Royal Ballet and Opera said it was scrapping performances in Tel Aviv next year, after nearly 200 staff members signed an open letter criticizing its stance on the war in Gaza.

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Big Tech’s Net-Zero Goals Are Looking Shaky

Emissions are “going through the roof” because of A.I., according to new sustainability reports.

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Monday, August 4, 2025

Tuesday Briefing: Trump’s Tariff Leverage

Also, a hit musical at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

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U.S. to Require Some Foreign Visitors to Pay Bonds of Up to $15,000 for Entry

A State Department pilot program will tie the cash deposits to tourist and business visas for people from countries with high visa overstay rates.

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Razia Jan, 81, Who Built an Enduring Girls’ School in Afghanistan, Dies

Before 9/11, she ran a dry cleaning business in Massachusetts; in the aftermath, she returned home after decades away to educate young girls.

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Sunday, August 3, 2025

Oasis Fan Dies in Apparent Fall at Wembley

A concertgoer apparently fell from the upper tiers at Wembley Stadium as the band’s reunion tour show was winding down.

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Monday Briefing: An ‘All or Nothing’ Gaza Deal

Plus, influencers feted by the Vatican.

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More Than 60 Migrants Dead After Boat Capsizes Off the Coast of Yemen

The trip across the Gulf of Aden is the first leg of one of the world’s riskiest — and busiest — migration and smuggling routes.

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How Trump Is Transforming the U.S. Government’s Environmental Role

The E.P.A. said this week it would revoke its own ability to fight climate change. It’s the latest move in an extraordinary pivot away from science-based protections.

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A Former American Soldier Finds a Home in Mexican Wrestling

Flip Gordon was uneasy about being a lucha libre wrestler dressed in a U.S. military uniform. Booed at first, he is now a fan favorite.

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Saturday, August 2, 2025

No Passports, No Study Abroad: China Limits Public Employees’ Travel

Even low-level government employees like elementary school teachers and nurses have been ordered to hand in their passports, to enforce “discipline.”

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India Will Buy Russian Oil Despite Trump’s Threats, Officials Say

President Trump said last week that he would punish India if it did not cut off Russian oil imports, but he did not specify what the penalty might be.

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Friday, August 1, 2025

A Bid to Undo a Colonial-Era Wrong Touches a People’s Old Wounds

An Oxford museum’s collection of objects taken from the Naga people includes human remains. What to do with them now is not a simple matter.

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Photos From a Gaza Airdrop

A photographer accompanied a Jordanian aircrew as it dropped aid to Gaza, where starvation is rising.

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SpaceX, NASA Launch Astronauts to Space Station as Clouds Stay Just Far Enough Away

After a scrubbed launch on Thursday, four astronauts lifted off from Florida and will dock at the International Space Station on Saturday.

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