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Today — 11 May 2025NYT | Top Stories

Why America’s ‘Beautiful Beef’ Is a Trade War Sore Point for Europe

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By: Jeanna Smialek
11 May 2025 at 12:01
European officials call food safety standards a “red line,” as Trump administration officials criticize rules that keep American beef and other meats off grocery shelves.

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Hendrik Dierendonck, right, and one of his chefs, Timon Michiels, at work at his butchery and restaurant in Saint-Idesbald, Belgium, last month.

Trump’s No. 1 Fan in Greenland: A Bricklayer Turned Political Player

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By: Maya Tekeli and Jeffrey Gettleman
11 May 2025 at 12:01
Jorgen Boassen’s idolization of all things Trump, which has won him friends in Washington and sometimes hostile attention at home, has given him an unlikely new career: political influencer.

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Jorgen Boassen believes Greenland’s best bet for the future lies in breaking with Denmark and forging a close alliance with the United States.

Can Trump Rename the Persian Gulf?

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By: Farnaz Fassihi
11 May 2025 at 12:01
His suggestion to call the body of water the “Arabian Gulf” has apparently done the impossible: Unite Iranians.

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President Trump has said of his idea to change the name of the Persian Gulf, “I don’t know if feelings are going to be hurt.”

Can King Charles Heal a Royal Family Crisis Before It’s Too Late?

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By: Mark Landler
11 May 2025 at 12:01
Prince Harry’s desperate plea to reconcile with his father highlighted a rupture that could undermine the monarchy’s attempts to model unity.

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King Charles III on the 80th anniversary of V-E Day, on Thursday.

Koyo Kouoh, Prominent Art World Figure, Is Dead at 57

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By: Alex Marshall and Roslyn Sulcas
11 May 2025 at 09:16
She had recently been named to oversee next year’s Venice Biennale. She died just days before she was scheduled to announce its theme and title.

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Koyo Kouoh in 2023. As the curator and executive director of Zeitz MOCAA, one of Africa’s largest contemporary art museums, she had built a global reputation as a torchbearer for artists of color.

Tufts Student Returns to Massachusetts After 6 Weeks in Immigration Detention

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By: Vimal Patel， Anemona Hartocollis and Maya Shwayder
11 May 2025 at 11:05
Freed after her painful ordeal in a federal facility, Rumeysa Ozturk expressed joy, gratitude and continued faith in American democracy.

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Rumeysa Ozturk at Boston Logan International Airport on Saturday.

Reluctant at First, Trump Officials Intervened in South Asia as Nuclear Fears Grew

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By: David E. Sanger， Julian E. Barnes and Maggie Haberman
11 May 2025 at 06:56
After Vice President JD Vance suggested that the conflict between India and Pakistan was not America’s problem, the Trump administration grew concerned that it could spiral out of control.

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Students created portraits of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Trump to celebrate the cease-fire.

How Front Pages Around the World Covered the Selection of Pope Leo XIV

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By: Simon J. Levien
11 May 2025 at 07:07
In a digital age, the front pages of print newspapers can still capture a historic moment as they did on Friday with word-playing headlines, splashy photos and a dose of solemnity.

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A person reads the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano on Friday in Vatican City.

Margot Friedländer, Holocaust Survivor Who Found Her Voice, Dies at 103

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By: Penelope Green
11 May 2025 at 07:16
She never spoke of her experience until after her husband’s death, when she returned to Berlin with a mission to tell her story, and to teach tolerance.

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Margot Friedländer at a ceremony in Berlin marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Jan. 27, 2023. She became a champion of Holocaust remembrance after moving back from New York to Germany in 2010.

3 Lawmakers Involved in Newark ICE Protest Could Be Arrested, DHS Says

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By: Tracey Tully and Alyce McFadden
11 May 2025 at 06:38
The legislators were with Mayor Ras Baraka when he was arrested Friday outside an immigration detention facility. A Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman said they could face assault charges.

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Representatives Bonnie Watson Coleman, center left, Rob Menendez, center right, and LaMonica McIver, center, went to an immigration detention center on Friday for what they described as a congressional oversight visit.

See Historical Records Documenting the Pope’s Creole Roots in New Orleans

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By: Richard Fausset
11 May 2025 at 01:14
The documents, including census records, baptismal rolls and marriage certificates, trace the story of Pope Leo’s mother’s family and their diverse background before moving to Chicago.

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A book containing the baptism records of Pope Leo XIV’s maternal great-grandmother in New Orleans.

How Xi and Putin Got Closer

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By: David Pierson， Melanie Bencosme， Rebecca Suner and Laura Salaberry
11 May 2025 at 04:44
In terms of geopolitical bromances, this is it. David Pierson, a foreign correspondent for The New York Times covering China, explains how President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia and Xi Jinping, the leader of China, are closer than ever before.

What’s the Cost to Society of Pollution? Trump Says Zero.

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By: Lisa Friedman
11 May 2025 at 04:09
The Trump administration has directed agencies to stop estimating the economic impact of climate change when developing policies and regulations.

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The Biden administration had used “social cost of carbon” to strengthen limits on greenhouse gas emissions from cars, power plants, factories and oil refineries.

Billionaires’ Battle Over a Sculpture Exposes a Mysterious Art Market

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By: Ephrat Livni
10 May 2025 at 12:01
David Geffen and Justin Sun’s unusually public dispute over ownership of a Giacometti sculpture valued at tens of millions of dollars gives a glimpse into a shrouded world.

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Alberto Giacometti’s “Le Nez" on display at Sotheby’s in New York City in 2021.

Remarrying in Retirement Can Mean Tricky Money Talks

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By: Martha C. White
10 May 2025 at 17:00
People over 65 who remarry after a death or divorce can face thorny financial questions — especially when it comes to adult children and inheritances.

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Elaina Clapper had been divorced for about 40 years when she remarried, to her husband David. “We just kind of talked about what we were both bringing to the marriage financially,” she said.
Yesterday — 10 May 2025NYT | Top Stories

‘Don’t Need a Deal’: Top Trump Economic Adviser Is All In on His China Hardball

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By: Talmon Joseph Smith
10 May 2025 at 23:33
In a wide-ranging interview, Stephen Miran, the chair of President Trump’s Council of Economic Advisers, said, “Volatility doesn’t necessarily mean anything greater for the long term.”

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Stephen Miran is President Trump’s top economic adviser.

Another Casualty of the Trade Wars? Burgers Made With Brazilian Beef

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By: Ana Ionova
10 May 2025 at 17:00
Americans are eating record amounts of Brazilian beef. Now, tariffs and trade wars could push up U.S. prices and send more of it to China.

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Hamburger patties grilled in American backyard barbecues and fast-food restaurants are often a blend of ground beef, both homegrown and imported from other countries, especially Brazil.

Elizabeth Holmes’s Partner Has a New Blood-Testing Start-Up

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By: Rob Copeland
10 May 2025 at 23:16
Billy Evans has two children with the Theranos founder, who is in prison for fraud. He’s now trying to raise money for a testing company that promises “human health optimization.”

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Billy Evans with his partner, Elizabeth Holmes, at their home in 2023.

After Allegations, Smokey Robinson Show Goes On as Planned

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By: Jonathan Abrams
10 May 2025 at 22:52
The 85-year-old Motown star performed for an adoring crowd and made no mention of the claims against him at his first concert since being named in a lawsuit.

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Smokey Robinson performed at the Beau Rivage Resort & Casino in Biloxi, Miss., on Friday.

World Catholics See the First American Pope as Hardly American

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By: Patricia Mazzei
10 May 2025 at 22:35
Catholics around the world were skeptical at first about an American pope. But Pope Leo XIV’s multicultural and multilingual identity has put them at ease.

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Peruvians celebrating the election of Cardinal Robert Prevost as the new pope, in the city of Chiclayo, Peru, where he once served as bishop.

Pope Leo XIV Outlines Path for Catholic Church That Follows in Francis’ Steps

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By: Emma Bubola
10 May 2025 at 21:20
The new pope said he would be guided by a key document that his predecessor wrote listing the church’s priorities, including a “loving care for the least and the rejected.”

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Leo XIV, on Thursday, after he became pope. On Saturday, the pope said that advances in artificial intelligence would “pose new challenges for the defense of human dignity, justice and labor.”
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