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Why There’s No Battlefield Solution to India’s Perpetual Pakistan Problem

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By: Mujib Mashal and Alex Travelli
18 May 2025 at 13:06
This month’s violent escalation reminded the world how India’s gradual rise can be hindered by the troublesome country next door.

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A house damaged in a Pakistani artillery shelling in Poonch, in the India-controlled part of Kashmir, on Wednesday.

Trump Shrugs Off Netanyahu on Gulf Tour

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By: Michael D. Shear
18 May 2025 at 12:01
On Iran, Gaza, Syria and Yemen, President Trump is moving ahead without Israel, reshaping decades of foreign policy.

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President Trump being shown a model of a city under construction during a State Dinner in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia, on Tuesday

JD Vance and Pope Leo: The Backdrop to an Inauguration

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By: Elizabeth Dias
18 May 2025 at 12:01
The cardinals’ selection of Pope Leo tests the strained relationship between the bishop of Rome and conservative Catholics.

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Vice President JD Vance and his wife, Usha, attended a Good Friday service at St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican last month.

How One Woman Is Breaking a Military Stereotype in Ukraine

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By: Maria Varenikova
18 May 2025 at 12:01
Ukraine’s only female combat pilot flies helicopter missions against Russian troops. The military says it wants more women fighting, but sexism remains an obstacle, activists and female soldiers say.

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Kateryna, a senior lieutenant in the Ukrainian Army, with her aircraft after returning from a combat mission last month.

Austria Wins Eurovision 2025 Song Contest With JJ’s ‘Wasted Love’

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By: Alex Marshall
18 May 2025 at 08:10
Austria’s entrant, JJ, took the prize after a tense count that was neck-and-neck until the last votes were revealed.

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JJ, representing Austria, performing the song “Wasted Love” during the Eurovision Song Contest final on Saturday.

How Trump’s America Is Reuniting the U.K. and E.U.

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By: Jeanna Smialek and Stephen Castle
18 May 2025 at 12:01
A summit on Monday between Britain and the European Union, expected to include a defense pact, may kick-start a new era.

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European leaders in Tirana, Albania, on Friday. Five years after Britain formally exited the European Union, their leaders are moving cautiously toward a new era of cooperation.

Why UK’s Right-Wing News Media Are Attacking EU-UK ‘Surrender Summit’

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By: Stephen Castle
18 May 2025 at 12:01
Most British people believe Brexit was a mistake. But Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s attempts to edge closer to Europe face huge opposition in the national news media.

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Brexit supporters gathered in London in 2020 to celebrate leaving the European Union. Top officials from the bloc and Britain will meet on Monday, as they edge closer on certain issues.

How the Indian Media Amplified Falsehoods in the Drumbeat of War

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By: Anupreeta Das and Pragati K.B.
17 May 2025 at 17:01
During the conflict between India and Pakistan, even some long-trusted outlets reported unverified information and fabricated stories.

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A recent live telecast in Mumbai of Prime Minister Narendra Modi describing military operations against Pakistan.

Mexican Navy Sailing Ship Crashes Into Brooklyn Bridge, Killing 2 Crew Members

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By: Joseph Goldstein， Shayla Colon and Nate Schweber
18 May 2025 at 14:39
There were 277 people on board when the ship drifted directly into the underside of the bridge on Saturday night, the authorities said. At least 22 were injured, half of them critically.

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Trump Administration Abandons Fight to Ban Powerful Gun Accessory

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By: Tim Balk
18 May 2025 at 06:06
The device, called a forced-reset trigger, allows semiautomatic weapons to fire hundreds of rounds. The Biden administration had sought to block them from being sold.

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Forced-reset triggers, which allow gun owners to fire semiautomatic weapons at great speed, are similar to a bump stock. President Trump banned bump stocks during his first term.

F.D.A. Approves Novavax Covid Vaccine With Stricter New Conditions

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By: Christina Jewett and Apoorva Mandavilli
18 May 2025 at 07:49
The agency narrowed who can get the shot and added new study requirements that could cost the company tens of millions.

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A doctor received a Novavax Covid shot during a clinical trial in 2021 in Seattle.

Trump Tells Walmart to ‘Eat the Tariffs’ After Retailer Says Prices Could Rise

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By: Tim Balk
18 May 2025 at 02:27
Walmart, the nation’s largest retailer, is just one of several companies that have said they will be forced to pass on the costs of President Trump’s global tariffs to consumers.

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Walmart said on Thursday that President Trump’s tariffs would push the company to start raising prices soon.

F.D.A. Approves Novavax Covid Vaccine With Stricter New Conditions

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By: Christina Jewett and Apoorva Mandavilli
18 May 2025 at 07:49
The agency narrowed who can get the shot and added new study requirements that could cost the company tens of millions.

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A doctor received a Novavax Covid shot during a clinical trial in 2021 in Seattle.

Rare Chicago Dust Storm Turns Day Into Night

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By: Amy Graff
18 May 2025 at 09:53
Day turned to night in northwest Indiana and north-central Illinois on Friday as a rare dust storm shrouded the skies.

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A dust storm approaching Normal, Ill., on Friday. Visibility dropped to a quarter-mile at Chicago Midway International Airport.

A Haven for High School Girls’ Wrestling, Filled With Grit and Pride

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By: Corey Kilgannon
17 May 2025 at 15:00
The Lucha Wrestling Club in the Bronx provides a safe place for an aggressive sport. The Bronx has more public high school girls’ teams than any other New York City borough.

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The level of wrestling in New York City can be as good it is anywhere in the United States. But in the Bronx, practices and matches have a decidedly different feel.

What Has Changed Since Silicon Valley Bank Collapsed? Not Much.

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By: Peter Coy
17 May 2025 at 20:00
Two years later, no major legislation or regulation has passed, and the basic problem that caused the crisis persists.

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Silicon Valley Bank collapsed in March 2023, followed quickly by two other lenders, Signature Bank and First Republic.

Biden’s Interview With Hur Confirms What Many Suspected

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By: Lisa Lerer
18 May 2025 at 04:34
The former president’s halting responses to questions by a special counsel show him exactly as a majority of Americans believed him to be — and as Democrats repeatedly insisted he was not.

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In the days after the special counsel’s report was released, Democrats fanned out to vouch for President Biden. Administration officials asserted executive privilege in declining to release the audio recording.

Federal Courts Buck Trump Deportation Schemes, Focusing on Due Process Rights

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By: Alan Feuer and Abbie VanSickle
18 May 2025 at 03:25
The Trump administration’s aggressive push to deport migrants has run up against resistance from the judiciary.

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Detainees sit outside at the Bluebonnet Detention Facility, the facility where Venezuelans at the center of a Supreme Court ruling are being held, in Anson, Texas, last month.

What if a Grocery Store Was More Like a Farmers’ Market?

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By: Alexandra Talty
17 May 2025 at 17:00
A farm stop in Ann Arbor, Mich., has found success with its local-first approach. But is the model replicable?

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Argus Farm Stop in Ann Arbor, Mich., follows a farmers’ market meets grocery store model that makes it easier to shop locally and support small farms.

Steve Kiner, Linebacker Who Was Open About Drug Use, Is Dead at 77

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By: Richard Sandomir
18 May 2025 at 01:40
He was a star at the University of Tennessee when he began using LSD, mescaline and other drugs. He said he got clean while playing in the N.F.L.

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Steve Kiner in 1971. An All-American linebacker at the University of Tennessee, he went on to play for three N.F.L. teams, despite a serious drug problem. “I was doing acid every day,” he told The New York Times in 1974, “or coke or mescaline, anything I could get my hands on.”

New Jersey Transit Strike: Negotiations Resume a Day Earlier Than Expected

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By: Maia Coleman
18 May 2025 at 05:23
Agency executives and union representatives met Saturday afternoon, a day earlier than expected. A meeting with the National Mediation Board is scheduled for Sunday.

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The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen went on strike on Friday after contract negotiations with New Jersey Transit broke down.
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