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Today — 10 September 2025NYT | Top Stories

From Prime Minister to Prisoner: Thaksin Shinawatra’s Fall From Favor

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By: Sui-Lee Wee
10 September 2025 at 15:11
With Thaksin Shinawatra’s recent fall from favor, his political power is significantly diminished. But it is too early to write him off.

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Thaksin Shinawatra, center, was taken to the Klong Prem Central Prison in Bangkok, on Tuesday after the Supreme Court ruled against him.

France Braces for Protests

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By: Catherine Porter
10 September 2025 at 13:36
An opaque online protest movement promises to bring the country to a standstill on Wednesday as Sébastien Lecornu prepares to take office.

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Workers boarded up the windows of a shop in Paris on Tuesday ahead of expected demonstrations.

What Travelers Need to Know About the Upcoming Strike in France

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By: Tariro Mzezewa
10 September 2025 at 05:07
The planned shutdown, which will affect transit in and beyond Paris, dovetails with the tube strike in London.

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Posters in Paris call for a wide-ranging strike on Wednesday with slogans like “September 10, we block everything!” and “Money for wages, not for war!” Members of some air and rail unions are expected to participate.

Hong Kong’s Same-Sex Rights Bill Meets Rare Defiance From Lawmakers

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By: Tiffany May
10 September 2025 at 12:01
Legislators could sink a government proposal that would give some rights to couples who married overseas, raising questions about the city’s status as an international hub.

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Same-sex couples at a mass wedding ceremony in Hong Kong last year. The ceremony was performed by a pastor online from the United States, as same-sex partnerships are not recognized in Hong Kong.

Poland Says It Shot Down Russian Drones That Entered Its Airspace

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By: Qasim Nauman
10 September 2025 at 12:46
The Polish military called the incursions an “act of aggression.” It said the drones crossed the border during a wave of Russian strikes in Ukraine.

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Warsaw’s skyline in July. Poland closed the city’s airport and several others after the military said Russian drones had entered the country’s airspace.

Facing Israeli Assault, Many in Gaza City Say Fleeing Again Is Worse

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By: Liam Stack and Abu Bakr Bashir
10 September 2025 at 12:00
Israel has ordered hundreds of thousands of people to evacuate the city and go to the southern Gaza Strip, but many residents say it is no safer for them there.

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People leaving Gaza City with their belongings head south by truck along the coastal road in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip on Tuesday.

Hong Kong’s Same-Sex Rights Bill Meets Rare Defiance From Lawmakers

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By: Tiffany May
10 September 2025 at 12:01
Legislators could sink a government proposal that would give some rights to couples who married overseas, raising questions about the city’s status as an international hub.

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Same-sex couples at a mass wedding ceremony in Hong Kong last year. The ceremony was performed by a pastor online from the United States, as same-sex partnerships are not recognized in Hong Kong.

Protesters Call Out Trump as He Dines Out in Washington

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By: Tyler Pager
10 September 2025 at 10:32
Mr. Trump made the short trek from the White House to Joe’s Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab to show that his federal crackdown on crime in the nation’s capital was working.

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President Trump speaking to reporters in front of Joe’s Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab restaurant in Washington on Tuesday.

Supreme Court Agrees to Review Trump’s Sprawling Tariffs

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By: Ann E. Marimow and Adam Liptak
10 September 2025 at 06:40
The justices moved quickly to schedule oral argument to consider the legality of the president’s signature economic initiative.

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The Port of Los Angeles in May.

With Qatar Attack, Israel Again Leaves Trump in the Dark

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By: Erica L. Green
10 September 2025 at 09:14
President Trump said he was “very unhappy about the way that went down.”

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A building damaged by an Israeli strike in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday.

Trump Moves to Crack Down on Drug Advertising

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By: Rebecca Robbins， Christina Jewett and Dani Blum
10 September 2025 at 08:48
The administration is proposing a return to a 1990s-era policy that kept most drug ads off TV. That could dent the revenues of drugmakers and major networks.

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President Trump signed a memorandum directing the F.D.A. to restrict advertising of prescription drugs on television, a move reflecting one of the top priorities of the health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

California Man Killed 2 Men He Met on Dating App, Authorities Say

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By: Alexandra E. Petri
10 September 2025 at 04:32
Prosecutors said Rockim Prowell, 34, also stole their cars and tried to kill a third man. He was being held without bail.

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Rockim Prowell, 34, was charged with murder on Monday and accused of killing two men he met on dating apps and attempting to kill another,

Fears Return for L.A. Immigrants After Supreme Court Allows Raids to Resume

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By: Jill Cowan and Ana Facio-Krajcer
10 September 2025 at 07:46
Los Angeles residents are anxious once again following a Supreme Court ruling that allowed aggressive immigration raids to resume.

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“With this decision, we lost confidence in the courts,” Roberto Cordero said in East Los Angeles.

James Walkinshaw, Democrat of Virginia, Wins House Special Election

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By: Reid J. Epstein
10 September 2025 at 07:39
James Walkinshaw will fill a seat left open by the death of his former boss, Gerald Connolly, and shrink the Republicans’ majority in the chamber.

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James Walkinshaw is the first Democrat to win a House special election since President Trump took office in January.

Latest Revelations Complicate Trump’s Sweeping Denials About Epstein

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By: Luke Broadwater
10 September 2025 at 07:18
President Trump often succeeds in pivoting the national conversation, but he is finding that more difficult when it comes to Jeffrey Epstein.

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President Trump has insisted that he played no role in a bawdy birthday note to Jeffrey Epstein that was made public on Monday.

Why Mark S. Zuckerberg Is Suing Facebook’s Parent Company

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By: Adeel Hassan
10 September 2025 at 05:02
Facebook has repeatedly flagged his accounts, he says, for “impersonating” the company’s founder, Mark E. Zuckerberg.

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Mark S. Zuckerberg, a bankruptcy lawyer in Indiana, in an undated photo. He filed a lawsuit this month against Facebook’s parent company.

Republicans Shrug at Epstein Birthday Sketch Apparently Signed by Trump

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By: Annie Karni
10 September 2025 at 06:54
The Republican response to the release of a suggestive note to Jeffrey Epstein apparently signed by President Trump followed a familiar pattern of deflection.

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Speaker Mike Johnson, who did not emerge from his office on Monday in the hours after the drawing was released, eventually said he had not seen President Trump’s note.

Troops Deployed After Day of Violent Protests in Nepal

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By: Bhadra Sharma， Alex Travelli and Thomas Fuller
10 September 2025 at 04:38
Protesters set fire to government buildings and the homes of politicians as unrest over corruption, censorship and economic issues stretched into a second day.

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Demonstrators outside the Parliament during a protest in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Tuesday.

A Phony Trump Check and a ‘Depreciated’ Woman in Epstein’s Birthday Book

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By: Matthew Goldstein， Jessica Silver-Greenberg and Steve Eder
10 September 2025 at 06:20
A photo in Jeffrey Epstein’s birthday book shows the disgraced financier holding a novelty check with a signature of “DJ TRUMP.” It includes a woman who dated both men in the 1990s.

For Nepal’s Protesters, Wealthy ‘Nepo Kids’ Are a Source of Outrage

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By: Pranav Baskar
10 September 2025 at 05:38
Videos and photos purporting to show the privileged lifestyles of children of the elite have fueled anger among young people.

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A demonstrator shouting slogans during a protest outside the parliament in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Monday. There is a widespread sense in Nepal that the affluence of the country’s political class has come at the expense of the wider population.

Curtis Sliwa Vows to Stay in Mayor’s Race, Despite Push to Clear Field

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By: Jeffery C. Mays
10 September 2025 at 05:50
Business leaders who hope Mr. Sliwa, the Republican nominee for New York City mayor, will suspend his campaign may find themselves disappointed: “No, no, no. A thousand times no,” he said.

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Curtis Sliwa received the support of 15 percent of likely voters in a New York Times/Siena poll released on Tuesday.

Oliver North and Fawn Hall, Key Figures in Iran-Contra Scandal, Are Married

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By: Michael Levenson
10 September 2025 at 05:54
Ms. Hall was Mr. North’s secretary on the National Security Council in the 1980s during the secret sales of arms to Iran and the diversion of the profits to rebel forces in Nicaragua.

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Mr. North before testifying before the House Foreign Affairs Committee in 1986.

Supreme Court Lets Trump Block Foreign Aid for Now

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By: Adam Liptak
10 September 2025 at 05:40
Acting on his own, the chief justice issued an “administrative stay” pausing a trial judge’s ruling while the full court considers the matter.

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Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. ordered both sides to file briefs by Friday in a convoluted case involving presidential power.

Gesture Politics Won’t Help Palestinians

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By: Bret Stephens
10 September 2025 at 05:00
But diaspora Jews will pay an ugly price.

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Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain, left, has raised the possibility of recognizing a Palestinian state, and President Emmanuel Macron of France has committed to it.

Elizabeth Tsurkov, Princeton Student, Is Released From Iraq, Trump Says

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By: Ronen Bergman， Patrick Kingsley and Aaron Boxerman
10 September 2025 at 05:22
Israel and Iraq confirmed the release of Elizabeth Tsurkov, a Russian-Israeli graduate student at Princeton who was kidnapped in Iraq in 2023 by the militant group Kataib Hezbollah.

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Elizabeth Tsurkov, pictured in 2017, in Istanbul.

Denmark Forced Contraception on Greenlandic Girls, a Scathing Report Confirms

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By: Maya Tekeli and Jeffrey Gettleman
10 September 2025 at 04:42
Danish doctors inserted intrauterine devices into thousands of women and girls in Greenland, often without their consent or knowledge, a scandal that has reinforced a legacy of colonial abuses.

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Jens-Frederik Nielsen, the prime minister of Greenland, and Mette Frederiksen, the prime minister of Denmark, at a news conference in April.

James Talarico Joins Senate Campaign in Texas

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By: J. David Goodman
9 September 2025 at 17:02
State Representative James Talarico, who is studying to become a Presbyterian pastor, has sparred with Fox News hosts and bantered with Joe Rogan. Now he wants Senator John Cornyn’s seat.

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State Representative James Talarico, a seminary student who entered the race for the seat currently held by Senator John Cornyn, believes Texas and the country want a return to decency.
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