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Today — 19 October 2025NYT | Top Stories

Venezuela Announces Sweeping Military Exercises as U.S. Escalates Pressure

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By: Genevieve Glatsky
19 October 2025 at 01:54
President Nicolás Maduro this week called on civilians to help the country defend itself, while his defense minister warned citizens to “prepare for the worst.”

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Members of a Venezuelan militia taking part in a military training exercise in La Guaira, Venezuela, this month.

Inside Israel’s Battle Over the Haredi Draft and Who Must Fight in Its Wars

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By: Joshua Leifer
18 October 2025 at 17:01
The conflict over compulsory service for the nation’s ultra-Orthodox has become a stand-in for a larger struggle over the country’s right-wing, religious turn — and could determine its future.

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The Haredim have historically been exempt from serving in Israel’s armed forces, which has an otherwise compulsory draft for Jewish Israelis.

David Attenborough Becomes Oldest Daytime Emmy Winner at 99

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By: Derrick Bryson Taylor
19 October 2025 at 02:23
The British documentarian and naturalist beat the record set by Dick Van Dyke, who won a Daytime Emmy last year at 98.

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Sir David Attenborough in 2021. The award on Friday was also his first Daytime Emmy win.

Alison Rose, The New Yorker’s Femme Fatale, Dies at 81

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By: Penelope Green
19 October 2025 at 01:21
She started as the magazine’s glamorous receptionist and became one of its more singular writers. In one of her last articles, she memorialized her time (and lovers) there.

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Alison Rose in 2004. Her memoir, “Better Than Sane: Tales From a Dangling Girl,” grew out of a bombshell article about her time at The New Yorker.

U.S. Is Repatriating Survivors of Its Strike on Suspected Drug Vessel

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By: Eric Schmitt， Charlie Savage and Carol Rosenberg
19 October 2025 at 03:41
Two men rescued by the U.S. military after it attacked a boat in the Caribbean Sea were being sent to their home countries of Colombia and Ecuador, President Trump said.

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A Navy guided missile destroyer docked near the entrance to the Panama Canal in Panama City last month. The United States has deployed warships, surveillance planes and an attack submarine to the region.

The Border Patrol’s Blueprint for American Cities

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By: Hamed Aleaziz， Jeremy Raff， Laura Bult， Thomas Vollkommer， Nick Hughes and Stephanie Swart
18 October 2025 at 17:02
The U.S. Border Patrol is expanding its mission to major cities across America, and building a splashy social media campaign to promote it. We joined them in Chicago — hundreds of miles away from the nearest foreign border — to observe how the agency’s mission has changed.
Yesterday — 18 October 2025NYT | Top Stories

Chen Ning Yang, Nobel-Winning Physicist, Is Dead at 103

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By: George Johnson
18 October 2025 at 21:11
He and a colleague, Tsung-Dao Lee, created a sensation in 1956 by proposing that one of the four forces of nature might violate a law of physics.

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The physicist Chen Ning Yang in 1963. Dr. Yang’s sense of mathematical beauty, his colleague Freeman Dyson said, “turns his least important calculations into miniature works of art.”

‘No Kings’ Protests Against Trump Draws Thousands Across the U.S.

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By: Corina Knoll
19 October 2025 at 03:38
Large numbers turned out at ‘No Kings’ rallies on Saturday that were scheduled in more than 2,600 cities and towns.

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An anti-Trump demonstration in New York in June. Protests were expected in more than 2,600 cities across the nation on Saturday.

Israeli Military Fires on Vehicle, Saying It Crossed Gaza Cease-Fire Line

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By: Aaron Boxerman
19 October 2025 at 01:18
Gaza’s rescue service said at least nine people, including several children, were killed in the strike in northern Gaza on Friday, underscoring the fragility of the week-old cease-fire.

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Palestinians walking past destroyed buildings in Gaza City on Thursday.

Ukraine Braces for New Talks Without the Leverage of New Missiles

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By: Constant Méheut
18 October 2025 at 18:43
President Trump backed off selling Tomahawk missiles to Kyiv, opting instead for talks with Russia. Still, Ukraine’s negotiating position has strengthened since the summer.

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President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine during his meeting with President Trump on Friday.

There Are Lessons From the Nixon Era in Trump’s Attempts to Freeze Spending

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By: Adam Liptak
18 October 2025 at 17:03
Half a century ago, Congress protected its power of the purse, and conservatives balked at letting presidents disobey lawmakers’ instructions.

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President Richard M. Nixon at a 1973 White House news conference, where he claimed the right to impound funds.

Camp Mystic Security Guard Saved Dozens Amid Deadly Flooding

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By: J. David Goodman
18 October 2025 at 17:02
In interviews with The New York Times, the guard, Glenn Juenke, offered the most detailed firsthand account yet of what staff members did as floodwaters rose at the Texas camp in July.

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Glenn Juenke, a night security guard for Camp Mystic in Kerrville, Texas, on Wednesday. Mr. Juenke’s account of his actions during the deadly flooding at Camp Mystic represents the most detailed firsthand description yet of what senior staff members at the camp did as the Guadalupe River surged.

A Photographer Captures Jewish Life Before and After the Holocaust

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By: Steven Erlanger
16 October 2025 at 09:51
Edward Serotta created an archive of 1,230 in-depth interviews with Holocaust survivors about how they lived, both before and after. “Every one of them comes with a story,” he said.

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Edward Serotta has dedicated decades to documenting Jewish life in Central and Eastern Europe.

Military Plans to Fire Artillery Over California Freeway on Saturday

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By: Laurel Rosenhall， John Ismay and Zolan Kanno-Youngs
18 October 2025 at 22:02
Rounds were fired on Friday across Interstate 5 as part of a test for Saturday’s event in Southern California. The governor said the state would shut a section of the freeway.

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The Marines plan to fire 155-millimeter artillery shells over a major freeway in Southern California on Saturday as part of a demonstration at Camp Pendleton.

The Spritzes and Carbonaras That Ate Italy

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By: Emma Bubola， Motoko Rich and Nadia Shira Cohen
18 October 2025 at 12:01
Tourism has turned some Italian streets into monochromatic eating zones. Some officials have banned the opening of new restaurants.

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Via Maqueda, a street in central Palermo, Italy, has undergone a stark transformation from an old residential street to the busiest tourist area in the city.

The Indonesian Free-Food Program That Has Sickened Thousands

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By: Muktita Suhartono
18 October 2025 at 12:01
Indonesia’s president says the meals are improving nutrition in the country. Critics have called for a halt to the program, saying it threatens public health.

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More than 1,300 students fell ill in West Java Province, Indonesia, after eating free food served at schools.

How a U.K. Spy Case Against China Abruptly Fell Apart

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By: Stephen Castle and Lizzie Dearden
18 October 2025 at 01:32
Evidence prepared for a collapsed espionage trial was published by an under-pressure government in Britain, offering a window into Western countries’ struggle to define Beijing as friend or foe.

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The Houses of Parliament in London. Government documents published this week give an insight into how British security officials view the rising threat posed by China.
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