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Yesterday — 10 December 2025Main stream

Nobel Peace Prize for Venezuela’s María Corina Machado Draws Criticism

María Corina Machado is being honored for her push for democracy even as she backs President Trump’s military buildup and aggressive campaign against Venezuela.

© Adriana Loureiro Fernandez for The New York Times

The opposition leader María Corina Machado in her office in Caracas last year.

Canada Plans to Fast-Track Immigration for US H1-B Visa Holders in New Talent Drive

10 December 2025 at 05:58
The government says it will fast-track immigration for U.S. H-1B visa holders and spend more than $1 billion to attract researchers from the United States and the rest of the world.

© Wa Lone/Reuters

The University of Toronto, one of the world’s best-ranked academic institutions, picked up several top professors from Ivy League schools this year, including two from M.I.T.
Before yesterdayMain stream

The U.S. Gave Mexico a List of Russian Spies. Mexico Let Them Stay.

9 December 2025 at 00:37
Moscow has ramped up covert operations in Mexico, with spies meeting handlers in its bustling capital and seaside resorts, U.S. officials say.

© Marian Carrasquero for The New York Times

The Russian Embassy in Mexico City is one of Moscow’s largest around the world, according to its Foreign Ministry, although the Kremlin and Mexico have few economic, cultural or military ties.

Despite Trump’s Tariffs, China’s Trade Surplus Climbs Past $1 Trillion for First Time

8 December 2025 at 12:15
President Trump’s tariffs weren’t enough to hold back the global export flood by China, which pushed past last year’s record in just 11 months.

© Chang W. Lee/The New York Times

A Geely manufacturing plant in Hangzhou, China. Carmakers and other exporters in traditional manufacturing powerhouses like Germany, Japan and South Korea are losing customers to Chinese rivals.

Cold Case Inquiries Stall After Ancestry.com Revisits Policy for Users

8 December 2025 at 04:46
The genealogy site’s clarification of its terms and conditions has barred those working on unsolved crimes from access to the company’s vast trove of records.

© Bryan Anselm for The New York Times

David Gurney, head of Ramapo College’s Investigative Genetic Genealogy Center in New Jersey, said losing access to Ancestry had hindered crucial work.

Pete Hegseth Is Ordering Executions at Sea

Did Pete Hegseth break the law after authorizing Venezuelan boat strikes? The Times Opinion editor, Kathleen Kingsbury, argues that there are multiple reasons the strikes were legally dubious.

China Tightens Controls on Fentanyl Precursors After Summit

10 November 2025 at 19:57
China will require licenses for export of 13 chemicals used to make the deadly drug, another indicator of thawing tensions between the world’s two largest economies

‘Brother Wang,’ Accused of Being Drug Cartel Fixer, Is Arrested in Cuba

24 October 2025 at 02:06
Zhi Dong Zhang, who escaped house arrest in Mexico this summer, is accused of supplying cartels with fentanyl from China, smuggling and money laundering millions under the alias “Brother Wang.”
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