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Asian Markets Slide as Global Sell-Off Continues

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Joe Rennison， River Akira Davis and Daisuke Wakabayashi
Markets in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan were down about 2 percent on Tuesday morning, after the S&P 500 had its worst day of the year.

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Charts on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Monday. Current economic data has stayed robust, but surveys of consumers, business leaders and economists are growing pessimistic.

On the Run, a Hit Man Gives One Last Confession

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Hannah Beech and Jes Aznar
Edgar Matobato says he killed again and again for former President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines. Now he’s trying to stay alive to testify.

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Edgar Matobato, a member of a death squad linked to former President Rodrigo Duterte, inside a church compound at an undisclosed location in the Philippines in June.

What Slowdown? Xi Says China Must Win the Global Tech Race.

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Chris Buckley
Xi Jinping wants China to surpass rivals as a tech superpower, undeterred by economic woes or trade wars. Critics ask if this focus neglects struggling citizens.

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China’s leader, Xi Jinping, at the opening session of the legislative session last week. He has used the event as a platform to give his priorities the gloss of public approval.

Rubio Seeks Cease-Fire in Ukraine After Reaching His Own With Musk

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Michael Crowley and Edward Wong
After blowing up at Elon Musk, Secretary of State Marco Rubio aims to bolster his position. He is seeing Saudi and Ukrainian officials in Saudi Arabia and allied diplomats in Canada.

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio has endured criticism for appearing to have surrendered longtime principles on such matters as his backing for robust U.S. foreign aid and his staunch support for Ukraine’s defense against Russian aggression.

A Painter Whose Work Is Never Finished

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Travis Diehl
Janiva Ellis questions pat solutions with her fractured spaces and artworks that feel as if they are under construction, including some that actually are.

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Janiva Ellis in her studio in Lower Manhattan with paintings that may take a long time to complete. Ellis interweaves styles and references with internet-brained liquidity.

Jessie Mahaffey, Survivor of Pearl Harbor Attack, Dies at 102

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Amanda Holpuch
He was cleaning the deck of the U.S.S. Oklahoma when it capsized under Japanese torpedo fire. Less than a year later, he survived the sinking of another Navy ship in the Pacific.

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Jessie Mahaffey in an undated photograph. He swam to safety aboard another Navy vessel after the U.S.S. Oklahoma capsized under Japanese torpedo fire at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.

Justice Dept. Official Says She Was Fired After Opposing Restoring Mel Gibson’s Gun Rights

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Devlin Barrett
Elizabeth G. Oyer, the former pardon attorney, said that she was not told why she was dismissed, but that as events unfolded she feared they might lead to her firing.

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The actor Mel Gibson in September. In 2011, he pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge of battering his former girlfriend, as part of a deal with prosecutors that allowed him to avoid jail time.

Fire Damages 4 Tesla Cybertrucks in Seattle

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Sara Ruberg
Federal and local law enforcement authorities are investigating what caused the Sunday night fire, which came after a series of attacks against Tesla in rebuke of its chief executive, Elon Musk.

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A member of the Seattle Fire Department inspecting a burned Tesla Cybertruck at a Tesla lot in Seattle on Monday.

Long Island Wildfires Began With Backyard S’mores, Police Say

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Lola Fadulu
The wildfires began accidentally when someone in Suffolk County tried to light a fire to make s’mores, officials said. They were fully contained by Monday.

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Strong winds contributed to the spread of several brush fires in Suffolk County on Long Island over the weekend, prompting the governor to declare a state of emergency.

Federal Judge Blocks Government From Removing Mahmoud Khalil From the U.S.

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Edward Wong， Charlie Savage， Hamed Aleaziz and Luis Ferré-Sadurní
Immigration officers arrested a Columbia University graduate for helping lead campus protests against Israel’s treatment of Palestinians. President Trump said the case was “the first arrest of many to come.”

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Mahmoud Khalil was arrested by immigration officers in New York on Saturday.
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