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The Royal Box: Who’s in Wimbledon’s Most Exclusive Seats?

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Jonathan Wolfe
The event’s most coveted seats are available only through invitation, reserved for celebrities and dignitaries. Here’s a look at who’s sitting in them.

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Queen Camilla, seated bottom center, watched the Wimbledon Tennis Championships from the Royal Box on Centre Court on Wednesday, accompanied by actor Hugh Grant, to her left, during the tenth day of the tournament in London.

Bob Geldof Reflects on Live Aid, 40 Years Later

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Ravi Mattu
The rock star-turned-activist reflects on the 1985 benefit concert and why it could not happen now.

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The singer and activist Bob Geldof at home in London. The Live Aid shows were seen by about 1.5 billion people in more than 150 countries and would go on to raise more than $140 million.

Trump Administration Poised to Ramp Up Deportations to Distant Countries

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Mattathias Schwartz
Eight men sent by the United States to South Sudan could presage a new approach to Trump-era deportations, even as critics say the practice could amount to “enforced disappearance.”

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Downtown Juba, South Sudan, last year. Third-country deportations could accelerate under new internal guidance issued by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Climate Law Could Shape the Race for New York City’s Next Mayor

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Hilary Howard
Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee, has vowed to strictly enforce the measure, Local Law 97, which calls for potentially expensive upgrades to buildings to curb greenhouse emissions.

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Local Law 97 is seeking to curb greenhouse emissions from the largest buildings in New York City. How the law is implemented has been up for debate.

Modi Wants More Indians to Speak Hindi. Some States Are Shouting ‘No.’

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Anupreeta Das
States worry that the imposition of Hindi, the main language of northern India, would wipe out their cultural heritage.

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Raj Thackeray, left, and Uddhav Thackeray at a recent rally in Mumbai. They are cousins and both politicians in Maharashtra. Though they had a falling-out years ago and started rival parties, the effort to require primary schools in Maharashtra to teach Hindi has reunited them in opposition to the plan.
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