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What Happens If Trump Can’t Get a Half-Billion-Dollar Bond?
Donald J. Trump’s lawyers told a judge that their client could not come up with collateral that would stave off efforts to collect a $454 million judgment. He has six days left.
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Unilever to Spin Off Ben & Jerry’s and Cut 7,500 Jobs
The consumer goods giant said the moves would make for a “simpler, more focused company” as consumers trade down to cheaper brands amid high inflation.
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Israel Faces Tough Balancing Act on Russia and the West
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu treads lightly with President Vladimir Putin. Russia is not responding in kind, with public criticism increasing.
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Hong Kong Adopts Sweeping Security Laws, Bowing to Beijing
The legislation targets “external interference” and the theft of state secrets, with implications for businesses, journalists, civil servants and others.
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Hong Kong Security Law Could Damage City’s Image as Financial Hub
Some firms have already moved staff out of the city since the Chinese government took a heavier hand in 2020.
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What to Know About Hong Kong’s Article 23 Legislation
The legislation marks another significant erosion of freedom in a former British colony once known for its relative autonomy from Beijing.
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Gambia and the Campaign Against Cutting
Female genital mutilation is still widespread despite international efforts to end it.
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Blinken Warns China Against Armed Attack on Philippines
The secretary of state struck a balance seemingly meant to deter China while avoiding a dangerous escalation with Beijing.
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Trump’s Plan to Take Away Biden’s Biggest Advantage
Why the former president decided that the Republican National Committee needed to be systematically dismantled.
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What Schumer and Biden Got Right About Netanyahu
America’s Mideast strategy depends on Israel partnering with non-Hamas Palestinians. Netanyahu is making that impossible.
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All but 7 Countries on Earth Have Air Pollution Above WHO Standard
New research found that fewer than 10 percent of countries and territories met World Health Organization guidelines for particulate matter pollution last year.
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Japan Raises Interest Rates for First Time in 17 Years
Higher inflation and rising wages suggest that the country’s economy can grow without such aggressive stimulus from the central bank.
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Canada Lawmakers Back Motion Meant to Help Bring Peace to Gaza
The House of Commons vote endorsing a package of conflict-ending measures came after language calling on Canada to immediately recognize a State of Palestine was removed.
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R.B.G. Award Organizer Cancels Ceremony After Fallout Over Honorees
The Opperman Foundation said it would “reconsider its mission” but did not say whether those selected, including Elon Musk and Rupert Murdoch, would still receive the award.
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Chinese Magnate Admits to Making Straw Donations to N.Y. Politicians
Mayor Eric Adams was among those who received illegal donations from Hui Qin, a Chinese businessman, a person familiar with the federal case said.
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The Internet Is a Wasteland, So Give Kids Better Places to Go
Young people won’t escape social media misery without freedom in the real world.
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2nd Man Charged in Theft of Judy Garland’s Ruby Slippers
Jerry Hal Saliterman threatened to release a sex tape of a woman if she told the F.B.I. about the theft of the famed red pumps, according to an indictment.
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Chief Justice Roberts Rejects Peter Navarro’s Last-Ditch Bid to Avoid Prison
Mr. Navarro, a former adviser to President Trump, must report to a Miami prison on Tuesday for a four-month sentence after he was convicted of contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena.
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Toby Keith Will Be Inducted Into the Country Hall of Fame This Year
The organization behind the honors avoids electing artists in the year of their death, but the singer died in February just after this year’s vote closed.
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United Airlines Planes Have Seen 8 Incidents in 2 Weeks. What’s Going On?
While no one was injured, most of the mishaps required emergency landings or diversions. One safety expert said the incidents were not the result of “systemic problems.”
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Philadelphia Man Is Cleared in Shooting After About a Dozen Years in Prison
Charles Rice had been sentenced to prison for 30 to 60 years for attempted murder. Prosecutors said the case did not meet the burden of proof needed for a conviction.
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Supreme Court Seems Likely to Side With NRA in First Amendment Case
The National Rifle Association argued that a New York official violated the First Amendment by encouraging entities to break ties with the group after the Parkland mass shooting.
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Putin Urges Russians to Unite on Ukraine War
A day after a rubber-stamp presidential election, President Vladimir Putin said he would not back down in Russia’s war against Ukraine.
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Thomas Stafford, 93, Commander of First U.S.-Soviet Space Mission, Dies
The Apollo-Soyuz mission, amid the Cold War, broke new ground in space cooperation when an American capsule docked with a Soviet craft 140 miles above the earth.
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Mayor Adams Is Accused of Sexually Assaulting a Colleague in 1993
In a lawsuit, a former police colleague of Eric Adams said that he demanded oral sex in exchange for career help in 1993 and assaulted her when she refused.
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What Makes a Coincidence Meaningful?
The human tendency to see patterns everywhere is both fruitful and dangerous.
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Trump’s Warning of a ‘Blood Bath’ if He Loses
Readers are shocked by the former president’s speech over the weekend. Also: The death of a daughter; drug “poisoning”; class-based admissions.
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Crafts Retailer Joann Files for Bankruptcy
After pandemic-era boom in sales, Joann has been dealing with a pullback in consumer spending on at-home projects. The retailer will become a private company owned by a group of its creditors.
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