| U.S. Black Friday Sales Defy Tariffs and Economic Woes
- Data on spending this week shows that consumers are shopping big for the holidays despite inflation and economic worries.
Sat, 29 Nov 2025 18:18:16 +0000
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| Tom Stoppard, Award-Winning Playwright of Witty Drama, Dies at 88
- Drawing comparisons to the greatest of dramatists, he entwined erudition with imagination in stage works that won accolades on both sides of the Atlantic.
Sat, 29 Nov 2025 18:04:46 +0000
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| Trump Declares Venezuelan Airspace Closed
- President Trump said days earlier that the United States could “very soon” expand its campaign of killing people at sea suspected of drug trafficking to attacking Venezuelan territory.
Sat, 29 Nov 2025 17:45:28 +0000
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| Mourners Honor Victims of Hong Kong Apartment Fire
- The police said they expected the death toll of 128 to rise as the authorities began combing through the charred apartment towers.
Sat, 29 Nov 2025 17:37:09 +0000
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| F.D.A. Seeks More Oversight of Vaccine Trials and Approvals
- The agency’s top vaccine regulator proposed broad changes, claiming that a new review linked 10 children’s deaths to the Covid vaccine. But public health experts questioned the findings, wanting to examine the data.
Sat, 29 Nov 2025 17:16:09 +0000
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| Russia Bombards Ukraine for Nearly 10 Hours in a Deadly Assault
- The attack came as U.S. officials were expected to hold peace talks with Ukrainian and Russian officials in the coming days.
Sat, 29 Nov 2025 17:10:49 +0000
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| In Firing His No. 2, Zelensky Loses Both a Negotiator and an Enforcer
- Andriy Yermak had ensured internal discipline in Ukraine’s wartime politics. He also led the country’s peace negotiations, which now must go on without him.
Sat, 29 Nov 2025 16:09:20 +0000
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| Did Pope Leo Pray in Istanbul’s Blue Mosque? Not Visibly, at Least.
- Leo XIV is being closely watched on an inaugural trip to Turkey and Lebanon to spread a message of peace and outreach.
Sat, 29 Nov 2025 14:52:58 +0000
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| How Fraud Swamped Minnesota’s Social Services System on Tim Walz’s Watch
- Prosecutors say members of the Somali diaspora, a group with growing political power, were largely responsible. President Trump has drawn national attention to the scandal amid his crackdown on immigration.
Sat, 29 Nov 2025 12:08:38 +0000
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| A Classical Pianist’s Plea: Make Messy Art
- It is not only classical musicians who are being stunted by the search for perfection. It is harming many aspects of our lives and sectors of our society.
Sat, 29 Nov 2025 12:00:17 +0000
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| Highlight Reel
- As the year comes to a close, we want to know your highly specific, idiosyncratic bests of 2025.
Sat, 29 Nov 2025 11:11:18 +0000
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| Latin American Leaders Face Both Trump and Voters Deported by the U.S.
- The upcoming election in Honduras shows how politicians must balance cooperation with the Trump administration with their obligation to undocumented citizens in the United States who may be deported.
Sat, 29 Nov 2025 10:01:32 +0000
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| Israeli Hostage Recounts Beatings and Starvation During Hamas Captivity
- Segev Kalfon said he endured physical abuse and mind games during 738 days in the hands of Hamas. Now, he asks why it took so long for Israel to bring him home.
Sat, 29 Nov 2025 10:00:42 +0000
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| Inside Trump’s Push to Make the White House Ballroom as Big as Possible
- President Trump’s ever-growing vision has caused tension with contractors. His architect has taken a step back as the president personally manages the project.
Sat, 29 Nov 2025 10:00:34 +0000
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| The Ukrainians Stuck in Russia’s New Gulag
- Even if a peace can be reached, it won’t be easy to solve the problem of Ukrainian civilians languishing in Russian jails. This is one prisoner’s story.
Sat, 29 Nov 2025 10:00:10 +0000
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| Trump to Pardon Juan Orlando Hernández, Honduran Ex-Leader Convicted in Drug Case
- Juan Orlando Hernández was accused of receiving millions in bribes and partnering with cocaine traffickers. He was convicted in Manhattan in 2024 and sentenced to 45 years in prison.
Sat, 29 Nov 2025 05:32:13 +0000
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| South Africans Were Promised Job, but Ended Up ‘Going to War’ for Russia
- The South African government is investigating how more than a dozen men unwittingly ended up on the front line in Russia’s war on Ukraine.
Sat, 29 Nov 2025 05:03:34 +0000
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| America’s Caregivers Are in Crisis
- Caregivers are at the brink of despair.
Wed, 26 Nov 2025 18:14:55 +0000
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