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Xi’s Military Purges Show Unease About China’s Nuclear Forces

The shake-up in China’s armed forces comes as both Beijing and Washington are pushing through major changes in their country’s militaries, in different ways.

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President Trump and Melania Trump, the first lady, observing a demonstration of naval sea power this month. Mr. Trump has stood by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth as he has fired more than a dozen military leaders, many of them people of color and women.
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There’s a New Forecast for Peak Oil Demand. It’s Increasingly Cloudy.

The International Energy Agency once projected that oil and gas demand could level off by 2030. Now it’s backing off, sort of.

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Pump jacks in Russia in 2023. The energy agency’s reports are influential and often cited by energy companies and investors as a basis for long-term planning.
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Jack Schlossberg, Kennedy Heir, to Seek Nadler’s N.Y. Congressional Seat

Mr. Schlossberg, the son of Caroline Kennedy, said the Democratic Party needed someone who could stand up to President Trump and his allies.

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Jack Schlossberg has been critical of his cousin Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has espoused health-related conspiracy theories.
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Kansas County Agrees to Pay $3 Million Over Police Raid of Newspaper

The search of The Marion County Record’s office in 2023 touched off a national conversation about press freedom.

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The sheriff’s office in Marion County, Kan., has expressed “sincere regrets” for its participation in a raid of The Marion County Record’s office on Aug. 11, 2023.
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Thousands protest Jared Kushner-linked development on site of bombed-out Belgrade building

Many in Serbia see the site – a former army headquarters damaged in a 1999 Nato bombing campaign – as a tribute to those who died

Thousands of people have protested against a plan to tear down a former army headquarters in the Serbian capital Belgrade to make way for a luxury hotel complex, as part of a project linked to US president Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner.

The rally added to a spate of anti-government protests putting pressure on president Aleksandar Vucic triggered by the collapse a year ago of a railway station roof that killed 16 people.

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© Photograph: Andrej Čukić/EPA

© Photograph: Andrej Čukić/EPA

© Photograph: Andrej Čukić/EPA

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Borderline ambiguity: How Google Maps removes disputed Western Sahara border for Morocco users

The tech giant has released a statement acknowledging the use of different border displays between Western Sahara and Morocco

The dotted lines illustrating the border between Western Sahara and Morocco, indicating the former’s disputed territory status, have never been visible to people using Google Maps in the latter.

After media reports last week highlighted the discrepancy, tying it to the UN security council endorsing the Moroccan autonomy plan for Western Sahara, the tech company released a statement acknowledging it has always displayed the border differently depending on the search region.

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© Photograph: François Mori/ASSOCIATED PRESS

© Photograph: François Mori/ASSOCIATED PRESS

© Photograph: François Mori/ASSOCIATED PRESS

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