Trump Says Harvard Should Cap Number of International Students

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Par :Michael C. Bender

29 mai 2025 à 01:27

The school has so far resisted considerable pressure from the Trump administration to enact other policy changes.

“I think they should have a cap of maybe around 15 percent,” President Trump said of Harvard’s acceptance of international applicants.

Trump Allies Echo Claims of Political Prosecution to Secure Pardons

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Par :Kenneth P. Vogel

29 mai 2025 à 01:22

The president is increasingly using his clemency powers to undermine Justice Department cases against his supporters.

About four months into his second stint in the Oval Office, President Trump has redefined the exercise of presidential clemency.

Judge Says Law Used to Detain Mahmoud Khalil Is Probably Unconstitutional

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Par :Santul Nerkar and Jonah E. Bromwich

29 mai 2025 à 01:01

Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia graduate, was targeted for deportation because the Trump administration said he impeded its foreign policy. He will still be held in Louisiana.

Mahmoud Khalil’s lawyers have said that he is being targeted for constitutionally protected speech.

U.S. Pauses Exports of Jet Engine Technology and Chip Software to China

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Par :Ana Swanson

29 mai 2025 à 00:47

President Trump has stopped some critical products and technologies made only in the United States from flowing to China, flexing the government’s power over global supply chains.

A model of the Chinese-made COMAC C919 passenger plane in Shanghai last year.

Harvard Fight Illustrates Trump’s Worldview: If He Attacks, It’s Your Fault

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Par :Maggie Haberman

29 mai 2025 à 00:34

Since regaining the White House, President Trump has been fixated on making an example of those who push back against him.

President Trump has launched an aggressive pressure campaign against Harvard.

Tom Robbins, Versatile Muckraker for The Village Voice, Dies at 76

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Par :Sam Roberts

29 mai 2025 à 00:23

He exposed corrupt officials and greedy landlords, and his reporting on prison violence was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.

Trump Said He Was ‘Not Happy’ With Putin

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Par :Matthew Cullen

28 mai 2025 à 23:42

Also, Haiti hired an American military contractor to fight gangs. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday.

President Trump at the White House today.

Lawyer Murdered Client in 2013 to Delay Start of Her Divorce Trial, Prosecutors Say

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Par :Michael Levenson

28 mai 2025 à 23:38

Prosecutors said the former lawyer, Gregory J. Moore, 51, had also sought to avoid court dates by feigning illnesses, getting into a car crash and calling in bomb threats.

Nvidia Earnings: Revenue Tops $44 Billion Despite Sales Limits to China

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Par :Tripp Mickle

28 mai 2025 à 23:11

The company continued to grow fast in its most recent quarter despite new rules restricting the sale of A.I chips to China.

Nvidia dominates the market for computer chips that are used to build A.I. systems.

RFK Jr. and Dr. Oz Want Canada to Save Ostriches on Farm With Avian Flu

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Par :Vjosa Isai

28 mai 2025 à 23:04

Ostriches on a British Columbia farm have died of the avian flu. Canada ordered hundreds of others to be culled. But two top Trump administration officials have objected.

A sign posted at a Canadian ostrich farm pleaded for the lives of 400 birds targeted for culling because of avian flu exposure.

Mount Everest’s Record-Setting Sherpa Sees a Future of Snowless Mountains and Fewer Guides

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Par :Bhadra Sharma and Jonathan Wolfe

28 mai 2025 à 22:54

Kami Rita Sherpa scaled Mount Everest for the 31st time on Tuesday. We spoke to him about what is next for the mountain.

Kami Rita Sherpa during a celebration of his 31st successful ascent of Mount Everest on Wednesday.

In Countersuit, Smokey Robinson Accuses Housekeepers of Defamation

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Par :Matt Stevens

28 mai 2025 à 21:45

Four of Mr. Robinson’s former employees had sued the Motown singer, saying he sexually assaulted them for many years. He argues their anonymity is a reason to dismiss their suit.

Lawyers for Smokey Robinson said in his countersuit that he and his wife had treated the housekeepers who sued them “with the utmost kindness and generosity.”

Checks on Migrant Children by Homeland Security Agents Stir Fear

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Par :Miriam Jordan and Christina Jewett

28 mai 2025 à 21:36

Agents are showing up unannounced to interview minors in what the government calls “wellness checks.” Critics see the visits as part of the immigration crackdown.

Agents from the Department of Homeland Security have shown up to schools and homes to check on the status of minors who immigrated to the U.S. alone.

High-Demand Section of Brooklyn Will Be Redesigned, Adding 4,600 Homes

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Par :Mihir Zaveri

28 mai 2025 à 21:15

The plan, approved by the City Council, focuses on boosting residential development and job growth in a 21-block area along Atlantic Avenue in Crown Heights and Bedford-Stuyvesant.

Atlantic and Bedford Avenues in Crown Heights, one of the Brooklyn neighborhoods that would be open to new development.

Fed ‘Well Positioned’ to Wait on Rate Cuts Even as Economic Risks Rise, Minutes Show

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Par :Colby Smith

28 mai 2025 à 21:07

Officials at the Federal Reserve have adopted a wait-and-see approach to policy moves amid extreme uncertainty about the economic outlook.

Jerome H. Powell, the Federal Reserve chair. A record of the central bank’s May 6-7 meeting, released Wednesday, highlighted the overwhelming support among officials to hold off on cutting rates

Bruce Logan, Who Blew Up the Death Star in ‘Star Wars,’ Dies at 78

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Par :Richard Sandomir

28 mai 2025 à 20:32

A special effects artist and cinematographer, he also worked on “2001: A Space Odyssey” and “Tron,” took a detour to comedy with “Airplane!”

Judge Says Government Should Release Russian Scientist

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Par :Ellen Barry

28 mai 2025 à 23:28

The judge ordered ICE to release Kseniia Petrova, a researcher at Harvard Medical School, who also faces criminal charges.

Kseniia Petrova, a Harvard scientist, has been detained since February for failing to declare scientific samples she was carrying into the United States.

A Missouri Town Was Solidly Behind Trump. Then Carol Was Detained.

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Par :Jack Healy and Jamie Kelter Davis

28 mai 2025 à 18:52

For 20 years, Carol Hui has served waffles, raised her children and embraced the small town of Kennett, Mo. Her detention and pending deportation to Hong Kong has hit the community hard.

Ming Li Hui, known to people in Kennett, Mo., as Carol, spoke from jail by video link to Liridona Ramadani, whose family owns the restaurant where Carol worked.

U.N. Condemns Israel’s New Aid Program in Gaza, After Chaotic Start

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Par :Aaron Boxerman

28 mai 2025 à 19:40

The new operation is intended to bypass both the United Nations and Hamas, but aid groups say even if it works as intended, it is dangerously inadequate.

Gazans collecting food aid in Rafah were on edge on Tuesday after gunfire was heard.

Elon Musk Says Trump’s Domestic Policy Bill Undermines DOGE Cuts

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Par :Matthew Mpoke Bigg

28 mai 2025 à 20:33

Elon Musk also said the Republican bill, which passed the House last week, would undermine the work of his DOGE group.

Elon Musk, center, in the Oval Office last week. Mr. Musk this week criticized a bill that is intended to deliver President Trump’s domestic policy agenda.

Crime Rings Plotted to Trade Cocaine for Syrian Weapons, Prosecutors Say

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Par :Ephrat Livni

28 mai 2025 à 18:46

The intricate scheme, spanning four continents, appears to justify concerns that the military arsenal of Bashar al-Assad, the deposed Syrian dictator, could fall into dangerous hands.

Weapons and ammunition handed in by former Syrian soldiers and police officers in Latakia, Syria, in December.

Dust Storm Turns Australia’s Skies Orange

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Par :Nazaneen Ghaffar

28 mai 2025 à 18:41

A dust storm clogged the sky this week, days after flooding devastated another part of the same region.

Stalin’s Image Returns to Moscow’s Subway, Honoring a Brutal History

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Par :Ivan Nechepurenko

28 mai 2025 à 11:00

The Kremlin has increasingly embraced the Soviet dictator and his legacy, using them to exalt Russian history in a time of war, but he remains a deeply divisive figure in Russia.

A new statue of Joseph Stalin in a Moscow metro station reflects Russia’s efforts to rehabilitate the memory of a bloody ruler.

Trump’s Tariffs Turn Porsche’s Headwinds Into a ‘Violent Storm’

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Par :Melissa Eddy

28 mai 2025 à 17:16

The storied sports car maker, which was facing challenges from China and slumping demand for electric cars, now has to grapple with tariffs from the Trump administration.

A Porsche 911 Spirit 70 convertible on display at the Auto Shanghai show last month. Porsche’s sales in China have cooled.

China to Launch Tianwen-2 Mission to Capture Pieces of Near-Earth Asteroid

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Par :Robin George Andrews

28 mai 2025 à 17:11

The robotic Tianwen-2 spacecraft will collect samples from Kamoʻoalewa, which some scientists suspect is a fragment of the moon.

The Chinese Tianwen-2 probe on its way to the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China on May 18.

A Fungus Devastated North American Bats. A New Species Could Deliver a Killer Blow.

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Par :Carl Zimmer

28 mai 2025 à 17:07

Scientists have learned that another species of fungus found in Europe and Asia causes white-nose disease, which has ravaged bat populations in the United States and Canada.

Japan’s Debt, Now Twice the Size of Its Economy, Forces Hard Choices

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Par :River Akira Davis and Hisako Ueno

28 mai 2025 à 17:00

Japan’s government faces pressure to curtail debt-fueled spending that some argue has staved off populist waves.

Japan has long used debt-fueled spending to tackle the country’s challenges.

L.A. Made Big Promises for the Olympics. Can It Deliver by 2028?

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Par :Adam Nagourney and Jesus Jiménez

28 mai 2025 à 11:02

From the Super Bowl to the Oscars, Los Angeles has plenty of experience with high-profile spectacles. But the 2028 Olympics will test the city in the aftermath of devastating wildfires.

Los Angeles hosted the Olympics two other times: 1932 and 1984.

‘Duck Dynasty’ Is Coming Back to a Changed America

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Par :James Poniewozik and Kyle Berger

28 mai 2025 à 20:58

The family reality comedy, being revived on A&E, was a lighthearted entertainment — that anticipated a decade’s worth of cultural politics.

Joël Le Scouarnec, French Doctor Who Molested Hundreds of Children, Is Sentenced

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Par :Catherine Porter and Ségolène Le Stradic

28 mai 2025 à 17:26

A former surgeon had confessed to abusing at least 299 people, mostly children, in what is considered the largest case of its kind in French history.

A retired surgeon, Joel Le Scouarnec, right, who has admitted to sexually abusing hundreds of patients, arriving at the Criminal Court in Vannes, France, in February.

Israel Strikes Yemen’s Main Airport Again After Houthi Attacks

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Par :Natan Odenheimer

28 mai 2025 à 15:24

Israel said the bombing of the airport, which was targeted for the second time this month, had destroyed the last plane used by the Iran-backed Houthi militia.

Wreckage on May 7 after an earlier Israeli attack on the international airport serving Sana, the capital of Yemen.

Harvard Relents After Protracted Fight Over Slave Photos

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Par :Clyde McGrady

28 mai 2025 à 14:33

A legal battle between Harvard and a woman who says two slave portraits are of her ancestors will end in a settlement, with the photos going to a Black history museum in South Carolina.

A 1850 daguerreotype portrait of Renty, a South Carolina slave, commissioned by the Harvard biologist Louis Agassiz.

Latest Takeaways From Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Trial: Beatings, Arson and a Denied Mistrial

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Par :Ben Sisario and Julia Jacobs

29 mai 2025 à 00:21

A stylist told jurors Casandra Ventura wanted to escape from the music mogul over a hotel balcony, and Los Angeles authorities testified about calls to Kid Cudi’s home.

On Wednesday, jurors at the trial of Sean Combs heard from a former stylist who said he witnessed the music mogul beating Casandra Ventura and threatening to release sex tapes of her.

The Allure (and Complications) of “Golden Shares”

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Par :Andrew Ross Sorkin · Bernhard Warner · Sarah Kessler · Michael J. de la Merced · Danielle Kaye and Vivienne Walt

28 mai 2025 à 13:54

The White House would like some control of U.S. Steel if it approves its sale to Nippon Steel. Such deals could alter foreign investment in the United States.

Could the United States begin demanding more “golden shares” to exert further control over strategic companies?

Trump vs. Harvard

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Par :Michael C. Bender

28 mai 2025 à 12:57

Inside the president’s battle with the university.

Tensions for the U.S. and Israel, and Why Homes Are Out of Reach for More Seniors

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Par :Will Jarvis · Ian Stewart · Jessica Metzger and Jason DeParle

28 mai 2025 à 12:03

Plus, a faster way up Mount Everest.

President Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel last month. A clash over how best to ensure that Iran cannot produce a nuclear weapon has led to at least one tense call between the two, officials said.

Cuomo Proposes $20 Minimum Wage for New York City

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Par :Emma G. Fitzsimmons

28 mai 2025 à 11:02

Former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, the front-runner in the New York City mayor’s race, will announce a plan to raise the city’s minimum wage to $20 an hour by 2027.

As governor, Andrew Cuomo helped push through a higher minimum wage in New York.

Harvard Relents After Protracted Fight Over Slave Photos

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Par :Clyde McGrady

28 mai 2025 à 11:02

A legal battle between Harvard and a woman who says two slave portraits are of her ancestors will end in a settlement, with the photos going to a Black history museum in South Carolina.

Haiti Enlists Blackwater Founder and Trump Ally to Take on Criminal Gangs

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Par :David C. Adams · Frances Robles and Mark Mazzetti

28 mai 2025 à 11:01

The Haitian government has signed a contract with Mr. Prince, the private military contractor who founded Blackwater, a company notorious for a civilian massacre in Iraq.

A man walks past a burning barricade set up to protest a lack of security, in the Tabarre neighborhood of Port-au-Prince in February.

The Met’s Renovated Rockefeller Wing Will Have Your Eyes Spinning

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Par :Holland Cotter and Christopher Gregory-Rivera

28 mai 2025 à 11:01

The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Michael C. Rockefeller collection from Africa, the Ancient Americas and Oceania reopens with a pantheon of historic art stars.

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