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China’s Green Triumph

China is equipping other countries to fight climate change. It’s a role reversal.

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A solar panel factory in Suqian, China.
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Deadly Blasts in India and Pakistan Set Region on Edge

The rare explosions in the country’s capitals have not been directly linked, but there are fears the governments will blame each other after their previous military conflict alarmed the world.

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The blast site near the historic Red Fort in the old part of New Delhi on Monday.
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The Governor in the Spotlight at Climate Talks, and Escalating Violence in the West Bank

Plus, why private air travel is booming.

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At the U.N. climate summit in Brazil, Gov. Gavin Newsom of California painted President Trump as a threat to American competitiveness by letting China dominate the renewable energy industry.
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Syria’s Leaders Pledge to Join Fight Against Islamic State

Large parts of Syria were once overrun by the terrorist group Islamic State. The country’s new government has just committed to a global effort to fight the group.

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President Ahmed al-Shara of Syria in Washington on Monday after a meeting with President Trump.
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Missing at U.N.’s Climate Meeting: American Executives

Many business leaders are skipping the annual United Nations climate summit in Belém, Brazil, or are attending events in other cities.

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Officials from around the world are attending the U.N. climate summit in Belém, Brazil, this week, but U.S. government and business leaders are not among them.
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A Look Into the Early Days of Migrant Detentions at Guantánamo

Government employees distributed Bibles and prepared materials “commonly used in Hinduism, Sikhism and Rastafarianism,” according to emails.

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U.S. forces put up a tent city near the airfield at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, at the beginning of the year to house thousands of migrants who were designated for deportation. None were ever held there.
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The I.R.S. Tried to Stop This Tax Dodge. Scott Bessent Used It Anyway.

Like many on Wall Street, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent used a limited partnership to avoid Medicare taxes. Unlike the others, he’s now overseeing the I.R.S.

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Linda Sun, Former Aide to NY Governors, Is on Trial, Accused of Helping China

Linda Sun, who worked for Kathy Hochul and Andrew M. Cuomo, had luxury watches and cars that prosecutors say were rewards for boosting the country’s agenda.

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Prosecutors say Linda Sun received payoffs that included travel benefits, orchestra tickets and Nanjing-style salted ducks.
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Supreme Court Extends Order Allowing Limits on Food Stamp Payments

The justices allowed the Trump administration to withhold full benefits for two more days while Congress worked to advance a government funding bill.

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The ruling extended the uncertainty around the nation’s largest anti-hunger program.
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Ghana, Home of Kente Cloth, Cracks Down on Which Textiles Are Authentic

As the vibrantly patterned kente travels out of Africa, a new designation aims to protect its ties to Ghana, where the cloth originated.

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People wearing kente cloth at an event last year in Bonwire, Ghana, a village where the textile is woven.
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Northern Lights Dazzle in U.S. Skies as Far South as Alabama

The night skies across the United States lit up as fast-moving charged particles from the sun slammed into the Earth’s atmosphere.

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A photographer setting up at Hulah Lake to capture the northern lights in Oklahoma on Tuesday.
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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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