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UK Will Recognize Palestinian Statehood In September, Unless Israel-Hamas Cease-Fire is Reached

Prime Minister Keir Starmer said his government would act unless there was a truce, citing the “intolerable” humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

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Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain last month. “Because of a catastrophic failure of aid, we see starving babies, children too weak to stand — images that will stand with us for a lifetime,” Mr. Starmer said of the situation in Gaza on Tuesday.
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Top Lawyer for National Security Agency Is Fired

A far-right conspiracy theorist had amplified criticism of the lawyer and her previous work.

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The National Security Agency campus in Fort Meade, Md., in 2013. April Falcon Doss was appointed as the agency’s general counsel in April 2022, during the Biden administration.
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How Europe’s Leaders Coaxed Trump on Gaza and Ukraine

A tactic of deference and praise, along with a studied attempt to avoid any public blowups, coaxed President Trump into changes on key issues like Gaza and Ukraine.

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President Trump and Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain in Aberdeen, Scotland, on Monday.
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How to Watch Twin Meteor Showers Peak on the Same Night

The Southern Delta Aquarids and Alpha Capricornids are not the best showers of the summer, but they reach their peak on the same night.

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A meteor streaking across the night sky in Sydney, Australia, in late July 2022, during the peaks of the Southern Delta Aquarids and the Alpha Capricornids showers.
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Former Football Players With CTE Have Turned to Violence

The gunman in the Manhattan office shooting said in a note that he believed he had C.T.E., a degenerative disease linked by studies to repeated hits to the head.

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On Monday, a gunman opened fire in a Midtown office building that houses the N.F.L. He had a note on him that referred to chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or C.T.E., which has been found in some football players.
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Novo Nordisk, Ozempic Drugmaker, Sees Stock Plunge 20% After Profit Warning

Novo Nordisk slashed its financial forecasts as it struggled to fight off competition in the United States. It also named a new chief executive, who highlighted the “urgency” of the moment.

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The share price of Novo Nordisk, the maker of the weight-loss drug Ozempic, has plummeted.
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NYPD Officer Killed in NYC Shooting Was Part of Paid Detail Unit

The Paid Detail Unit allows businesses that can afford it to pay for extra police protection.

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The New York Police Department’s Paid Detail Unit allows officers to make extra money with relatively easy shifts guarding businesses.
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Trump’s E.U. Trade Deal Comes With Impossible Energy Promises

The European Union pledged to buy billions of dollars’ worth of energy resources from the United States. Experts say that’s unrealistic and could hurt Europe’s climate goals.

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President Trump and the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, meeting Sunday at the Trump Turnberry golf course in Scotland.
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Class and Identity in Hilton Head: The Gullah v. Wealthy Landowners

A legal fight over access to burial grounds has pitted the Gullah Geechee against wealthy landowners around Hilton Head Island.

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Galen Miller. a member of the Gullah-Geechee community, at the Talbird Cemetery, where his ancestors are buried.
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I.M.F. Raises Global Growth Outlook as U.S. Eases Some Tariffs

The International Monetary Fund warned that trade tension continued to be a risk for the global economy.

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Fears of a damaging economic slowdown have been tempered as the Trump administration pursues lower tariff rates than economists feared earlier this year.
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Coal Plants Emailed the E.P.A. to Avoid Clean-Air Rules

Sites including at least 15 coal plants sought exemptions from environmental rules using a new Trump administration system to fast-track requests, documents show.

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The Conemaugh Generating Station in New Florence, Pa., is among the coal plants that have received exemptions.
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Israeli Far-Right Minister Promotes Plan for Jewish Resettlement in Gaza

Bezalel Smotrich described Gaza as an ‘inseparable part’ of Israel, even as the Netherlands announced a ban on him and another hard line Israeli minister.

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Bezalel Smotrich, Israel’s finance minister, in the Parliament in Jerusalem last month. He said Tuesday that Israel was “closer than ever” to rebuilding Jewish settlements in Gaza.
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