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Can Reform U.K. Be More Than a Vessel for Rage?

Much of the British political class laughed at Nigel Farage in 2016. It isn’t laughing now.

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Attendees at a Reform U.K. rally in Birmingham, England, in March.
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A Contender for the Papacy in the Mold of Francis

Cardinal Luis Tagle of the Philippines is known as the “Asian Francis.” But he has been criticized for not being vocal enough about his country’s brutal drug war and clerical sex abuse.

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Cardinal Luis Tagle of the Philippines is on many unofficial short lists of “papabile” cardinals, or those with a good shot at succeeding the ailing Pope Francis.
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Trump’s Tariffs Put China’s E-Commerce Superpowers to the Test

Companies like Alibaba that built China’s world-leading online shopping sector are now helping its sellers find markets beyond the United States.

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Alibaba’s headquarters in Hangzhou, China, in February. China’s success at e-commerce has become a key feature of the country’s broader economic rise.
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Mexico to Give U.S. More Water From Their Shared Rivers

A joint agreement appeared to avert a threat by President Trump of tariffs and sanctions in a long-running dispute over water rights in the border region.

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The Morelos Dam, in Los Algodones, Mexico, diverts water to the Mexicali Valley from the Colorado, one of three rivers shared with the United States under a 1944 treaty.
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Despair Blankets Scene of Car-Ramming Attack at Festival

Filipinos in Vancouver returned to a neighborhood to mourn the 11 people killed in a weekend attack.

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People visiting a makeshift memorial near the scene where a car drove into a crowd during the Lapu Lapu Festival in Vancouver, British Columbia.
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U.S., Helped by Musk’s Team, Charges Iraqi With Voting Illegally in 2020

Akeel Abdul Jamiel, who appears to be a fan of President Trump, voted in upstate New York despite not being a citizen, officials said.

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John A. Sarcone III, the interim U.S. attorney for the Northern District of New York, called an Iraqi citizen’s vote “a callous and illegal act.”
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National Climate Assessment Authors Are Dismissed by Trump Administration

The Trump administration told researchers it was “releasing” them from their roles. It puts the future of the assessment, which is required by Congress, in doubt.

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Sunrise, shrouded in wildfire smoke, in Forked River, N.J., on Thursday. The National Climate Assessment examines how global warming affects aspects of American life from public health to the economy.
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Trump Looms Over Canada’s Election

Also, more than 100 Justice Department lawyers are resigning. Here’s the latest at the end of Monday.

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Voters cast ballots today at a high school in Montreal.
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Trump Recasts Mission of Justice Dept.’s Civil Rights Office, Prompting ‘Exodus’

Hundreds of lawyers and other staff members are fleeing the arm of the agency that defends constitutional rights, which appointees intend to reshape to enact President Trump’s agenda.

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Until recently, the civil rights division had not faced the kind of intense pressure from above that other parts of the Justice Department had to confront in the early days of the administration.
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House G.O.P. Proposes Charging $1,000 to Claim Asylum, Hiking Fees on Migrants

As part of legislation to pay for President Trump’s domestic agenda, including his immigration crackdown, House Republicans want to impose or increase fees for legal entry into the United States.

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Migrants seeking asylum in Piedras Negras, Mexico, in January. House Republicans are proposing expanding fees migrants must pay.
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Power Outages in Spain and Portugal: Photos

Power outages disrupted daily life and left millions of people in the dark.

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Tennis matches at the Madrid Open were suspended because of the outage.
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What We Know About the Power Outages in Spain and Portugal

Much of Spain’s power grid was operating normally on Tuesday, a day after a blackout affected critical infrastructure across the Iberian Peninsula.

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Restaurant workers at La Taberna, a restaurant in the southern city of Ronda, Spain, worked by candlelight during a massive power outage affecting the entire Iberian Peninsula on Monday.
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Amazon Launches First 27 Project Kuiper Internet Satellites

The spacecraft are the online giant’s entry into beaming wireless service from space, but the company has much to do before it can compete with SpaceX’s Starlink.

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An Atlas V rocket earlier this month when United Launch Alliance scrubbed the first flight of 27 Amazon Project Kuiper satellites because of poor weather.
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Howard Lutnick, Trump’s ‘Buoyant’ Trade Warrior, Flexes His Power Over Global Business

Howard Lutnick, the secretary of commerce, has become a go-to for major companies seeking relief from tariffs. But he’s not always friendly to their interests.

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As head of the Commerce Department and the man that President Trump has selected to lead his trade policy, Howard Lutnick has found himself in a position of incredible influence over global business.
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Feeling Political Heat From Trump, Colleges Pump Up Their Lobbying

An analysis by The New York Times found that schools targeted by the Trump administration have sharply increased spending on lobbying and became far more reliant on lobbyists with Republican ties.

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The University of California system spent over $900,000 on lobbying in the first quarter of 2025, according to the analysis. The Trump administration targeted two of its schools for investigation.
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A Look at One of the Last Things Pope Francis Wrote

In a foreword to a book, he articulated the church’s position on marriage.

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Pope Francis leading a prayer from the window of his office overlooking St. Peter’s Square in January.
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Apartments for Rent in a Former Office, but You Have to Live in Midtown

The developer behind transforming Pfizer’s former headquarters in Midtown Manhattan into about 1,600 apartments is hoping young people won’t care about the area’s lack of a neighborhood.

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In Midtown Manhattan, Pfizer’s former headquarters are being turned into apartments.
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Widespread Power Outage Hits Spain and Portugal

The blackout hit critical infrastructure like airports and caused transportation disruptions across the two countries. The cause of the outage was unclear.

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A dark market in Vigo, Spain, after a massive power outage hit Spain, Portugal, and France on Monday.
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Conclave to Choose New Pope Will Start May 7, Vatican Says

About 130 cardinals will be able to vote on a successor for Francis, and a two-thirds majority is needed to elect the new head of the Roman Catholic Church.

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Black smoke rising from the Sistine Chapel in 2013 after cardinals failed to reach consensus on a new pope.
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Canada Votes

We explain what’s at stake in today’s election.

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Pierre Poilievre and Mark Carney.
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Ukraine Pinning War Hopes on Expanded Drone Program

Ukraine has adapted strategies and weapons during its fight against Russia. It is now banking on expanding the use of domestically produced drones, even though American arms remain crucial.

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Flying a drone in Ukraine last week. The technology gives the pilot the video equivalent of a front-row seat as bombs hurtle into Russian soldiers, cars, tanks or bunkers.
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Josh Hawley and the Republican Populists, at War With Their Party

The conservative senator from Missouri, better known for his raised fist in solidarity with Trump supporters on Jan. 6, is embracing a key rhetorical theme in the president’s political ascendancy.

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Since his arrival to the Senate in 2019, Josh Hawley has charted two seemingly parallel courses: as a full-throttle champion of socially conservative causes and as a populist.
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‘60 Minutes’ Rebukes Paramount On-Air Over Executive Producer’s Exit

The show’s top producer abruptly said last week he was quitting. “Paramount began to supervise our content in new ways,” the correspondent Scott Pelley told viewers.

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In his remarks on Sunday night’s telecast, Scott Pelley presented Bill Owens’s decision to resign as an effort to protect “60 Minutes” from further interference.
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NYPD Investigating Pro-Israel Crowd’s Attack on Woman in Brooklyn

After a protest at a Brooklyn synagogue where a far-right Israeli official had spoken, a woman said pro-Israel counterprotesters verbally and physically abused her as she walked by.

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A large group of men followed a woman down a street in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, on Thursday night and harassed her as she was escorted by a police officer.
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