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After Trump’s Tariffs Crash Exports, Canada Posts a Record Trade Deficit

Sales of vehicles made in Canada plunged by nearly 23 percent in April after President Trump imposed a 25 percent auto tariff.

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The Ambassador Bridge connecting Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, earlier this year. Canada’s exports to the United States have fallen sharply.
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Goal to Spend 5 Percent on Militaries Splits NATO Allies

The U.S. defense secretary expressed optimism that allied countries would increase their defense budgets, a demand of President Trump’s.

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U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Thursday.
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There’s an Effective Way to Deter Rhino Poachers, a New Study Finds

Poaching rates dropped by more than half in African reserves where veterinarians removed the animals’ horns, which are in high demand in some parts of Asia.

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A newly dehorned rhinoceros near Kruger National Park in South Africa. The horns eventually grow back, like trimmed fingernails.
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The Mind-Blowing Second Coming of the Oklahoma City Thunder

How one of the N.B.A.’s scrappiest teams came to dominate the league.

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A cutout of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, the league’s reigning M.V.P., among the crowd as the Oklahoma City Thunder played the Minnesota Timberwolves on May 22.
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Trump’s Travel Ban Could Shake Up International Sporting Events

The proclamation said exemptions could be made for athletes and coaches participating in “major” competitions in the United States.

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Haiti played Mexico in a Concacaf Gold Cup game in Arizona in 2023. This year’s tournament begins June 14 and will be played at sites across the United States (and one in Canada).
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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’s Ex-Girlfriend Describes Voyeuristic Sex as ‘a Pandora’s Box’

The woman said she struggled to end the sexual encounters with other men after initially agreeing to participate. Mr. Combs’s lawyers say they were all consensual.

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Sean Combs in 2018. At his federal trial on Thursday, an ex-girlfriend is testifying under the pseudonym Jane.
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In Puerto Rico, a Rise in Detentions Under Trump Creates Unease

Federal authorities on the island have recently detained hundreds of Dominicans, who often share the same ethnic background, language and culture as Puerto Ricans.

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Juan Vega, who migrated from the Dominican Republic in 2021, was detained by immigration agents in January and held for nearly two months in Miami.
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George Romero’s Zombies Lurch On, in Three Family Projects

George Romero’s daughter, ex-wife and widow are each working on movies rooted in his legacy, even as they wrestle with their memories and a contentious split.

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Tina Romero’s new movie is not about generating dread, in keeping with her father’s ethos: “I don’t think my dad was interested in terrifying people.”
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Red Sea Remains No-Go for Ships Despite Cease-Fire With Houthis

Traffic through the Suez Canal is down about 60 percent since 2023, even after Trump-ordered attacks on the Houthis and now a cease-fire.

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The aircraft carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower was deployed last year in the Red Sea to counter the Houthi militia in Yemen. Shipping companies say they have no plans to return to the Red Sea soon.
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Kennedy Says ‘Charlatans’ Are No Reason to Block Unproven Stem Cell Treatments

The U.S. health secretary said people should have access to experimental therapies including unregulated uses of stem cells. But some methods have resulted in blindness, tumors and other injuries.

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A patient receiving a stem cell injection into the knee. Some providers in the United States offer experimental stem cell therapies for conditions including autism, Alzheimer’s and erectile dysfunction.
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Supreme Court Blocks Mexico’s Suit Against U.S. Gun Makers

The case focused on whether the Mexican government could sue U.S. manufacturers over claims that they shared blame for violence by drug cartels.

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Justice Elena Kagan noted that Mexico “has a severe gun violence problem, which its government views as coming from north of the border.”
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Syrians Rejoice at Being Exempted From Trump Travel Ban

Damascus residents hope the decision is another sign that the world is normalizing relations with Syria after the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad.

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Damascus last month. Syria was exempted from President Trump’s latest travel ban, a sign of a seismic shift in U.S. foreign policy following the toppling of President Bashar al-Assad in December.
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Supreme Court Backs Catholic Charity Denied Exemption in Tax Case

The Wisconsin Supreme Court had ruled that the group’s activities in serving the state’s poor were not religious enough to qualify for the exemption.

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The case was one of three concerning religion heard by the Supreme Court this term.
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What to Know About Trump’s New Travel Ban

The order will bar citizens from 12 countries from traveling to the United States. Visas will be restricted for citizens of seven other countries.

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Applicants for the Special Immigrant Visa in Kabul, Afghanistan, in 2021. Immigrants under that program are exempted from President Trump’s latest travel ban.
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Imports Plummet in April as Trump’s Tariffs Weigh on Trade

Americans bought fewer foreign pharmaceuticals, cellphones and cars, and cut purchases of machinery and other supplies.

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President Trump has imposed tariffs on a variety of industries and trading partners since coming into office in January, raising the U.S. tariff rate to levels not seen in a century.
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European Central Bank Cuts Rates as Trade War Weighs on the Economy

It was the eighth rate cut in the past year as officials try to steer Europe’s economy through “exceptional” uncertainty.

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Christine Lagarde, the president of the European Central Bank, which has grown confident that it has wrestled inflation under control.
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Trump and Xi Hold Call, China Says

The two leaders spoke by phone on Thursday, after weeks of worsening tensions between Washington and Beijing.

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Xi Jinping, China’s leader, in Beijing last month. He and President Trump spoke by phone amid fraying relations between the United States and China after trade talks in May.
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Selfishness Is Not a Virtue

Evangelical Christianity has taken a wrong turn.

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A Travel Ban

President Trump signed a travel ban for citizens of 12 countries.

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In the Oval Office last week.
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Another ‘Gomorrah’ TV Series About the Mob? Some in Naples Say, ‘Basta.’

With another “Gomorrah” spinoff being filmed, some Neapolitans say they’re fed up with all the shows portraying the “malavita,” or the lawless life. “Why must only bad things be said about us?”

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Tourists visiting Vele di Scampia, a cluster of public housing towers, now undergoing demolition, in Naples, where much of the early seasons of “Gomorrah” were filmed.
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Euthanasia Advocate Who Assisted in Woman’s Suicide Dies in Germany

Dr. Florian Willet had been under investigation in Switzerland after being present when an American woman died using a so-called suicide pod.

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Florian Willet was arrested by the Swiss authorities last year after being present when an American woman ended her life.
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