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Conquering Soccer and Arming Warlords

The Emirati vice president is best known as the owner of a top English soccer team. Behind the scenes, he has been described as the “handler” guiding his country’s secret foreign wars.

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Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed al-Nahyan of the United Arab Emirates arriving at Doha International Airport in Qatar in October, in a photograph released by his country’s presidential court.
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Refugees Worry: Is Nicaragua Running Assassination Operations in Costa Rica?

After a Nicaraguan human rights activist who had fled to Costa Rica was killed, concern has grown that the Ortega government may be targeting its enemies abroad.

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Family members at the funeral of a retired Nicaraguan Army major, Roberto Samcam Ruiz, in San José, Costa Rica, where he was living before being killed this month.
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Catholic Bishops Oppose Trump’s Immigration Efforts

Leading prelates are expressing outrage at the drive toward mass deportation.

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Bishop Michael M. Pham of San Diego, center right, was the first bishop named by Pope Leo in the United States. He recently went to a courthouse to support migrants waiting for hearings.
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How Zohran Mamdani Brought New Voters to the Polls

Mr. Mamdani, the likely winner of the Democratic primary for mayor of New York City, drew tens of thousands of new voters to the polls. Here’s how.

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Zohran Mamdani built something New York had not really seen before: a winning citywide campaign for mayor, created from nothing in a matter of months.
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Trump Cuts Threaten L.G.B.T.Q. Senior Centers: ‘This Is About People’

The funding cuts, aimed at programs that deal with diversity and gender, pose a danger to organizations in New York City that are also losing corporate sponsors.

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About 35 percent of SAGE’s budget of $21 million comes from public funding, including $1.5 million in direct federal support, its chief executive said.
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NYC Pride March Arrives Amid Growing National Backlash

As millions gather on Sunday for America’s largest Pride parade, the L.G.B.T.Q. community is increasingly concerned about the pushback against transgender people.

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Attendees at the 2023 New York City Pride March. L.G.B.T.Q. people have been hit hard by the anti-diversity fervor of the second Trump administration.
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How Europe Got Tough on Migration

The European Union has not gone as far as President Trump in cracking down on immigration, but its shift is already profound.

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An anti-immigration protest in May in Warsaw. A harder line on migration is being embraced across the political spectrum in much of the European Union.
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Senate Takes Up Trump’s Policy Bill, as G.O.P. Scrounges for Votes to Pass It

Republican leaders barely scaled a key procedural hurdle to bring up the bill, but Democrats delayed its consideration and it was unclear whether the G.O.P. had the votes to pass it.

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G.O.P. leaders in the Senate are trying to quickly pass the legislation and send it to the House for final approval in time to meet the July 4 deadline that President Trump has set.
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Chess Lover Introduces Game to Malawi’s Prisons, Schools and Street Kids

Susan Namangale fell in love with the game at age 9 in her small village, and she’s now on a mission to deliver a message to the whole country: Chess is good for everyone.

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Susan Namangale playing chess with four members of one of the 150 chess clubs she has set up in Malawi.
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Musk Wades Back Into Politics, Slamming Trump’s Domestic Policy Bill

Weeks after ending his war of words with President Trump, Elon Musk called the president’s bill “utterly insane and destructive.”

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Elon Musk at the White House in May. The bill now before the Senate lies at the center of the feud that erupted between Mr. Musk and President Trump earlier this month.
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‘Rust’ Crew Members Settle Civil Suit With Producers, Court Papers Show

The lawsuit accused the producers of negligence in the fatal shooting of the cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the movie’s set in 2021.

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A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit arising from the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the set of the movie “Rust,” starring Alec Baldwin.
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Tim Walz Eulogizes Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman and Husband During Funeral

Melissa Hortman was eulogized by Gov. Tim Walz as a compassionate leader in a service that former President Biden and former Vice President Harris also attended.

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A hearse arrives at the Basilica of St. Mary for the service for Minnesota State Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, in Minneapolis on Saturday.
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Political Violence Is Part of the American Story. It Is Also Changing.

Attacks, such as an assassination in Minnesota, are on the rise. Their motives are often hard to parse.

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Mourners gathered at the Minnesota State Capitol for a vigil for State Representative Melissa Hortman, who was fatally shot at her home this month alongside her husband, Mark.
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Lalo Schifrin, 93, Dies; Composer of ‘Mission: Impossible’ and Much More

He was best known for one enduring TV theme, but he had a startlingly diverse career as a composer, arranger and conductor in a wide range of genres.

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Lalo Schifrin, right, with the saxophonist and flutist Leo Wright in about 1960, when they were both members of Dizzy Gillespie’s band. Mr. Schifrin worked as a pianist, composer and arranger with Mr. Gillespie before beginning his long career as a film composer.
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Zohran Mamdani Returns to Harlem to Make His Pitch to Black New Yorkers

The presumptive Democratic nominee for mayor, who has struggled to make inroads with the Black community, spoke at the Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network on Saturday.

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“When you feel hurt, I will seek to heal you,” Zohran Mamdani said Saturday, with Spike Lee and the Rev. Al Sharpton behind him. “When you feel misunderstood, I will seek to understand you.”
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Golden Arches in a War Zone: McDonald’s Thrives in Ukraine

The American fast-food giant plans to open about 10 new restaurants in Ukraine this year, a testament to the country’s rebounding economy and its enduring love of Big Macs.

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A recently opened McDonald’s in Uzhhorod, Ukraine. McDonald’s has finally reached Ukraine’s remote, alpine region of Transcarpathia, and the locals couldn’t be happier.
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Takeaways From a Times Investigation of the Pope’s Legacy on Sex Abuse

As a bishop in Peru, Pope Leo XIV’s handling of two abuse cases was a study in contrasts, siding strongly with victims in one and accused of failing them in the other.

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Mass outside the cathedral in Chiclayo, Peru, last month after the election of Pope Leo XIV.
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Stars Passing Near the Sun Could Cause Planets to Collide or Be Ejected, Paper Says

Stars passing close to the sun could cause planets to collide, including with Earth, or even be ejected as rogue planets, new simulations show.

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The closest star system to the Earth, the Alpha Centauri group, at a distance of 4.3 light-years, which includes Alpha Centauri A and B as well as the faint red dwarf Proxima Centauri.
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Baltimore Takes a Gamble to Reverse Decades of Neglect

In the “birthplace of redlining,” an ambitious plan to promote homeownership and restore neighborhoods plagued by vacant houses is taking hold.

In Baltimore’s Broadway East neighborhood, newly renovated rowhouses stand alongside vacant ones. The city has an ambitious new plan to combat blight.
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Courts Will Have to Grapple With New Limits on Their Power

The Supreme Court has set a new, higher bar for judges seeking to block Trump administration policies nationwide. But some legal routes remain open.

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The Supreme Court ruled Friday that lower courts can only block government policies for “each plaintiff with standing to sue.”
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