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California’s High Potency Cannabis is Fueling a ‘Cali Weed’ Trend in the UK
High-strength, California-grown marijuana is so popular in the U.K. that large quantities are being illegally smuggled on passenger flights, officials say.
Police officers patrolling Hyde Park in London on 4/20, marijuana’s unofficial holiday each April 20, in 2023. Cannabis remains illegal in Britain.
What to Know About the Earthquake in Afghanistan
Hundreds of people were killed and more than 2,500 were injured, according to the Taliban government, and the death toll was expected to rise.
Injured Afghans received treatment at a hospital in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, on Monday.
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Kyiv Links Moscow to Killing of Former Ukrainian Parliament Speaker
Ukraine said it had arrested a suspect in the murder of the politician, who had voiced anti-Russian views. The authorities did not explain how the suspect was tied to Moscow.
Andriy Parubiy presiding over a session of Ukraine’s Parliament in 2019.
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A Jamaican Man Served Time in the U.S., Then Was Deported to an African Prison
The case of Orville Etoria highlights a tension in President Trump’s deportation agenda, in which immigrants can be sent abroad and detained indefinitely.
Israel’s New Negotiating Stance Is Likely to Prolong Gaza War, Experts Say
A shift toward pressing for a permanent cease-fire deal, alongside plans for a new offensive in Gaza City, means the fighting is unlikely to end soon.
An Israeli military strike in the northern Gaza Strip, seen from southern Israel on Sunday.
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Xi, Putin and Modi Try to Signal Unity at China Summit
Their display of friendship in China was aimed at projecting an alternative to U.S. global leadership, even as serious differences among them remain.
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He Burned a Flag and Won a Right. With Trump’s Order, He Worries That’s at Risk.
The Supreme Court ruled in 1989 that burning an American flag is speech protected by the First Amendment. President Trump says it should be punished.
Gregory Johnson displayed a flag he has used in protests, in Venice, Calif., in 2021. Mr. Johnson won a landmark Supreme Court case in 1989 protecting political expression that is now being challenged by President Trump.
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We Ran the C.D.C. Secretary Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health
Agency leaders sound the alarm.
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Dan Rather Is Still Chasing the News
He’s 93, and 20 years removed from signing off as a CBS anchor. But he’s still tapping out stories. “As Popeye used to say, I am what I am.”
Dan Rather publishes a newsletter three times a week, and it has more than half a million subscribers.
© Jordan Vonderhaar for The New York Times
How Bad Bunny’s Puerto Rico Residency is Boosting the Economy
Bad Bunny’s three-month concert series in San Juan is spurring a short-term surge in Puerto Rico’s economy.
In the Remains of Canada’s Jasper Wildfire, Clues to Tame Future Blazes
A giant fire last year consumed much of Canada’s Jasper National Park. Canadian scientists leading research into wildfires are using the blaze to learn lessons for the future.
Recreational vehicles in the fire-affected Jasper National Park last month in Alberta, Canada.
© Jesse Winter for The New York Times
Applying to College in the Age of Racial Trauma
The new, higher premium placed on college application essays that focus on racially traumatic experiences produces numerous undesirable consequences.
Ukraine War Leads to Global Shortage of TNT for Military and Mining Use
Mining materials to make cement, gravel and a host of other common products require an explosive that is becoming more expensive and limited in supply.
An explosion with the power of 43,000 pounds of TNT blasts rock apart at a quarry in Virginia.
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Why the Graffiti Artist Fonki Finds Inspiration in Angkorian Sculpture
The artist Fonki developed a graffiti style that blends ancient motifs with scenes of modern Cambodia.
© Cy Liu for The New York Times
Where You Can Stumble Upon a U.S. Open Match
A small part of the New York City tennis tournament is staged, miles away from the main action, at the gleaming Cary Leeds Center for Tennis & Learning in the Bronx.
For two days each year, dozens of talented young players compete in the U.S. Open junior qualifying event in Crotona Park.
© José A. Alvarado Jr. for The New York Times
What to Know About Rudy Giuliani’s Car Accident
Rudolph W. Giuliani, the former mayor of New York and lawyer for President Trump, suffered a fractured vertebra when a vehicle slammed into his car on Saturday.
Rudolph W. Giuliani was in a car accident on Saturday.
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South Korea Doctors’ Strike Begins to Wind Down
Thousands of residents and interns were protesting a government proposal that would have dramatically increased the number of medical students in the country.
A rally during the doctors strike in Seoul last year.
© Soo-Hyeon Kim/Reuters
It’s Labor Day. And Trump Is the Most Anti-Union President in Decades.
Why the labor movement needs to act like its future is under grave threat.
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Lula Faced Down Trump. Now Comes His Biggest Challenge.
For President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil, the stakes ahead of next year’s election could not be higher.
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil in August.
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Anti-Immigrant Protests Attended by Neo-Nazis in Australia Worry Leaders
The government condemned the demonstrations, which drew tens of thousands of people. Some of the events included speakers tied to neo-Nazi groups.
Demonstrators at an anti-immigration rally in Sydney on Sunday.
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Hundreds Dead After 6.0-Magnitude Earthquake Hits Afghanistan
The quake, near the border with Pakistan, injured more than 2,500 people, the authorities said. The death toll was expected to rise.
A person wounded in the quake was carried to an ambulance at an airport in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, on Monday.
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California’s High Potency Cannabis is Fueling a ‘Cali Weed’ Trend in the UK
High-strength, California-grown marijuana is so popular in the U.K. that large quantities are being illegally smuggled on passenger flights, officials say.
Police officers patrolling Hyde Park in London on 4/20, marijuana’s unofficial holiday each April 20, in 2023. Cannabis remains illegal in Britain.
© Maja Smiejkowska/Reuters
India Was the Economic Alternative to China. Trump Ended That.
A lurch in policy has shaken the India-U.S. economic alliance against China, leaving India little choice but to consider reversing its own strategy.
Construction at the site of the Foxconn Apple Project in Bengaluru, India. Foxconn is the main contract manufacturer for Apple, which has become a touchstone for India’s China Plus One approach.
© Saumya Khandelwal for The New York Times