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With ‘Ghost Bat’ Drone, Australia Gears Up for New Arms Race

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Par :Victoria Kim
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A new class of aircraft developed with Boeing, it will be the first military plane designed and manufactured in the country in half a century.

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A photo provided by the Australian Defense Force of an MQ-28A Ghost Bat in Woomera, South Australia, on Friday.
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A Japanese Island Preserves an Ancient and Ghostly Theater Form

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Par :Martin Fackler and Ko Sasaki
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Noh was once the entertainment of medieval warriors. Today, remote Sado Islanders embrace one of the world’s oldest surviving types of drama.

Shinobu Kamiyama, center, playing the tormented ghost of a famously beautiful woman in the play “Tamakazura” at Ushio Shrine on Sado Island, Japan. Noh dramas often center on supernatural visitations.
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Will Trump Have to Run From the Economy?

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Par :Jess Bidgood
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It’s the issue voters cared most about in 2024, and there are signs of trouble.

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A Gallup poll found that President Trump’s approval rating on the economy fell to 37 percent in August, compared with 42 percent in February.
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What Is Swedish Culture? IKEA? Yes. Abba? Not This Time.

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Par :Alex Marshall
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A government initiative to create a Swedish “cultural canon” concerned many in the country’s cultural world. The final list has sparked debate over the choices.

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IKEA was among the 100 Swedish creations to make the list.
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Trump Says U.S. Military Has ‘Never Fought to Win’ Since World War II

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Par :Erica L. Green
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As he signed an order recognizing the Defense Department as the “Department of War,” President Trump said that the country “could have won every war, but we really chose to be very politically correct.”

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“The Department of War sends a signal,” President Trump said on Friday. The change, he added, was a “much more appropriate name, especially in light of where the world is right now.”
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How Trump’s Blunt-Force Diplomacy Is Pushing His Rivals Together

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Par :Luke Broadwater and David E. Sanger
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Some of President Trump’s pressure tactics appear to have backfired, sending would-be allies into the embrace of China.

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“Looks like we’ve lost India and Russia to deepest, darkest, China,” Mr. Trump wrote on Truth Social on Friday morning, as he posted a photo of the three nations’ leaders meeting in China.
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Off-Duty Pilot Who Tried to Shut Off Engines Expresses Regret in Court

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Par :Michael Levenson
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The former Alaska Airlines pilot had consumed psychedelic mushrooms two days before the flight. Judges approved plea agreements in his case on Friday.

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Joseph D. Emerson, an off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot, was sitting in an extra seat in the cockpit during a flight on Oct. 22, 2023, when he tried to cut fuel to the engines, the authorities said.
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New Summer Camp Safety Laws Follow Texas’ Tragic Floods

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Par :Ruth Graham
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The families of “Heaven’s 27,” the children and counselors lost at Camp Mystic, pressed the Legislature to toughen flood rules over the objections of some Hill Country camp operators.

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Gov. Greg Abbott discussing the new law, which includes a requirement for youth camps to move existing cabins away from dangerous floodplains.
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American Eagle Sales Fall Slightly After Sydney Sweeney Ad

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Par :Hannah Ziegler
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The second quarter ended nine days after the ad was released, leaving little time to see the full impact of the campaign.

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An American Eagle ad featuring the actress Sydney Sweeney in New York in August. Critics accused the campaign for appearing to champion white beauty standards.
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Abrego Garcia Now Facing Shifting Threats of Deportation

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Par :Hamed Aleaziz and Alan Feuer
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A court had ruled that Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia could not be sent back to his homeland, but now the administration sees a loophole. On Friday, Mr. Abrego Garcia’s lawyers were told that he would be sent to the small African nation of Eswatini.

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Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in Baltimore last month.
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What to Know About a Rapid U.S. Military Buildup in the Caribbean

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Par :Eric Schmitt
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The United States has deployed eight warships, several surveillance planes and one attack submarine to the region as tensions with Venezuela grow.

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The Navy warship U.S.S. Sampson docked at the Amador International Cruise Terminal in Panama City last month.
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Federal Report on Drinking Is Withdrawn

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Par :Roni Caryn Rabin
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The upcoming U.S. Dietary Guidelines will instead be influenced by a competing study, favored by industry, which found that moderate alcohol consumption was healthy.

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The report that has been sidelined is one of several that have upended a long-dominant narrative about alcohol that suggested that moderate drinking was not harmful and might even have health benefits.
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How Giorgio Armani Conquered Hollywood

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Par :Jacob Bernstein
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Armani amassed a cavalcade of celebrity spokespeople. Many came through a former journalist named Wanda McDaniel.

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Giorgio Armani and Samuel L. Jackson met through Wanda McDaniel, who helped Mr. Armani pioneer a new way of collaborating with celebrities.
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Newsmax Lawsuit Against Fox News Is Dismissed

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Par :Katie Robertson
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A federal judge left the door open for Newsmax to refile its complaint that Fox had created a monopoly in right-leaning television news.

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Fox News was accused of deploying anticompetitive tactics to bar rivals in conservative cable news.
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