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India’s Investors, Defying Tariffs, Keep Pouring Money Into Stocks

Middle-class Indians have been plowing their savings into the stock market, making it far less vulnerable to the shocks of a trade war.

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A screen displaying market results outside the Bombay Stock Exchange this year. The two main stock indexes in Mumbai, India’s financial capital, are up 10 percent over the past six months.
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Japan’s Prime Minister, Shigeru Ishiba, Resigns: What to Know

Japan, one of the world’s most stable democracies, is experiencing unusually rapid change. Shigeru Ishiba’s departure could herald a leadership crisis.

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Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba of Japan announced his resignation in Tokyo on Sunday, after less than a year in office.
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France, at an Impasse, Heads Toward Another Government Collapse

A vote of confidence scheduled for Monday appears set to topple Prime Minister François Bayrou and put more pressure on President Emmanuel Macron.

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Prime Minister François Bayrou, who called a vote of confidence for Monday, is unpopular to a degree almost unknown for a French prime minister.
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John Burton, 92, Dies; California Political Boss Who Staged a Comeback

He left the House of Representatives while struggling with a crack addiction, his political career seemingly over. Actually, it had just begun.

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John Burton in 1980, when he was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives. He served four terms in Congress but chose not to seek a fifth in 1982, citing depression and dependence on crack cocaine and nitrous oxide.
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West Point Alumni Group Cancels Award Honoring Tom Hanks

The group was to bestow the Sylvanus Thayer Award on the actor, but it said it was canceling the event to focus on preparing academy cadets for the future.

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An alumni group at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point canceled an awards event scheduled for this month to honor the actor Tom Hanks.
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Australian Woman, Erin Patterson, Gets Life in Mushroom Murder Case

Erin Patterson was found guilty of murdering three of her husband’s relatives and trying to kill a fourth by serving them deadly mushrooms.

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Erin Patterson being brought to court in Melbourne, Australia, last month.
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What’s Inside the Envelope That U.S. Open Winners Get? It’s Not a Check.

Both singles champions will win $5 million. But the envelope they receive during the trophy presentation is a symbolic gesture.

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Sloane Stephens received $3.7 million for winning the U.S. Open women’s singles title in 2017. But it was not in the envelope she held.
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Brazilians Protest as Bolsonaro Coup Trial Nears Verdict

Tensions are heating up in Brazil as the nation enters the final week of former President Jair Bolsonaro’s trial on attempted coup charges.

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In São Paulo and many other cities in Brazil, the streets on Sunday were filled with protests for and against the former president, Jair Bolsonaro.
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Marilyn Monroe’s Los Angeles Home Is Saved From Demolition

A judge denied a neighbor’s petition to raze the Spanish-style hacienda, which the City Council had declared a cultural landmark.

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The Spanish-style hacienda where the film star and popular culture icon Marilyn Monroe lived, in Los Angeles.
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Ruth Paine, Who Gave Lodging to Marina Oswald, Dies at 92

Her knowledge of Lee Harvey Oswald and his wife made her a noteworthy witness during the Warren Commission’s investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

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Ruth Paine in 2013. She let Lee Harvey Oswald and his wife, Marina, stay at her home in 1963 and, according to the author Thomas Mallon, knew more about the Oswalds’ movements and moods in the months prior to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy than anyone else did.
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Russia Steps Up Disinformation Efforts as Trump Abandons Resistance

The Kremlin has begun a campaign to sway the parliamentary election in Moldova in what could become a new model of election interference online.

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Voting in Chisinau, Moldova, during a presidential election runoff last year. The country will hold parliamentary elections at the end of the month.
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Why the Court Let Google Off Easy

The message to other companies is plain: It pays to break the law.

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What We Know About the Hyundai-LG Plant Immigration Raid in Georgia

Several hundred workers, most of them South Korean nationals, were detained at the construction site of a sprawling electric vehicle battery plant on Thursday.

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Heavy machinery at a standstill at the site of an electric vehicle battery plant co-owned by Hyundai Motor Group and LG Energy Solution, in Ellabell, Ga., on Friday.
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Nepal Bans 26 Social Media Platforms, Including Facebook and YouTube

Critics worry a new law could curb freedom of expression, affect tourism and cut communication with the many Nepalis who work abroad.

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Using a smartphone in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Thursday, the day a compliance deadline for social media companies expired.
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