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Norway’s Navy Gets a Big Boost With U.K. Ship Deal

A plan to buy warships shows how Europe is bolstering defenses amid worries about Russian aggression and President Trump’s isolationist policies, analysts say.

© Pool photo by Andy Buchanan

A frigate under construction in Glasgow, Scotland on Thursday. Norway has signed a $13.5 billion deal to buy at least five such warships from British shipbuilders.
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When It Comes to Spotting Fake Receipts, It’s A.I. vs. A.I.

Software companies that audit expense reports are adding a new arsenal of capabilities to try to detect receipts that have been created using A.I. chatbots.

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These A.I.-generated receipts were submitted to employers and detected as fake by the finance operations software AppZen.
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Israel Targets More Buildings in Gaza City and Warns Residents to Flee

The Israeli military issued evacuation orders for residents in the high-rise towers and urged Palestinians to move to the south of Gaza, as it intensifies its offensive on the city.

© Saher Alghorra for The New York Times

Palestinians fleeing Gaza City after the Israeli military intensified its attacks on the area this week.
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Offer Accepted

We spend a lot of time thinking of reasons we shouldn’t do things. What if we decided to default to yes?
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Inside Iran After the 12-Day War

Following a 12-day war with Israel in July, which resulted in the deaths of over 1,000 civilians and many of Iran’s top nuclear scientists and officials, a New York Times team was granted access to Tehran. Declan Walsh, a Times international correspondent, explains how the conflict has created a widespread sense of uncertainty and flux in the Iranian capital.

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Immigration Raid on Hyundai-LG Plant in Georgia Rattles South Korea

The shocked but subdued reaction to the arrest of hundreds of Koreans at the site reflected the delicate position of a government engaged in tense trade talks with the Trump administration.

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A Hyundai plant in Ellabell, Ga., in March. On Thursday, U.S. law enforcement officers arrested hundreds of South Korean nationals at a neighboring construction site owned by Hyundai and LG.
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Keir Starmer’s Miserable Moment in the U.K. Has Nigel Farage Gloating

The resignation on Friday of Angela Rayner, Britain’s deputy prime minister, was the latest setback for Prime Minister Keir Starmer as he battles the rise of the right-wing populist Nigel Farage.

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Angela Rayner in March at 10 Downing Street in London. Her resignation as Britain’s deputy prime minister came after two weeks of questions about her tax problems.
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Grand Juries in D.C. Reject Wave of Charges Under Trump’s Crackdown

The persistent rejections suggest that the grand jurors may have had enough of prosecutors seeking harsh charges in a highly politicized environment.

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Grand jurors have refused in at least seven recent cases to indict their fellow residents who became entangled in the president’s show of force.
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Settlement Talks Stall Between Harvard and the Trump Administration

One major reason is said to be an emerging divide within the administration over whether the current framework is too favorable to Harvard.

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The Trump administration has opened more than a dozen federal investigations into Harvard over a variety of targets, from the university’s admissions policies to its patent paperwork.
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George Mason’s president, Gregory Washington, Will Not Apologize to the Trump Administration

Gregory Washington, George Mason’s first Black president, runs a university that prizes diversity. That has made him a target of the Trump administration.

© Michael A. McCoy for The New York Times

The Trump administration demanded that Gregory Washington, president of George Mason University, personally apologize for supporting diversity programs. He said no.
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The Girls Are Screaming

A shriekathon in “John Proctor Is the Villain” is the latest in a wave of young women letting their pipes loose — and exhorting anyone to join in.
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Karina Milei, Argentina’s Mysterious First Sister, Captivates Nation After Audio Leaks

Karina Milei has become a lightning rod for corruption accusations even as her power and the loyalty of her brother, President Javier Milei, remain unwavering.

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Karina Milei, the sister of Argentina’s president, Javier Milei, is considered perhaps the second most powerful person in the country and helped catapult him to office.
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With ‘Ghost Bat’ Drone, Australia Gears Up for New Arms Race

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

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?

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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