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Trump Leaves Behind a Reeling Washington to Chase a Deal With China

President Trump is embarking on a six-day diplomatic tour of Asia, testing his role as a statesman and negotiator as he pursues a trade deal with Beijing.

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President Trump is scheduled to travel through Malaysia, Japan and South Korea before holding a bilateral meeting with Xi Jinping, China’s president.
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Trump’s Asia Tour: Deals, Diplomacy and a Meeting With Xi

From Kuala Lumpur to Gyeongju, President Trump is casting himself as a deal-maker and peace negotiator, while a wary region looks for tariff relief and steadier ties.

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A five-day tour of Asia, starting this weekend, is President Trump’s first trip to the region during his second term.
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Asia, Caught in the Middle, Faces Trump and Xi’s Tug of War

President Trump’s visit shows how the United States and China are vying for influence in Asia over trade, technology and the fate of Taiwan.

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President Trump and China’s top leader, Xi Jinping, in 2019 at the Group of 20 Summit in Osaka, Japan.
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Pumpkin Spice Lattes, a Favorite U.S. Fall Drink, Divide Europe

One of America’s favorite fall drinks shows up in Brussels and Antwerp, but rarely in Paris and Rome. It has yet to reach the ubiquity — or the sugar content — of its stateside counterpart.

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A pumpkin spice latte at a cafe in Antwerp, Belgium. The drink, a fall mainstay in the United States, has become more common in some European cities.
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In Fight Against Malaria, an Unexpected — and Snuggly — Shield

Treating baby wraps with a mosquito repellent shows promising protection against a top killer of children.

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A study in Uganda found that treated baby wraps dramatically reduced malaria infections in the young children carried in them — 66 percent fewer cases among those children compared with babies in untreated wraps.
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Mamdani Says Rivals Are Pushing Hate as Mayor’s Race Enters Last Stretch

Zohran Mamdani’s opponents, Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa, denied accusations that they are stoking Islamophobia with their rhetoric and actions.

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Zohran Mamdani on Friday delivered a 10-minute address to criticize what he characterized as Islamophobic attacks against him as he runs for mayor.
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Adams Eyes a Reality TV Star Who Could Help Block a Mamdani Rent Freeze

Mayor Eric Adams has only weeks left in office, but he can use them to appoint people with the ability to shape policy beyond his tenure.

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Eleonora Srugo, a real estate agent, reality TV star and friend of Mayor Eric Adams, said a member of the mayor’s administration had asked her to serve on the Rent Guidelines Board.
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Bannon Claims ‘There Is a Plan’ for Trump to Run for a Third Term

The claim comes after months of President Trump toying with the idea, insisting that he is “not joking” about defying a constitutionally-mandated term limit.

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Stephen K. Bannon at a memorial service for Charlie Kirk, in Glendale, Ariz., last month.
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A Missing Picasso Is Found, and a Small Spanish Town Loses Its Air of Mystery

For a brief moment, the puzzle of what had happened to Pablo Picasso’s “Still Life With Guitar” infected Deifontes with caper fever.

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Patricia Gutiérrez, left, and her father José, sensed an opportunity to put their town, Deifontes, Spain, on the map following intrigue around the disappearance of a Picasso painting.
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DNA Identifies 2 Bacterial Killers That Stalked Napoleon’s Army

Genetic material pulled from 13 teeth found in a grave in Lithuania revealed infectious diseases that felled the French emperor’s troops as they withdrew from Russia.

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A reproduction of a painting of the French retreat from Russia during Napoleon’s invasion by the artist Géo Weiss.
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Lengthy Execution by Nitrogen Gas in Alabama Renews Concerns Over Method

Anthony Boyd was the eighth person executed by nitrogen gas since Alabama began using the method last year. His execution came over the strenuous objection of three liberal Supreme Court justices.

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Anthony Boyd was executed using nitrogen gas at the William C. Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Ala.
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Trump’s Son Is Poised to Profit From Pentagon Drone Proposal

A small company that has been manufacturing motors domestically for only a few weeks and has Donald Trump Jr. as an adviser won a parts order from the Army.

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Donald Trump Jr. has become part of the Beltway military-industrial complex, even as his father is setting policy priorities that are likely to benefit the companies he has invested in.
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Federal Immigration Enforcement Surge Called Off Across the Bay Area, Officials Say

President Trump said on Thursday that he had called off the deployment in San Francisco. Two federal officials said on Friday that the action applied across the region.

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Activists demonstrated on Thursday against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, at San Francisco City Hall.
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The White House’s Movie Theater Is Among the East Wing Rubble

Nixon watched “Patton” there. Obama hosted the “Lincoln” cast. Built in 1942, the White House’s private movie theater offered refuge and entertainment.

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Bill Clinton, with popcorn, watched the 1994 Super Bowl in the White House’s private theater.
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U.S. Details How Mob and Ex-NBA Players Lured High Rollers Into Poker Trap

A Manhattan apartment was at the center of a Mafia-run ring that used former N.B.A. players as bait and technology to read cards, prosecutors say.

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Chauncey Billups, a former N.B.A. player and the Portland Trail Blazers’ current head coach, helped attract gamblers to the rigged games, prosecutors say.
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