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Trump Will Visit China in April for Meeting With Xi Jinping

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Par :Ana Swanson and Alan Rappeport
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President Trump said he would visit Beijing for the first time since returning to office after holding a call with Mr. Xi, China’s leader.

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President Trump said his call with China’s leader, Xi Jinping, touched on Ukraine, China’s exports of chemicals used to make fentanyl and its purchases of farm products.
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5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Musicals

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Andrew Lloyd Webber, Sara Bareilles, Joshua Henry, Jeanine Tesori, Jason Robert Brown and New York Times writers and editors pick 13 songs to seal the deal.
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Jimmy Cliff: 8 Essential Songs

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Par :Ben Sisario
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A giant of Jamaican music, he gained international renown through the 1972 film “The Harder They Come,” and helped establish reggae’s themes of struggle, resistance and uplift.

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Jimmy Cliff onstage in 2013. The Jamaican musician helped transform ska into reggae, and bring his island’s sounds worldwide.
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An Auto Holy Grail: Motors That Don’t Rely on Chinese Rare Earths

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Par :Jack Ewing
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Weary of being captive to geopolitics, car companies are looking for ways to replace powerful rare-earth magnets in electric motors.

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Harnavpreet Gill is an engineer at Conifer, a California start-up that makes motors that do not use rare earth materials.
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Health Issues in Middle Age Can Be Linked to Pregnancy Years Earlier

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Par :Danielle Friedman
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Women with common pregnancy complications are at increased risk for cardiovascular and metabolic health problems later in life. But many patients remain unaware of the connection.

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Tania Saiz, 52, survived a stroke five years ago. She later learned that a long-ago pregnancy complication had put her at risk.
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The Best Baseball Team Behind Bars

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Par :Eli Tan and Brian L. Frank
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The San Quentin Giants’ opponents are impressed. But what about the parole board that decides the players’ fate?

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San Quentin Rehabilitation Center, formerly known as San Quentin State Prison, was recently downgraded from high-security to low-security.
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Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Prompts Debate Over Europe’s Military

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Par :Patricia Cohen
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With Russia looming, governments race to rebuild armed forces that shrank after the Cold War, grappling with hard issues of economics, politics and military strategy.

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Finnish army conscripts at a training exercise in Helsinki. Finland maintained conscription after the fall of the Soviet Union.
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Putin’s Win-Win: Take a Russia-Friendly Peace Deal, or Fight On

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Par :Paul Sonne
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The Kremlin’s leader is standing back as Ukraine and Europe scramble to negotiate changes to a U.S. proposal to end the war.

© Pool photo by Vyacheslav Prokofyev

An image released by Russian state media last week shows President Vladimir V. Putin inside the Kremlin on Wednesday. He has said Moscow was content to pursue its interests “through armed confrontation.”
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Study Finds Mental Health Benefit to One-Week Social Media Break

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Par :Ellen Barry
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Young adults who engaged in a social media “detox” reported reductions in depression, anxiety and insomnia, though it was unclear how long the effects would last.

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On average, symptoms of anxiety dropped by 16.1 percent; symptoms of depression by 24.8 percent; and symptoms of insomnia by 14.5 percent.
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Grisly Killings of a Married Couple Spark New Sectarian Unrest in Syria

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Par :Euan Ward
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The government acted quickly to tamp down reprisals in the central city of Homs as it tries to manage repeated waves of bloodshed involving minority groups.

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Syrian soldiers walk past an abandoned movie theater in downtown Homs on Friday. Homs has long been a microcosm of Syria’s sectarian fault lines.
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Bolsonaro’s Arrest Exposes Limits to Trump’s Power

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Par :Jack Nicas
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President Trump tried to keep the former Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro, out of prison. He failed, and now he is moving on.

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President Trump during a bilateral meeting with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in October.
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Rick Cotton, Head of the Port Authority, Is Stepping Down

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Par :Patrick McGeehan
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Mr. Cotton oversaw the rebuilding of LaGuardia Airport and several other major infrastructure projects in the New York City region.

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Rick Cotton has overseen the start of a $19 billion overhaul of Kennedy International Airport.
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Dharmendra, Bollywood Leading Man, Dies at 89

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Par :Jin Yu Young and Pragati K.B.
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In a career spanning nearly seven decades and more than 300 productions, the actor became one of India’s best known and most versatile screen stars.

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Dharmendra in 2023. “There’s no role he cannot do,” his biographer said. “You cannot slot him into a pigeonhole.”
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Negotiating Peace in Ukraine

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Par :Sam Sifton
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We explain the Trump administration’s latest push to end the war.

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The front line in Pokrovsk, Ukraine.
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Trump Welcomes A.P.’s Photographers. Its Reporters? Not So Much.

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Par :Erik Wemple
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The White House now has conflicting approaches for Associated Press journalists as it fights the news service in court over access to presidential events.

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While the White House has restored access to Associated Press photographers like Evan Vucci, it continues to exclude A.P. reporters from the presidential press pool.
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His Right Foot: One Tiny Drawing for Sale, Said to Be by Michelangelo

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Par :Scott Reyburn
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The Renaissance artist painted more than 100 figures in the Sistine Chapel ceiling, yet studies for only a handful remain. Could this five-inch drawing at Christie’s be one?

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Various books and research materials at Christie’s in London related to a newly attributed drawing the auction house says is by Michelangelo that is for sale in February.
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Russian Disinformation Comes to Mexico, Seeking to Rupture US Ties

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Par :Maria Abi-Habib
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A U.S. government cable said that Kremlin-run outlets had scaled up their efforts across Latin America, seeking to turn people against the United States and garner support for Russia.

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The RT control room in Moscow in 2018. Kremlin-owned media outlets in Mexico have expanded greatly in recent years.
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