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Warmed by Japan’s Support, Taiwan Takes Up Sushi Diplomacy

China closed off Japanese seafood imports after Japan’s new leader declared strong support for Taiwan. Suddenly, sushi is everywhere on Taiwanese social media.

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Lai Ching-te, Taiwan’s president, eating sushi containing Japanese seafood in a photo released by the president’s office.
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At a Congressional Hearing, Residents Detail the Trauma of the L.A. Raids

More than two dozen people described the upheaval the raids had caused in immigrant communities and aired accusations of mistreatment by agents.

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Speakers at the congressional hearing in Los Angeles included the spouses of undocumented immigrants who have been detained.
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Images From Vietnam’s Year of Deadly Wet Weather

Scientists suggested that climate change could make central Vietnam a global hot spot for destructive storms. This year has seemed to prove the point.

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Floodwaters besieged Nha Trang, Vietnam, last week.
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‘Find a Job,’ Ontario Premier Tells Protester While Passing a New Housing Law

During a raucous hearing, the Ontario legislature passed a bill backed by Premier Doug Ford meant to expedite housing development and the eviction of tenants who are behind on their rent.

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Ontario’s Conservative government, led by Premier Doug Ford, passed a controversial law on Monday that is meant to speed up both new developments and evictions.
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How Rubio Tried to Bring a Pro-Russia Peace Plan to Middle Ground

While President Trump attacked the Ukrainians, Secretary of State Marco Rubio flew to Geneva to seize control of negotiations that were going off the rails.

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio held a series of meetings in Geneva over the weekend about a 28-point peace proposal for Ukraine and Russia.
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Schumer Faces Pushback From ‘Fight Club’ Group of Senate Democrats

A group of liberal senators is quietly challenging the minority leader over his approach to the midterms and President Trump, in a sign of the party’s deep frustration.

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Democrats have increasingly broken ranks in recent months to criticize Senator Chuck Schumer, the minority leader.
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How the Coast Guard Revised Its Policy on Swastikas, Nooses and Bullying

After days of backlash, the Homeland Security Department said hateful and violent behavior would not be tolerated.

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The Coast Guard is part of the Department of Homeland Security, but it is a branch of the armed forces and its members are subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
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Trump Is Considering a Push to Extend Obamacare Subsidies

President Trump has not made a final decision. But he is under pressure to address the cost of health care, which for many Americans will jump if the subsidies expire.

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President Trump speaking at the White House this weekend. Extending the subsidies was at the center of the 43-day government shutdown, the longest in U.S. history.
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Judge dismisses Comey and James cases

Also, why kids in American classrooms are struggling. Here’s the latest at the end of Monday.

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James Comey and Letitia James.
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Ozempic Drug Fails to Quell Alzheimer’s in Novo Nordisk Trials

The studies were a significant setback for the optimistic view that semaglutide and other GLP-1 drugs could help prevent a number of brain diseases.

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A trial of semaglutide, the miracle drug branded as Ozempic and Wegovy for diabetes and weight loss, failed to find any effect of the drug on cognition and functioning in people with mild cognitive impairment or dementia.
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Viola Fletcher, Oldest Survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Dies at 111

At 7, she bore witness to one of American history’s most violent spasms of racial violence. She was 106 when the nation reckoned with the crime.

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Viola Fletcher in 2023. The Greenwood neighborhood of Tulsa, Okla., that became known as “Black Wall Street” took years to build — and one night of violence to destroy.
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Army Chief Says France Must ‘Accept Losing Our Children,’ Igniting Uproar

The furor erupted as President Emmanuel Macron is expected to present a plan for paid, voluntary military service to bolster the armed forces against the threat from Russia.

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France’s army chief, Gen. Fabien Mandon, told a gathering of mayors that they must become the messengers of a new French resolve in an unstable European continent.
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Mark Kelly Under Pentagon Investigation for ‘Illegal Orders’ Video

The defense secretary called the senator’s remarks urging troops not to follow illegal orders “despicable, reckless, and false.”

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“Our laws are clear,” Senator Mark Kelly, a retired Navy captain and astronaut, said in a video. “You can refuse illegal orders.”
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