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‘Posh George,’ the Convicted Fraudster in Nigel Farage’s Inner Circle

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di: Michael D. Shear
Scrutiny over the gifts and support provided by George Cottrell to Mr. Farage, the Reform U.K. leader, will continue even after he won last week’s special election in Clacton.

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Nigel Farage and George Cottrell in Brussels in 2020, as the European Parliament ratified the terms of Brexit, which both men campaigned for.
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China Wants Its Data to Power the World’s A.I.

✇NYT > World News
di: David Pierson and Berry Wang
China is exporting more than A.I. models. It wants its data to influence the world’s chatbots, raising fears that Beijing’s narratives will spread with the technology.

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A Google booth during the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai last month. China wants a greater voice in the development of A.I. chatbots.
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No Way Out

✇NYT > World News
di: Katrin Bennhold
The U.S. is building an archipelago of overseas detention sites where deportees are often held indefinitely without charge.

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Roberto Mosquera is being held in a maximum-security prison in Eswatini.
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Trump’s Other Hold on the Americas: The Visa

✇NYT > World News
di: Emiliano Rodríguez Mega · Emma Bubola · Gabriel Labrador and David Bolaños
As part of its expansionist approach to the Western Hemisphere, the Trump administration is trying to reassert its dominance, one U.S. visa at a time.

© Kenny Holston/The New York Times

The State Department overseen by Marco Rubio has restored the visas of political figures in Central America once penalized by the U.S. government and has revoked visas for others.
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Bou Meng, Rare Survivor of Khmer Rouge Torture House, Dies at 85

✇NYT > World News
di: Seth Mydans
Saved by his ability to paint, he was one of only a handful of prisoners to make it out of the brutal prison Tuol Sleng.

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Bou Meng, who was imprisoned at the notorious Khmer Rouge interrogation and torture facility Tuol Sleng, in 2009 at the prison, which became a genocide museum.
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$10 Million in Gold Found Buried Under Former Brewery in Belgium

✇NYT > World News
di: Zane Irwin
A construction worker’s drill struck gold during a renovation project in East Flanders, setting off a search for the owners of the stashed fortune.

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Gold bars found at the site where a 19th-century brewery had stood in Dendermonde, Belgium. The police do not know who put the gold there, or what its fate might be.
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Israeli Strikes in Lebanon Kill 11, Health Officials Say

✇NYT > World News
di: Abdi Latif Dahir
The Lebanese health ministry said children were among those killed. The Israeli prime minister’s office said Hezbollah had struck first, injuring three Israeli soldiers.

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The aftermath of an Israeli strike in Deir al-Zahrani, a town in southern Lebanon, on Saturday.
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Quit Lit

✇NYT > World News
di: Melissa Kirsch
There are good reasons to abandon books we’re not enjoying, but our attenuated attention might lead us to tap out too early.
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How Cyclospora Evaded the U.S. Food Safety System to Sicken Thousands

✇NYT > World News
di: Christina Jewett and Julie Creswell
The Trump administration delayed a rule last year that could have sped up the effort to pinpoint the source of the contamination. Critics charge that food safety oversight has eroded overall.

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Last year the Food and Drug Administration cut a program that tracked cyclospora outbreaks and delayed a rule that would have required companies to swiftly provide supply chain records in investigations of foodborne disease outbreaks.
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As China Pushes to Expand in Asia, Trump Focuses on Iran

✇NYT > World News
di: Edward Wong
Asian allies are beginning to wonder whether the United States would or could defend them in a war.

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The Sierra Madre, a Philippine naval ship, in the South China Sea in 2023. Last month, a Chinese Coast Guard vessel began circling the ship and confronted Philippine service members.
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Professor’s Death Leaves Behind Hard Questions for Cambridge on Race and Hiring

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di: Mara Hvistendahl · Megan Specia · Leo Sands · Ali Watkins and Susan Dominus
Jason Arday, the school’s youngest Black professor, was found dead on Friday. The school ignored a series of warnings about his life story and his work.

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Cambridge University in May. Jason Arday was hired in 2023, becoming the university’s youngest Black professor.
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As Army Fails to Protect Palestinians, Israeli Leaders Sympathize With Settlers

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di: David M. Halbfinger and Adam Rasgon
Defense Minister Katz called for the military to turn over to the police the responsibility for protecting Palestinians after two West Bank families were besieged by violent settlers.

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Israeli soldiers patrolling a street Thursday during an operation in the village of Qusra, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
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When a Rare Wolf Got Too Close, Denmark Faced a Conservation Dilemma

✇NYT > World News
di: Maya Tekeli
The authorities tracked the animal after a string of close encounters with residents, reigniting a bitter debate over how a small, densely populated country should live with wolves.

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A wild wolf in West Jutland, Denmark, last year. The return of the animals to a country with few predators has recently come under scrutiny after a wolf was spotted near a small town, apparently unafraid of people.
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A Prominent Mexican Politician Says U.S. Revoked His Visa

✇NYT > World News
di: Jack Nicas · Annie Correal and Emiliano Rodríguez Mega
Andrés Manuel López Beltrán, a former president’s son, lashed out at the Trump administration after he said it canceled his visa, another flashpoint in the tense U.S.-Mexico relationship.

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Andrés Manuel López Beltrán is the son of Mexico’s former president Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who is still a key leader of Morena, Mexico’s dominant political party.
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The Taliban Kicked the U.S. Out of Afghanistan. Now They Want It Back.

✇NYT > World News
di: Elian Peltier
In an interview, Afghanistan’s foreign minister called on the U.S. to reopen its embassy and invest in the country — a near-impossible sell for now, analysts and former diplomats say.

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Afghanistan’s foreign minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi, during an interview with The New York Times in Kabul this week.
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France’s Top Court Strikes Down Ban on Social Media for Children

✇NYT > World News
di: Mark Landler and Ségolène Le Stradic
The move was a setback for President Emmanuel Macron, who championed the ban. He vowed to pass a new version before he leaves office next spring.

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France’s Constitutional Council said that the ban was too wide-ranging, and did not take into account the age, maturity or family situation of children.
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Zambia Halts Presidential Election Vote Count Over Violence and Fraud Allegations

✇NYT > World News
di: John Eligon and Rabecca Lungu
The electoral commission for the southern African nation said poll workers had been attacked and ballots had been stolen.

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A voting station’s presiding officer holds a marked ballot during the counting process at Woodlands Primary School in Lusaka, Zambia, on Thursday.
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Kevin Rideout, American Missionary Kidnapped in Niger, Is Released

✇NYT > World News
di: Ruth Maclean and Eric Schmitt
Kevin Rideout, a pilot, was abducted from his home in the country’s capital, Niamey, last fall. His mission organization said he was in “good health” after his release.

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Niamey, Niger, this year. U.S. officials said it was unclear which group had held the American missionary Kevin Rideout at the end of his captivity.
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Russia Campaigned to Derail Moldova’s Pro-Western Government

✇NYT > World News
di: Michael Schwirtz · Adam Goldman and Aaron Krolik
In Moldova, Moscow paid Orthodox priests, conducted a vote-buying scheme and set up training camps on election interference — all in an effort to derail the Western-leaning government.

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Police officers in Chisinau, the Moldovan capital, watching protesters gather outside the electoral commission after the polls closed for parliamentary elections in 2025.
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After 2 Plasma Donor Deaths, Company Pauses Clinics in Canada

✇NYT > World News
di: Vjosa Isai
Grifols, a Spanish company, said “unfounded attention” on its blood plasma business in Canada had led it to temporarily end collections at 17 clinics.

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Donating plasma for Grifols at a hospital in Barcelona in 2020. The company has suspended collecting plasma in Canada because of scrutiny over two deaths.
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Israeli Settlers Resume West Bank Siege After Eviction

✇NYT > World News
di: Natan Odenheimer and Fatima AbdulKarim
The military’s failure to keep extremists away from two Palestinian families trapped in their West Bank homes made clear the chaos gripping the Israeli-occupied territory.

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Israeli soldiers patrolling a street Thursday during an operation in the village of Qusra, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
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Electric Thrills

✇NYT > World News
di: Katrin Bennhold
Electric motorcycle sales are surging in Pakistan, as wartime prices accelerate the pivot away from fossil fuels in the developing world.

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Train Derails Near Town of Lewes in East Sussex, U.K.

✇NYT > World News
di: Michael D. Shear
Emergency services said they were working at the scene of a derailment near Lewes, in East Sussex, on Thursday. Eighteen other people were less badly hurt.

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Some cars of a passenger train flipped onto their sides on Thursday in southern England near Lewes. The accident’s cause had not yet been determined.
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