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China Touts Hainan, Its Duty-Free Island, Amid $1 Trillion Trade Surplus

7 janvier 2026 à 06:00
Policies meant to lure importers to Hainan, a resort island off China’s coast, signal an opening up, Beijing says. One expert calls it a “bait and switch.”

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Visitors at an exhibition center promoting Hainan’s investment opportunities. The island is promoting itself as the world’s largest “free trade port.”

After Trump’s Military Victory in Venezuela, Cuba’s Economy Is in ‘Freefall’

7 janvier 2026 à 05:30
With widespread power outages, medicine shortages and rising food prices, experts say Cuba’s economy has never been worse, with the crisis coming just as the supply of Venezuelan oil is threatened.

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Cooking soup over an open fire in Havana after the failure of a major power plant in October.

FEMA Staff Bracing for Dismissal of 1,000 Disaster Workers

7 janvier 2026 à 04:20
The job cuts expected this month are part of a plan by the Homeland Security secretary, Kristi Noem, to remake the agency.

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A FEMA planning document obtained by The New York Times detailed potential cuts of more than 11,500 people from a work force of about 23,000.

Stephen Miller Offers a Strongman’s View of the World

7 janvier 2026 à 01:21
President Trump’s trusted adviser is casting his hard-right gaze abroad, saying the world must be governed by “force.”

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Mr. Miller has the president’s complete trust, a staff of over 40 people, and several big jobs that include protecting the homeland and securing territories further afield.

Michael Reagan, a Son of President Reagan Who Fought for Right-Wing Causes, Dies at 80

7 janvier 2026 à 03:16
Mr. Reagan, who was the son of Ronald Reagan and his first wife, Jane Wyman, built on his father’s conservative legacy with a radio talk show and columns on right-wing sites like Newsmax.

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Michael Reagan, a son of former President Ronald Reagan, speaking at a campaign event for Newt Gingrich in 2012.

U.S. Pressures Venezuela to Expel Advisers From Cuba, China, Russia and Iran

7 janvier 2026 à 02:08
Secretary of State Marco Rubio was said to have listed the Trump administration’s demands to Venezuela’s new leader, Delcy Rodríguez, in a classified meeting Monday with senior congressional leaders.

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the Capitol on Monday. He spoke at a classified meeting with senior congressional leaders.

This Activist Has Long Been Polarizing. Mamdani Is Standing by Her.

7 janvier 2026 à 03:11
Cea Weaver, a tenant advocate named to a high-profile role in Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration, is facing criticism for past comments calling homeownership “a weapon of white supremacy.”

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Mayor Zohran Mamdani has appointed Cea Weaver, center, as the director of the Mayor’s Office to Protect Tenants.

Aldrich Ames, C.I.A. Turncoat Who Helped the Soviets, Dies at 84

7 janvier 2026 à 01:57
As chief of the counterintelligence branch of the C.I.A.’s Soviet division, he had access to some of the nation’s deepest secrets. He had been serving a life sentence since 1994.

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Aldrich Ames was led from court in 1994 after pleading guilty to spying for the Soviet Union. He remained in prison for the rest of his life.

Mamdani Issues Executive Orders on Homeless Shelters and City Jails

7 janvier 2026 à 01:15
Mayor Zohran Mamdani directed city agencies to make plans to comply with rules governing health and safety at the facilities, and said they must work to end solitary confinement.

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Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York said the city must work with the federal monitor overseeing the city’s jails, including the Rikers Island complex, to end solitary confinement.

Rosa von Praunheim, 83, Dies; Captured Gay Life in Germany on Film

7 janvier 2026 à 00:36
His first feature-length movie, in 1971, was called his country’s “Stonewall moment,” for jump-starting a gay-rights movement. He became a leading voice of it.

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Rosa von Praunheim in 1972. He was a leading figure within the New German Cinema movement.

Michigan City to Pay $3.25 Million After Woman Was Mistakenly Declared Dead

7 janvier 2026 à 00:15
Timesha Beauchamp, 20, was found alive at a funeral home after she had been pronounced dead during a medical episode in Southfield, Mich. She died weeks later.

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A lawyer for the family of Timesha Beauchamp said the city of Southfield had agreed to a settlement over the mistaken declaration of her death in 2020.

Judge Orders Halligan, a Trump Loyalist, to Explain Why She Has Kept U.S. Attorney Title

6 janvier 2026 à 23:27
The ruling was the most robust effort to date to press the prosecutor, Lindsey Halligan, on why she has continued to serve as the U.S. attorney, despite an order throwing out her appointment.

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A federal judge ordered Lindsey Halligan to explain why she continued to lay claim to her title after a different judge had determined that she was unlawfully appointed.
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