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What to Know About the Cartels Operating in Mexico

Other criminal groups in Mexico may try to take advantage of the death of Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, also known as El Mencho, who ran the Jalisco New Generation Cartel.

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Offerings of flowers, candles, photos and dollar bills at a shrine to Jesús Malverde — a “narco-saint,” in Culiacán, Sinaloa state, in 2024.
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Louvre Director Resigns, Months After Crown Jewels Were Stolen in Heist

Laurence des Cars’s departure is the latest setback for the world’s largest museum. Her tenure was marred by labor strikes, water leaks and security lapses that led to the heist in October.

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Laurence des Cars, the president and director of the Louvre Museum, during a hearing at the National Assembly in Paris last year.
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After Being Shoved in Front of a Train, He Has Returned to the Subway

Joseph Lynskey was determined to overcome his fear and reclaim his life as a New Yorker who enjoys the city in full. On Tuesday, he filed a lawsuit against the city and the M.T.A.

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Joseph Lynskey recently returned to the 18th Street subway station in Manhattan, where he had been shoved in front of an oncoming train in 2024.
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Germany’s Leader Heads to China and Walks a Tightrope Between Xi and Trump

Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s trip will test his ability to address tensions between the countries, at a time of strain between Europe and Washington.

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Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany arriving at a meeting at the White House last year. Mr. Merz will visit China for the first time since he became chancellor last May, testing his ability to balance ties between Berlin and Beijing.
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Backers of Aviation Safety Bill Cite Recent Near Miss to Make Their Case

The legislation’s advocates say a close call between two private planes near Teterboro, N.J., on Feb. 13 underscores the need for more collision prevention technology.

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A Learjet corporate aircraft carrying eight people to Teterboro Airport in New Jersey was forced to to descend quickly to avoid a midair collision on Feb. 13.
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Home Depot Says Homeowners Are Weary From Economic Pressures

Sales fell at the home-improvement retailer, as homeowners shied away from big-ticket home improvement projects amid worries about housing costs and the job market.

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Home Depot has seen “significantly reduced demand for projects and other purchases associated with buying and selling a home,” its chief financial officer said.
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Newcastle v Qarabag, Inter v Bodø/Glimt: Champions League playoff second legs – live

⚽ Champions League updates from the 8pm GMT kick-offs
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This was going to be a standalone MBM of the second leg between Newcastle United and Qarabag. But, well, y’know.

Good evening and welcome, then, to the wonderful world of Clockwatch. We’ll still take in events at St James’ Park tonight, but there will be three other Champions League matches on the go, one having already started, so we may as well keep checking in on those as well. Especially as last year’s runners-up are in grave danger of being dumped out by Bodø/Glimt, a club Inter dispatched from the 1978-79 Cup Winners’ Cup second round 7-1 on aggregate. Times change. Anyway, here’s tonight’s card, and here we go. It’s on!

Atletico Madrid v Club Brugge (agg 3-3; ko 5.45pm)

Bayer Leverkusen v Olympiakos (agg 2-0; ko 8pm)

Internazionale v Bodo/Glimt (agg 1-3; ko 8pm)

Newcastle v Qarabag (agg 6-1; ko 8pm)

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© Photograph: George Wood/UEFA/Getty Images

© Photograph: George Wood/UEFA/Getty Images

© Photograph: George Wood/UEFA/Getty Images

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Louvre president resigns as jewellery heist inquiry reveals ‘systemic failures’

Laurence des Cars steps down days after parliamentary inquiry called Paris museum a ‘state within a state’

The president of the Louvre in Paris has resigned, four months after a gang of thieves broke into the museum’s Apollo gallery and made off with €88m (£76m) of Napoleonic jewellery in France’s most dramatic heist in decades.

Laurence des Cars, who had offered to step down in the immediate aftermath of the burglary, tendered her resignation to Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday in what the French president called “an act of responsibility”, the Elysée Palace said.

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© Photograph: Emma Da Silva/AP

© Photograph: Emma Da Silva/AP

© Photograph: Emma Da Silva/AP

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