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Ukrainian Politics Has Reawakened. Zelensky Must Tread Carefully.

The Ukrainian leader is reshuffling his cabinet as a corruption scandal reshapes the political landscape at a pivotal point in peace negotiations.

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President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine on Saturday during a meeting of European national security advisers in Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital.
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Inside Mamdani’s Decision to Revoke Executive Orders That Backed Israel

Mr. Mamdani, a staunch critic of Israel and its treatment of Palestinians, knew he would not extend the orders, but he had to decide how and when he would rescind them.

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On his first day in office, Mayor Zohran Mamdani revoked every order that former Mayor Eric Adams issued after his indictment in September 2024 on federal corruption charges.
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Ambassador Kimberly Guilfoyle, the Talk of Athens

The former fiancée of Donald Trump Jr., and the former wife of Gov. Gavin Newsom, is working hard and pushing deals with American business interests. She’s also up late at parties.

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The U.S. ambassador to Greece, Kimberly Guilfoyle, at her official residence in Athens.
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Trump Plunges the U.S. Into a New Era of Risk in Venezuela

President Trump opened a new chapter in American nation building as he declared that the United States had toppled Venezuela’s leader and would “run” the country for an indefinite period.

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People in Doral, Fla., celebrating the capture of President Nicolás Maduro by U.S. forces on Saturday.
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Is It Legal for U.S. to ‘Run’ Venezuela After Maduro’s Capture? Here’s What to Know.

The operation revives disputes over the legality of the 1989 Panama intervention, enhanced by President Trump’s vow to “run” Venezuela and Nicolás Maduro’s formal status as president.

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Smoke rising from Fuerte Tiuna, a military complex in Caracas, on Saturday morning. U.S. troops captured President Nicolás Maduro in a raid of a safe house.
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Heavy Rain and King Tides Cause Flooding in California

Highways were blocked and a regional airport shut down on Saturday when the latest in a long run of drenching rainstorms coincided with especially high tides.

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Tidal flooding in low-lying areas of Marin County, in the San Francisco Bay Area, left Highway 101 awash and inundated neighborhoods surrounding Corte Madera Creek on Saturday.
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Whales Are in Danger in N.Y. Waterways: ‘Like Deer Crossing the Road’

As conservation efforts make the waters in the New York region more inviting for whales, increasing traffic from ships and boats has contributed to a climbing number of strandings.

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Of the 125 strandings of large whales in the region since 2017, nearly half have shown signs of human interference such as broken bones from a vessel strike or wounds from propellers or fishing gear.
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On a Brooklyn Boulevard, Mamdani Revives a Project Hampered by Scandal

The bike-lane project, a source of corruption charges during the Adams administration, will be finished as planned in Greenpoint, Mayor Zohran Mamdani said.

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Mayor Zohran Mamdani said he would finish the original, full plan for the roadway as soon as weather permitted, and that he would not be “bowed by big-money interests.”
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Managers of Swiss Bar Are Suspected of Negligence in Deadly Fire, Police Say

The Swiss authorities say small fireworks on beverage bottles probably ignited foam insulation on the bar’s basement ceiling, setting off the broader blaze.

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Firefighters gathered in a moment of silence on Saturday outside Le Constellation, the bar in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, where many people died.
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Dementia Made My Mom a Poet

I often wonder if I tried hard enough to understand my mother as she lost her memory.

© Photo Illustration by Jennifer Latour for The New York Times

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