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Venezuela’s Natural Gas, Not Oil, Might Be a Big Early Prize

The South American country has natural gas that could be extracted and exported quickly, but U.S. sanctions, which are now being eased, have stymied development.

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A liquefied natural gas terminal in Trinidad and Tobago, a country that has the infrastructure that Venezuela needs to bring its vast reserves of natural gas to market.
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Amid Fallout From Epstein Files, Dubai’s DP World Boss Is Replaced

Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem was credited with turning the state-backed DP World into a global logistics powerhouse. He was recently identified in correspondence with Jeffrey Epstein.

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Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem in 2022. He was identified this week in files related to Mr. Epstein.
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Looks Aren’t Everything? Clavicular Begs to Differ.

Braden Peters, known as Clavicular, has emerged as a beacon for a group of narcissistic, status-obsessed young men. He wants to take his fixation with “looksmaxxing” mainstream.

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The 20-year-old streamer goes to extremes to achieve an ideal of male beauty, but that’s not the only reason he’s become an online sensation.
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San Francisco Teachers End Strike After 4 Days

Public schools are expected to reopen on Wednesday for 50,000 students in the city. Teachers demanded higher wages and health care benefits.

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San Francisco teachers went on strike for the first time since 1979 in pursuit of higher wages and health care benefits.
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U.S. Transfers Thousands of ISIS Prisoners to Iraq From Syria

The moves appear to highlight lingering doubts in Washington about the new Syrian government’s ability to ensure security.

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U.S. military vehicles in Qamishli, Syria, escorted buses transporting Islamic State detainees to Iraq this month.
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Indian Man Pleads Guilty to Orchestrating Failed Assassination Plot

Nikhil Gupta was accused of plotting to murder an American citizen. Prosecutors have argued it mirrors similar efforts against Sikhs, including the killing of one in Canada.

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Nikhil Gupta is accused of plotting to kill Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, pictured here. Prosecutors say that Mr. Gupta is part of a broader series of attacks on Sikhs across the world.
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Congress Leaves DC as DHS Shuts Down

Despite a deadlock over funding for the agency, lawmakers left town and left Democratic and White House negotiators to try to work out a deal in their absence.

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Congress left Washington for a weeklong recess despite not reaching a deal to fund the Department of Homeland Security.
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Bessent Pushes Senate on Fed Confirmation Amid Backlash Over Criminal Inquiry

President Trump’s effort to get Kevin M. Warsh confirmed as the next Federal Reserve chair has been complicated by a criminal investigation into Jerome H. Powell.

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The comments by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent underscore the urgency the Trump administration is feeling as it looks to replace the Federal Reserve chair.
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UK Ban on Palestine Action Is Unlawful, Court Finds

The High Court said the ban on Palestine Action as a terrorist group was disproportionate and breached free speech rights. The government said it would appeal, and the ban remained in place for now.

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Supporters of Palestine Action protesting on Friday outside the Royal Court of Justice in London.
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At the Winter Olympics

We look at what life is like on the ground in Milan and Cortina.

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U.S. women’s hockey fans.
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What It Means to Be a White ‘Race Traitor’

From Schwerner and Goodman to Good and Pretti, white people putting themselves in harm’s way has helped galvanize Americans for justice.

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Demonstrators in Greenville, Miss., in 1964 after the disappearance of three civil rights workers, who were later found dead.
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A D.H.S. Shutdown Looms. Bruised Minnesotans Urge Their Parties to Dig In.

Congressional Democrats say they will approve no money for the Department of Homeland Security without guardrails on immigration agents. Their voters in Minnesota are demanding no less.

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The surge of immigration agents may be receding in Minneapolis, but protesters in the city want Democrats to hold firmly against Homeland Security funding.
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Conspiracy Theories Only Flourish With More Epstein Evidence

The dump of millions of documents has fueled a new wave of speculation, A.I.-generated hoaxes and foreign disinformation.

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New emails and documents about Jeffrey Epstein, the convicted sex offender who owned Little Saint James Island, above, have spawned a wave of new conspiracy theories and hoaxes.
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Restaurants Say ICE Presence Imperils Business

In several cities where immigrants are being detained, owners say they’re struggling to stay open as fear keeps customers and workers from leaving home.

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The dining room at Suya Joint, a Nigerian restaurant in Boston, one of many places that say they have lost business since ICE stepped up immigration enforcement.
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