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Keir Starmer Is Fading Away

After a year in power, Keir Starmer appears to be losing not just political weight but material substance, too.

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Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain.
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South African Police’s Frequent Use of Torture Echoes Apartheid’s Brutality

A government led by freedom fighters who helped to liberate the country more than 30 years ago is now overseeing a police force accused of staggering abuses.

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A police raid in Pretoria, South Africa in 2017. South Africa has among the world’s highest murder rates and tackling runaway crime has become an intractable challenge.
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Trump Says Musk Is ‘Off the Rails’ With America Party Effort

The tech billionaire’s effort to create a new political party, called the America Party, comes amid a ramped-up feud with the president over his new domestic policy law.

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Elon Musk was regularly seen alongside President Trump. After he left his role as a special government employee at the end of May, their relationship has grown cold, and the two men often spar over social media.
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A Family of 6 Was Swept Away in the Texas Floods. Now, Survivors Wait and Hope.

A woman whose mother, stepfather, aunt, uncle and cousin are among the missing confronts the unimaginable. A cousin was dragged downriver 15 miles but survived.

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Joe Chavarria searched through rubble at a campsite near where five of his family members disappeared when the Guadalupe River flooded in Texas.
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Carla Maxwell, Keeper of the José Limón Flame, Dies at 79

Her stewardship of the troupe that bears his name became a model for other dance companies, like Martha Graham’s, after their founders died.

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Carla Maxwell in the 2006 revival of José Limón’s “Dances for Isadora.” He created the tempestuous solo “Maenad” for her. She took over the Limón dance company in 1977, five years after Mr. Limón’s death.
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Bessent Says He Expects Trade Deals by This Week’s Deadline

But the Treasury secretary also said that some countries working toward agreements with the United States could have until Aug. 1.

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“There’s a lot of foot dragging on the other side, and so I would expect to see several big announcements over the next couple of days,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Sunday.
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Desperation Grows as Texas Flood Rescues Stretch Into Third Day

Scott Ruskan, a Coast Guard swimmer, is credited with saving 165 people at the all-girls’ camp from dangerous floods. “They want some sort of comfort, someone to save them.”

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Emergency personnel searching in Kerrville, Texas, on Sunday.
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The Brooklyn Allergist’s Office That Was Once Home to a Spy

An antislavery spy who worked for the British in New York in the 1800s lived in a house that is now home to an allergy doctor descended from Horace Greeley.

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Since around 1912, four generations descended from the renowned New-York Tribune editor Horace Greeley have lived at 140 Clinton Street in Brooklyn Heights. Many have been doctors.
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Bessent Says He Expects Trade Deals by This Week’s Deadline

But the Treasury secretary also said that some countries working toward agreements with the United States could have until Aug. 1.

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“There’s a lot of foot dragging on the other side, and so I would expect to see several big announcements over the next couple of days,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Sunday.
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Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath Play Final Shows in Birmingham, England

Heavy metal fans crossed continents to converge on Birmingham, England, and throw devil horns in honor of the Prince of Darkness and Black Sabbath.

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“Back to the Beginning,” a 10-hour concert at the Villa Park soccer stadium in Birmingham, England, which was billed as Ozzy Osbourne’s last.
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Police Officer Shot Outside Immigration Detention Facility in Texas

Several armed people were taken into custody after officers responded to a report of a suspicious person outside the detention center, officials said.

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Several armed people were taken into custody after a police officer was shot outside an immigration detention facility in Texas, officials said.
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The Little Mountain Democracy That Sustains Tibet’s Refugee Nation

The exile government that was built by the Dalai Lama to preserve Tibetans’ cultural identity will be put to the test by his eventual succession.

Lhakar Gorshey, a Tibetan circle dance performed on Wednesdays, which are considered a special day of cultural significance, near Tsuglagkhang, also known as Dalai Lama’s Temple complex, this past week in Dharamsala, India.
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In ‘Orgasmic Meditation’ Case, Did a Zealous Media Strategy Backfire?

After two leaders of OneTaste were convicted, a judge referred to the aggressive publicity campaign on their behalf as she jailed them until their sentencing.

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Rachel Cherwitz and Nicole Daedone are set for sentencing in September. They are being held in a notorious federal lockup.
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Deadly Floods in Texas

We have the latest on what happened and the search for survivors.

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In Ingram, Texas.
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China and Russia Keep Their Distance From Iran During Crisis

Some U.S. officials talked about an “axis” of authoritarian nations, but the American and Israeli war with Iran has exposed the limits of that idea.

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An ambulance burned in an Israeli attack in Tehran last month. Despite the appearance of unity, Russia, China and North Korea did not rush to Iran’s aid during its war with Israel or when U.S. forces bombed Iranian nuclear sites.
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Caught Between Tariffs and China, Mexico Adapts to an Unpredictable U.S.

Relying on Asian suppliers is no longer a safe bet for many factories in Mexico. Companies are racing to change, and they are being encouraged by the government.

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Assembling refrigeration and air-conditioning units at a factory for the Danish company Danfoss, in Apodaca, Nuevo Leon, Mexico.
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Southwest’s C.E.O. on Why Now Is the Time for Bag Fees and Assigned Seats

Bob Jordan recently introduced major changes to the way the low-cost airline works, which caused a stir among loyal fliers and left them wondering what sets it apart from competitors.

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Bob Jordan joined Southwest Airlines in 1988 as a programmer, rising to chief executive in 2022.
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Netanyahu Heads to Washington as Trump Pushes for Israel-Hamas Cease-Fire

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel is set to meet with President Trump on Monday as attention has turned from Iran to a cease-fire for Gaza.

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel visited the site of an Iranian strike in Rehovot, Israel, last month during the 12-day Israel-Iran war.
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The Coder ‘Village’ at the Heart of China’s A.I. Frenzy

As China vies with Silicon Valley for primacy, Hangzhou, home to DeepSeek and Alibaba, is where its aspiring tech titans mingle and share ideas.

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The West Lake in Hangzhou, China. The city has become a hub for artificial intelligence start-ups, helped along by government subsidies and tax breaks.
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Ozzy Osbourne Plays His ‘Final Song’ With Black Sabbath

The metal luminary, 76, took the stage with his original bandmates at a farewell festival in his Birmingham, England, hometown on Saturday night.

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Fans filled Villa Park, a stadium in Birmingham, England, on Saturday to honor Ozzy Osbourne.
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