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At Saudi Behest, Trump Vows to Seek Peace in Sudan, a Goal He Had Spurned

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Par :Declan Walsh and Vivian Nereim
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It is unclear what President Trump will do to end a brutal civil war in which both sides are backed by U.S. allies, but his statement that he will try has raised hopes for peace.

© Ivor Prickett for The New York Times

After the Sudanese military retook part of Khartoum from the Rapid Support Forces, the military section capital’s airport in was strewed with plane wreckage in March.
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Representative Eric Swalwell Will Run for California Governor

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Par :Laurel Rosenhall
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Representative Eric Swalwell, a Democrat, is likely to emphasize his history of fighting President Trump, an approach that many Democratic voters say they want their elected officials to take.

© Gabriela Bhaskar/The New York Times

Representative Eric Swalwell is the latest Democrat to announce he will run for California governor.
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Mexico Wins Miss Universe Pageant Marred by Scandal

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Par :Francesca Regalado
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Fátima Bosch was crowned in Thailand on Friday. The competition got off to a rocky start this month when she briefly walked out after being scolded by an organizer.

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Mexico's Fátima Bosch was named Miss Universe on Friday.
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After Syria’s 14-Year Civil War, a Search for Victims Leads to Mass Graves

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Par :Raja Abdulrahim
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More than 100,000 people disappeared during the 13-year civil war. To bring closure to some of their families, the new government faces the challenging task of exhuming remains from scores of burial sites.

© Emile Ducke for The New York Times

A trench at the Najha cemetery near Damascus, Syria. The area is believed to hold a mass grave.
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Anxiety Over A.I. Spending Returns to Global Markets

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Par :River Akira Davis
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A sharp reversal in Asian stocks, after a rally fueled by Nvidia’s strong earnings, underscores how fears of an A.I. bubble are driving broad market swings.

© Ahn Young-Joon/Associated Press

The Kospi index in South Korea fell nearly 4 percent on Friday.
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Frida Kahlo Portrait Sells for $55 Million, Setting Her Auction Record

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Par :Zachary Small and Tim F. Schneider
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The surrealistic self-portrait was made in 1940, a turbulent year in the Mexican artist’s life as her health and marriage deteriorated.

© Tony Cenicola/The New York Times

Bidding for Frida Kahlo, “El sueño (La cama),” or “The dream (The bed),” at Sotheby’s auction house in Manhattan. It sold for $55 million at auction Thursday night, breaking the artist’s record.
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Missouri Judge Who Wore Elvis Wig in Court Agrees to Resign

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Par :Christine Hauser and Michael Levenson
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Judge Matthew E.P. Thornhill also talked about politics and played Elvis songs in court, a judicial commission said.

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“Elvis was a super talent,” Matthew E.P. Thornhill, a circuit judge in St. Charles County, Mo., said last year in a local television interview. “If I just had Elvis’s hair, I’d be unstoppable.”
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U.S. Manufacturers to Benefit as GE Appliances Shifts Production

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Par :Farah Stockman
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The company, now owned by a Chinese conglomerate, is investing $150 million in 19 American suppliers across 10 states.

© Jon Cherry/Associated Press

Assembly at a GE Appliances plant in Louisville, Ky., in August. The company on Thursday announced contracts with suppliers in 10 states, as part of an effort to bring production back to U.S. soil.
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Trump Calling Reporter ‘Piggy’ Was ‘Frankness,’ White House Says

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Par :Michael M. Grynbaum
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Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, addressed for the first time a schoolyard insult that President Trump lobbed at a Bloomberg News reporter last week.

© Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times

Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, was asked to explain what the president had meant when he called a reporter “piggy.”
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