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Trump to Host Congo and Rwanda Leaders for Peace Talks in Persistent Conflict

The president will meet with the leaders of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo to advance a deal meant to end a long war in eastern Congo.

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The Trump administration will hold a signing ceremony for the peace agreement’s next phase at the U.S. Institute of Peace, which it recently renamed “the Donald J. Trump United States Institute of Peace.”
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How Israel’s Settlement Surge in the West Bank Is Displacing Palestinians

The Israeli government authorized 22 settlements in May, the largest expansion in decades, and Palestinian families are now being forced from their homes.

“All my memories are in that home. They are not only stealing our land but also trying to cut the roots that connect us to it,” Muhammad Abdulrahman said.
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Brooklyn Borough President Will Run for House Seat as Socialists Circle

Antonio Reynoso’s bid to replace Representative Nydia M. Velázquez will most likely be contested by a candidate backed by the Democratic Socialists of America.

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Antonio Reynoso said he wants to push the Democratic Party to the left, but some in the party, including Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, may prefer an even more progressive candidate.
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Snail Theft Hits France Before Holiday Rush

Shop owners say the thieves who took 990 pounds of snails must have been escargot cognoscenti.

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A snail farm in Souligné-sous-Ballon, in western France.
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A Volunteer’s Dire Warnings About the National Guard D.C. Shooting Suspect

More than a year before the Trump administration granted asylum to the Afghan immigrant, the volunteer’s emails raised concerns that he was unraveling.

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Two National Guard troops were shot near the White House on the day before Thanksgiving.
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Will All Newborns Still Receive Hepatitis B Shots? A Committee’s Vote Will Tell.

The federal vaccine panel appointed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is likely to decide on Thursday that the shots should be delayed for infants whose mothers test negative for the virus.

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Members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices may decide to end the recommendation that babies get immunized against hepatitis B.
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Kenya Kept a Diplomat in His Job Despite Years of Sex Abuse Accusations

President William Ruto faces pressure after a Times investigation showed that his government downplayed or ignored the mistreatment of women working in Saudi Arabia.

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Pauline Muthoni Kariuki said her Saudi employer and his friend raped her in 2020. She became pregnant and sought help at the embassy. There, she said, a Kenyan diplomat, Robinson Juma Twanga, accused her of seducing men.
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Best TV Shows of 2025

Many of the year’s best series seemed to be in conversation with one another, including “Severance,” “The Pitt,” “Andor,” “Pluribus,” “The Lowdown” and others.
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As Hochul Considers an A.I. Bill, Its Sponsor Throws Her a Fund-Raiser

Gov. Kathy Hochul received nearly $250,000 for her re-election campaign from donors eager to have her sign a bill that would regulate the A.I. field in New York.

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Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York faces a contested re-election bid next year, both in the primary and in the general election.
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Macron Urges Xi to Help End War in Ukraine

As President Emmanuel Macron of France visited China, its leader, Xi Jinping, said his country would play a constructive role in ending the fighting.

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President Emmanuel Macron of France with Xi Jinping, China’s leader, in Beijing on Thursday. Mr. Macron was welcomed with a red carpet and honor guard.
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New York Times Sues Pentagon Over First Amendment Rights

The lawsuit said the Defense Department’s new set of rules for journalists “violates the Constitution’s guarantees of due process, freedom of speech and freedom of the press.”

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A new set of press restrictions at the Pentagon took effect in October.
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Hamas Returns Body of Last Thai Hostage in Gaza

The militant group took more than 250 hostages from Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, including 31 from Thailand. The remains of all but one other hostage, an Israeli, have been recovered.

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Placards of hostage, Sudthisak Rinthalak, during a rally calling for the immediate return of the remains of all hostages held in Gaza, at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv in November.
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Trump Renames Institute of Peace for Himself

Workers installed the president’s name on the Washington institute, thrusting it back into the spotlight as it is set to host the signing of a peace deal between Rwanda and Congo.

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The United States Institute of Peace on Wednesday, after President Trump’s name was added to the facade.
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Pentagon Watchdog Finds Hegseth’s Signal Chat Risked Endangering U.S. Troops

An inspector general report to be released on Thursday examined the defense secretary’s use of a private messaging app to discuss airstrikes in Yemen.

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s use of the Signal messaging app risked potentially compromising Defense Department information that could have endangered personnel and missions, according to people familiar with the report.
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Former F.D.A. Commissioners Sound Alarm on Plan to Change Vaccine Policy

Twelve former commissioners, in a New England Journal of Medicine article, said they were “deeply concerned” by a leaked memo from the agency’s vaccine regulator.

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, has repeatedly criticized Covid-19 vaccines as deadly despite the scientific consensus that they are safe.
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