Eurovision Is in Turmoil as Israel’s Participation Leads to Boycott

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4 décembre 2025 à 21:00

The Netherlands and Slovenia also said they would not take part in next year’s contest, meant to be its celebratory 70th edition.

Yuval Raphael, Israel’s 2025 Eurovision act, performing in May. The country has won the contest four times.

In Her 90s, a Painter Finally Confronts Her Nazi Trauma

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Par :Max Norman

4 décembre 2025 à 20:58

Cornelia Foss, better known as a confidante to other artists than as an artist herself, has put aside landscape painting for something far more visceral.

Cornelia Foss in the art studio of her Manhattan apartment.

Ilhan Omar: Somali Americans Aren’t Afraid of Trump’s Bigotry

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Par :Ilhan Omar

4 décembre 2025 à 20:46

Attacks on Somali Americans are a cruel distraction.

Charles Norman Shay, Tribal Elder and World War II Hero, Dies at 101

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Par :Trip Gabriel

4 décembre 2025 à 20:08

As a 19-year-old medic, he won a Silver Star for his service during D-Day. Later, in the Korean War, he earned a Bronze Star.

Charles Norman Shay at Omaha Beach in Normandy, France, in 2019. “I saw there were many wounded men who were floundering in the water,” he said, recalling D-Day. “And I knew that if nobody went to help them, they were doomed to die.”

After Years of Debate, Vatican Says No to Women Deacons, at Least for Now

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Par :Elisabetta Povoledo

4 décembre 2025 à 20:06

But a papal commission examining the question said further study was required, and advised that women should be given other leadership roles in the Catholic Church.

Pope Leo XIV in Beirut in November. Some campaigners had hoped that the Vatican, under Leo’s leadership, might allow for the inclusion of women in the lowest rungs of the church ministerial hierarchy.

New Guidelines Endorse Self-Swab Alternative to Pap Smear for Cervical Cancer Testing

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Par :Nina Agrawal

4 décembre 2025 à 18:33

The recommendation comes after the first at-home test, a self-swab, received federal approval earlier this year.

False U.S.G.S. Report of 5.9 Earthquake Sends Phones Buzzing in Nevada

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Par :Erin McCann · Amy Graff and Michael Levenson

4 décembre 2025 à 19:16

The United States Geological Survey quickly deleted the alert, saying it had been sent in error. “This isn’t a good look,” one earthquake expert said.

Had it been real, the earthquake likely would have been felt in nearby Reno, Nev.

What Is Going on With Trump?

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Par :Frank Bruni · Aaron Retica · Bret Stephens and Derek Arthur

4 décembre 2025 à 20:16

Bret Stephens, Frank Bruni and Aaron Retica on the gap between Trump’s interests and what matters to Americans.

Bipartisan House Group Proposes Long-Shot Health Care Plan

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Par :Catie Edmondson

4 décembre 2025 à 18:50

Republicans and Democrats released a two-year plan to scale back and extend expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies, but it faces long odds in the G.O.P.-led House.

Representative Jen Kiggans is the leading Republican on the proposal to extend A.C.A. subsidies.

She Was 8 When She Fled the Nazis. After 86 Years, It Inspired Her Art.

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Par :Max Norman

4 décembre 2025 à 18:30

Cornelia Foss, better known as a confidante to other artists than as an artist herself, has put aside landscape painting for something far more visceral.

Suspect Arrested in Inquiry Into Pipe Bombs in D.C. Ahead of Jan. 6 Riot

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Par :Alan Feuer and Glenn Thrush

4 décembre 2025 à 20:53

The suspect was described as a 30-year-old man from Prince William County, Va., and his arrest could ultimately provide an answer to one of the mysteries arising from the Jan. 6. attack.

A photograph released by the F.B.I. shows the person suspected of placing two pipe bombs on Capitol Hill the night before Jan. 6, 2021.

A.I. Deal Making Is Getting Faster

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Par :Erin Griffith

4 décembre 2025 à 17:30

Investors are deciding within 15 minutes whether to shovel millions into A.I. start-ups and taking entrepreneurs weight lifting and rock climbing to get deals done.

Colin Roberts, left, and Vivek Nair, the founders of Multifactor, an A.I. start-up, fielded interest from more than 250 investors and raised more money than planned.

Her Roof Was About to Be Fixed. Then Immigration Agents Showed Up.

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Par :Eduardo Medina

4 décembre 2025 à 17:13

The Trump administration’s deportation agenda is reverberating beyond immigrant communities as agents begin fanning out around New Orleans.

The agents, including several from the Border Patrol, had shown up and tried to detain the men, but they refused to get down from the roof.

Spain Sees Itself as a Beacon for Immigrants. So Do Many Latin Americans.

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Par :Jason Horowitz

4 décembre 2025 à 11:08

The government presents its migrant policy as a welcoming alternative to U.S. crackdowns. But activists say those arriving on boats from Africa are excluded from that embrace.

Luz Fanny Arce Campiño in the restaurant she works in, in Paiporta, Spain, in October.

What We Know About Trump’s Crime and Immigration Crackdown Across the U.S.

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Par :Jacey Fortin

4 décembre 2025 à 01:55

The president has sent federal agents to Democratic-led cities in several states, prompting lawsuits and stirring anger among local leaders.

Members of the California National Guard were deployed during immigration protests in downtown Los Angeles in June.

Groups Express Anixety as Trump Threatens to Derail U.S.-Mexico-Canada Trade Pact

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Par :Ana Swanson

4 décembre 2025 à 18:48

Hearings that began Wednesday in Washington reflected anxiety over the future of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade pact and whether the president could end up scrapping it.

Though President Trump negotiated and signed the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, he said this year that he wanted to make it a “much better deal.”

Ruined Rice Fields and Broken Rail Lines: Sri Lanka Counts Cost of Cyclone

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Par :Mujib Mashal · Pamodi Waravita and Atul Loke

4 décembre 2025 à 16:06

Officials estimate the damage runs into billions of dollars, a headache for the island nation just recovering from an economic crash.

Locals wading through floodwater from Cyclone Ditwah, at Mannar in northern Sri Lanka, on Thursday.

Mel Leipzig, Painter Called the ‘Chekhov of Trenton,’ Dies at 90

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Par :Sam Roberts

4 décembre 2025 à 05:58

He put fellow New Jerseyans at the center of his work, and a critic praised the “mysterious emotional tensions” in his pictures of ordinary people.

Yasser Abu Shabab, Militant Leader Backed by Israel, Is Killed in Gaza, Official Says

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Par :Adam Rasgon and Natan Odenheimer

4 décembre 2025 à 17:32

Yasser Abu Shabab, a Bedouin man in his 30s, was at the center of an Israeli project in Gaza to build up anti-Hamas militias.

Destruction in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, where Yasser Abu Shabab was reported killed on Thursday.

Putin Must Have Authorized Novichok Poisoning in Salisbury, UK Inquiry Finds

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Par :Lizzie Dearden

4 décembre 2025 à 16:52

The death of a British woman from Novichok was the result of a botched assassination attempt on a former Russian spy, an official report said on Thursday.

A police cordon around the residential area where Dawn Sturgess was exposed to the Novichok nerve agent in Salisbury, England, in 2018.

Deadly Attacks in Gaza Test Cease-Fire as Body of Another Captive Is Returned

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Par :Adam Rasgon and Natan Odenheimer

4 décembre 2025 à 14:45

Israel launched a military strike after it said Hamas militants attacked its soldiers, the latest clashes in the two months since a truce was signed.

The site of an Israeli strike on an encampment in Khan Younis, Gaza. A Palestinian health official said the attack killed at least six people and injured many more.

Poll Suggests Voters May Blame Republicans More if Affordable Care Act Subsidies Go Away

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Par :Reed Abelson

4 décembre 2025 à 14:06

About half of people covered under the Affordable Care Act say that if their health costs spike, it will have a “major impact” on how they vote in the 2026 midterm elections, a survey found.

If the Senate doesn’t vote to extend expanded Obamacare subsidies, many Americans will see their health expenses rise by about $1,000 next year.

Immigrants’ Fears

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Par :Sam Sifton

4 décembre 2025 à 13:55

We explain how Afghan refugees in America are experiencing the fallout from a D.C. shooting.

F.D.A. Orders Recall of More than 1.5 Million Bags of Shredded Cheese

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Par :Jin Yu Young

4 décembre 2025 à 12:33

A warning over shredded cheese is the latest of hundreds in the U.S. food system. Understanding recalls can help shoppers determine what’s truly dangerous.

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