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Republicans’ Redistricting Push Is at Risk of Backfiring

A series of setbacks for the G.O.P. leaves an unlikely opening for Democrats to narrowly win this year’s redistricting wars.

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A rally against Missouri’s redistricting, which wound up passing. But other G.O.P. redistricting plans have stalled or may be reversed.
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Japan’s Leader Gets Off to Rocky Start With China

Facing reprisals from Beijing for a remark over Taiwan, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi must walk a fine line to prevent escalating the dispute without looking weak at home.

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Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi of Japan arriving at the venue for the meeting with China’s leader, Xi Jinping, in Gyeongju, South Korea, in October.
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At Saudi Behest, Trump Vows to Seek Peace in Sudan, a Goal He Had Spurned

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.

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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

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.

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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

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

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.

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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

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

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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

The surrealistic self-portrait was made in 1940, a turbulent year in the Mexican artist’s life as her health and marriage deteriorated.

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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

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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