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Prince Harry’s Court Case Against Daily Mail Publisher: What to Know

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Par :Lizzie Dearden
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A trial is set to begin on Monday in Harry’s case accusing Associated Newspapers of phone hacking and other unlawful activities. Other claimants include Elton John and Liz Hurley.

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Prince Harry leaving the High Court in London after giving evidence. He has pursued several legal battles aimed at holding Britain’s tabloids to account over unlawful news gathering.
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As Davos Convenes, Deference to Trump Has Replaced Everything

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Par :Peter S. Goodman
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The traditional rhetoric of the World Economic Forum centered on global integration, climate change and international cooperation. Not anymore.

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Attendees at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, last year.
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What Vietnam’s Communist Party Congress Hopes to Achieve

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Par :Damien Cave and Tung Ngo
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One of Asia’s most dynamic nations is weighing how to balance government control with raising per capita G.D.P. by about 70 percent in five years.

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Signage for the 14th Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam outside the National Convention Center in Hanoi this month.
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What We Know About the Deadly High-Speed Train Crash in Spain

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Par :Max Kim
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The collision, caused by the derailment of one of the trains, was the deadliest in Spain since at least 2013.

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A person affected by a deadly train derailment is transferred for treatment to the Caseta Municipal in Adamuz, Spain, on Sunday.
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Guatemala Declares State of Emergency to Address Gang Violence

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Par :Yan Zhuang
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The country has seen a surge of unrest in recent days, including uprisings at prisons and the killing of police officers, which the authorities have blamed on gangs.

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Guatemalan riot police officers guard the entrance to the men’s Preventive Detention Center in Guatemala City on Sunday.
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Ralph Towner, Eclectic Guitarist With the Ensemble Oregon, Dies at 85

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Par :Hank Shteamer
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A composer and pianist as well, he was a prolific recording artist who integrated jazz, classical and world music traditions in a career that spanned seven decades.

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Mr. Towner in about 1976. He took up the guitar after seeing a fellow student playing a Bach piece on it. He later moved to Vienna, where he studied with a renowned Austrian guitarist and teacher.
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Can Davos Help Protect the Planet?

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Par :Shivani Vora
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The World Economic Forum, which takes place in Switzerland, aims to meet at least some of the goals its leaders set for the rest of the world.

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The town of Davos, Switzerland, site of the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting. Over the years, the event’s organizers have been working to reduce the environmental impact of the meeting.
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China’s Birthrate Plunges to Lowest Level Since 1949

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Par :Alexandra Stevenson
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China’s population fell for a fourth straight year and its birthrate tumbled as policymakers failed to slow a demographic crisis.

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Despite sweeping efforts to boost births, China’s population has shrunk and aged for a fourth straight year as deaths again outnumbered births.
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Real Estate Crash Weighs on China’s Economic Growth

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Par :Keith Bradsher
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Falling apartment prices have erased the savings of millions of Chinese households, but exports lifted the economy to 5 percent growth last year.

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China is still grappling with a property market crash that began four years ago, after many years of overbuilding.
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In Minneapolis, a Pattern of Misconduct Toward Protesters

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Par :Stephanie Saul
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Legal and criminal justice experts said a ruling by a federal judge last week revealed conduct by immigration agents that evokes the civil rights era.

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Federal agents hold down a protester outside the Whipple federal building in Minneapolis on Jan. 11.
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Josh Shapiro Writes That Harris Team Asked if He Had Ever Been an Israeli Agent

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Par :Katie Glueck
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In his new memoir, the Pennsylvania governor suggests that when Kamala Harris’s team vetted him to be her running mate, aides focused on Israel to an extent he found offensive.

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A new memoir by Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania goes into detail about his experience being vetted to be former Vice President Kamala Harris’s running mate in 2024.
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Noem Denies Use of Chemical Agents in Minnesota Protests, Then Backtracks

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Par :Minho Kim
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Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, said officers had not used pepper spray and similar measures limited by a judge’s order, then was confronted with a video that showed chemical agents deployed.

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Kristi Noem, the secretary of homeland security, at the White House last week.
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Islamic Scholar’s Post-Sept. 11 Convictions Are Tossed on Free Speech Grounds

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Par :Adeel Hassan
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Federal judges ruled that an Islamic teacher’s statements goading men in Virginia to join an overseas militant group were protected by the First Amendment.

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Ali al-Tamimi, center, outside a courthouse in Alexandria, Va., during his trial in 2005, had his remaining convictions tossed out 20 years later.
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The Man Delivering FedEx Into the Age of Drones, Robots and A.I.

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Par :Jordyn Holman
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Raj Subramaniam took over three years ago from FedEx’s founder, who ran the company for nearly 50 years. Since then, technology, tariffs and other disruptions have “fundamentally shifted” patterns of global trade.

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FedEx, which handles more than 17 million packages per day, is the “heartbeat of the industrial economy,” Mr. Subramaniam said.
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How to Prevent Aging Parents and Relatives from Making Financial Mistakes

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Par :Paulette Perhach
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Getting family members to listen to you when you think they are headed down a dangerous financial path can be difficult. But there are preventive steps you can take.

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In 2024, Rianka Dorsainvil’s mother came to her with a check that looked legitimate. It turned out to be part of a common check fraud scam.
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Top Editor at Axel Springer Is Ousted After Workplace Investigation

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Par :Benjamin Mullin
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Jan Philipp Burgard was one of Axel Springer’s most prominent editors, overseeing its influential German broadsheet Welt.

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Jan Philipp Burgard in Berlin in June. He had said in a social media post that he had decided to resign after experiencing “a serious physical incident” on a flight back from vacation.
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