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China Amps Up Pressure on Japan With Restrictions on Exports

Beijing placed the restrictions on 20 Japanese entities with ties to the defense industry, the latest ratcheting up of its monthslong feud with Tokyo.

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Students of the National Defense Academy of Japan during a parade in Yokosuka in 2023. The academy is one of 20 Japanese entities targeted by China’s new export ban.
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After Six Decades of the War on Drugs, What Works?

The U.S. and its allies have spilled blood and treasure to kill drug lords and defeat cartels, but the drugs keep coming and the new groups are more violent than ever.

© Cesar Rodriguez for The New York Times

A burned car in Guadalajara following the capture and killing of Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes.
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How Russia Put Its Future at Risk by Remaking Its Economy for War

About half of the country’s federal budget goes toward the fight in Ukraine, money that does little to support its long-term development.

© Nanna Heitmann for The New York Times

A Russian Army recruitment poster in Moscow in June. The war in Ukraine has killed or wounded as many as 1.2 million Russians.
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The Looming Taiwan Chip Disaster That Silicon Valley Has Long Ignored

If China invades Taiwan and cuts off its chip exports to American companies, the tech industry and the U.S. economy would be crippled.

© Photo Illustration by Ben Jones; Source Photographs by Lam Yik Fei for The New York Times; Loren Elliott for The New York Times; Chang W. Lee/The New York Times

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New York City Restaurants Face the Blizzard

Across New York City, restaurateurs and cafe owners weigh logistics and the safety of staff against the demands of customers and a slow winter.

© Jonah Rosenberg for The New York Times

After many of its staff decided they wanted to work, the bakery Welcome Home in Bedford-Stuyvesant decided to open for businesses on Monday and sold out within hours.
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Training for New ICE Agents Is ‘Deficient’ and ‘Broken,’ Whistle-Blower Says

The former official appeared with congressional Democrats, who also released documents indicating significant reductions in instructional hours for recruits.

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“For the last five months, I watched ICE dismantle the training program,” Ryan Schwank told congressional Democrats on Monday.
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In Blow to Mamdani, Left-Leaning Group Breaks With Mayor Over U.S. House Race

Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York had lobbied for his preferred candidate, Claire Valdez. But the party backed Antonio Reynoso, the Brooklyn borough president.

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Antonio Reynoso, the Brooklyn borough president, has been endorsed by Representative Nydia M. Velázquez, whom he is running to succeed in Congress.
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Trump Says General Caine Sees Easy Victory if U.S. Attacks Iran

The remarks differ from what Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is said to have told the president in high-level White House meetings.

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Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in December. President Trump has been leaning toward conducting an initial strike against Iran in coming days intended to demonstrate to the country’s leaders that they must be willing to agree to give up the ability to make a nuclear weapon.
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FedEx Sues for Refund of Trump Tariffs Rejected by Supreme Court

The company, which did not specify how much it was seeking, is expected to be one of many demanding compensation for levies ruled unlawful.

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Some analysts say the tariffs ruled illegal by the Supreme Court last week had raised as much as $175 billion.
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Even in a Blizzard, Food Delivery in New York City Continues

On Monday, Mayor Zohran Mamdani banned nearly all traffic from the streets. Among the exceptions were emergency vehicles and electric delivery bikes.

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One of New York City’s 80,000 food delivery workers, or deliveristas, braves the blizzard.
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Texas Rep. Tony Gonzales Pressured to Resign Over Sexual Messages to Staff Member

Democrats and Republicans urged Tony Gonzales to step down after allegations that he had sent inappropriate texts to a staff member and had a sexual relationship with her.

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Representative Tony Gonzales of Texas, who is facing a tough re-election fight, has denied engaging in a sexual relationship with a staff member.
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Snowstorm Is ‘as Bad as I’ve Seen It,’ Massachusetts Governor Says

Gov. Maura Healey said there were nearly 300,000 power outages throughout the state and about 350 cars stuck on roadways, some with drivers still in them.

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Wind gusts topping 60 miles per hour and snowfall exceeding two feet in some counties hindered the effort to restore power in the state on Monday.
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Mexican Forces Say They Tracked El Mencho to Cabin by Following His Lover

Top security officials revealed details of the operation that led to the death of Mexico’s most wanted drug cartel leader.

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Gen. Ricardo Trevilla Trejo, Mexico’s defense minister, described this weekend’s operation against a top cartel leader at a news conference in Mexico City on Monday with President Claudia Sheinbaum.
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