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This Week Is Pivotal for Ukraine, and for Europe’s Voice in Its Future

Often left out by the United States in peace negotiations, European countries are working to assert their leadership and bolster Ukraine with an ambitious funding plan. But can they agree?

© Pool photo by Toby Melville

From left: Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany, Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine and President Emmanuel Macron of France at a meeting in London this month.
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Days After Brown University Shooting, a Community Is in a Standstill

As a manhunt for a gunman who killed two and injured nine at Brown University stretched into a third day, residents and officials alike were growing weary.

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Federal agents searching for clues near where footage showed a possible suspect walking away from the scene on Saturday.
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Jobs Data Is Finally Back. But the Economic Picture Is Still Blurry.

November’s job report may be distorted as a result of the government shutdown, limiting how much it will influence the Federal Reserve’s next interest rate decision in January.

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Jerome H. Powell, the Federal Reserve chair, warned last week that policymakers would have to take the November data lightly.
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Brown Shooting Tests a Fragile Trust on Campus

The Ivy League school has faced a series of challenges related to protests and politics. Through it all, it has kept its gates open to the city and tried to heal divisions on campus.

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Brown University has been open to the city around it. After last weekend’s shooting, some are asking if the school should do more to harden the campus to protect student safety.
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Venezuela’s Oil Is a Focus of Trump’s Campaign Against Maduro

In public, the White House says it is confronting Venezuela to curb drug trafficking. Behind the scenes, gaining access to the country’s vast oil reserves is a priority.

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Oil drilling equipment in Cabimas, Venezuela. The country has about 17 percent of the world’s known oil reserves, nearly four times the amount in the United States.
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Uber and DoorDash Try to Halt N.Y.C. Law That Encourages Tipping

The two food-delivery app companies filed a lawsuit against new rules, starting in January, that require food-delivery apps to provide a tipping option at checkout.

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Tips to delivery workers have fallen sharply since the apps removed the option to tip before payment.
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U.S. Strikes 3 More Boats in Eastern Pacific, Killing 8

The attacks brought the number killed since the Trump administration began the strikes on suspected drug smugglers to at least 95.

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An image taken from video released on Monday by the U.S. Southern Command.
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Volkswagen to End Production at German Plant, a First in Company History

The auto giant stopped making cars at the plant in Dresden, which opened in 2001, as it faces weaker demand and steep U.S. tariffs.

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Volkswagen’s site in Dresden, known as the “Transparent Factory,” will be converted to a technology research hub.
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