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Britain Moves to Curb Migrant Trafficking, and Ease Anger at Home

Officials used new legal powers to penalize and bar networks run by gangs and organized crime. But experts and critics say the actions are unlikely to stem the surging tide of migration.

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Migrants left coastal France near Calais this month in an attempt to reach Britain. The number of migrants arriving in small boats after crossing the English Channel has surged in the past year.
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Chinese Hackers Are Exploiting Flaws in Widely Used Software, Microsoft Says

The company said state-backed hacking groups were breaching systems through flaws in SharePoint, which is used by the U.S. government and companies around the world.

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A Microsoft office in Beijing. The company said groups linked to the Chinese government had been taking advantage of security flaws in its SharePoint software.
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U.S. and Japan Reach Trade Deal

President Trump said on Tuesday that the trade deal he struck with one of America’s closest allies would impose a 15 percent tariff on Japanese exports.

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Newly manufactured cars awaiting export at a port in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, in March.
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E.P.A. Is Said to Draft a Plan to End Its Ability to Fight Climate Change

According to two people familiar with the draft, it would eliminate the bedrock scientific finding that greenhouse-gas emissions threaten human life by dangerously warming the planet.

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The E.P.A. has sent to the White House a draft plan to repeal a rule known as the “endangerment finding,” according to people familiar with the plan.
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D.A. Who Led Etan Patz Case Says Conviction Reversal Came as a Shock

Cyrus Vance prosecuted Pedro Hernandez twice. An appeals court overturned the conviction, ruling that the trial judge should not have let jurors consider an improper confession.

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Cyrus Vance said he respected the decision, but was “surprised and saddened for the Patz family.”
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Republicans Rely on Trump’s Promises to Grease the Path for His Agenda

G.O.P. leaders scrounging for the votes to push through the president’s priorities have increasingly turned to him and his team to win over holdouts with special carve-outs and commitments.

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Republicans in Congress have increasingly ceded their power to President Trump.
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Ozzy Osbourne, the Lovable Prince of Darkness

The rocker helped define the sound, look and attitude of metal. But his persistence through addiction, his connection to audience and a late-career reality TV show endeared him to generations.

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Ozzy Osbourne drew criticism for his lyrics and bloody antics in the 1980s, but his humor and offstage fragility made him an endearing figure in the decades after.
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In Trump’s Battle With Murdoch, Fox News Is a Complication

The two are constrained by the thing that has kept them linked for a decade: their shared reliance on Fox News die-hards.

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A taping of Fox News segment “The Five” during the Republican National Convention, in Milwaukee last year.
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Canada Won’t Accept a Trade Deal With the U.S. at ‘Any Cost’

Prime Minister Mark Carney, after a meeting with Canada’s political leaders, downplayed the chances of success in talks aimed at reaching a trade deal with President Trump.

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Prime Minister Mark Carney during a visit to a steel plant this month in Hamilton, Ontario.
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Trump Baselessly Accuses Obama of ‘Treason’ as Questions Swirl About Epstein

President Trump deflected questions about the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein by lashing out at his perceived enemies.

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An extended digression by President Trump in the Oval Office on Tuesday was a stark example of his campaign of retribution against an ever-growing list of enemies.
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Zelensky Targeted in Wartime Protests in Ukraine for the First Time

The demonstrators were angered by government moves to dismantle anticorruption efforts and quell dissent.

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At a protest against legislation stripping the independence of anti-corruption agencies, a woman holds a phone saying “Veto” in Ukrainian, in central Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday.
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