Saudi Arabia, Once Shunned, Has Corporate Titans Swooning for Deals

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20 novembre 2025 à 03:19

Some of the most prominent U.S. executives gathered at the Kennedy Center for an event promoting deal-making with the oil-rich kingdom.

President Trump posing next to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia for a group photo at the U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum at the Kennedy Center in Washington.

Larry Summers to Stop Teaching at Harvard While It Investigates His Epstein Ties

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Par :Mark Arsenault and Mike Isaac

20 novembre 2025 à 03:00

The former Harvard president had previously stepped down from other positions following revelations about his longtime connections to Jeffrey Epstein.

Lawrence Summers at a commencement ceremony at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., in 2006.

Florida Lawmaker Stole FEMA Funds for House Campaign, Prosecutors Say

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Par :Hannah Ziegler

20 novembre 2025 à 02:57

Representative Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick misused $5 million in Covid-related funds during the pandemic in part to finance her campaign, according to the Justice Department.

Representative Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick has since 2022 represented a district that includes parts of Broward and Palm Beach Counties.

Nvidia Earnings Fuel Rally in Global Technology Stocks

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Par :River Akira Davis and Joe Rennison

20 novembre 2025 à 02:49

The chipmaker’s profit surge and strong revenue forecast helped to ease fears that spending on A.I. infrastructure might be outpacing demand.

A trader on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday. In the United States, Nvidia shares climbed more than 5 percent in after-hours trading.

Robert L. Stirm, Returning P.O.W. in Pulitzer-Winning Photo, Dies at 92

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Par :Jeré Longman

20 novembre 2025 à 03:03

The image immortalized a Vietnam veteran’s joyous homecoming to his beaming family but hid the painful truth about a marriage that was about to end.

Lt. Col. Robert L. Stirm on March 17, 1973, as he was greeted by his family at Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield, Calif., after five and a half years as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam. His daughter Lorrie, in the foreground, is followed by the other children, Robert, Cynthia and Roger, and his wife, Loretta, is wearing a corsage.

NASA Releases Images of Comet 3I/ATLAS Passing by Mars

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Par :Kenneth Chang

20 novembre 2025 à 01:44

With the government reopened, the space agency at last released pictures captured by a fleet of government spacecraft of an object that came from beyond our solar system.

Saudi Arabia’s Prince Has Big Plans, but His Giant Fund Is Low on Cash

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Par :Rob Copeland and Vivian Nereim

20 novembre 2025 à 00:31

After nearly a decade of expensive, hit-and-miss investments, Mohammed bin Salman is overseeing a behind-the-scenes restructuring of the kingdom’s all-important wealth fund.

President Trump welcomed Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia to the White House on Tuesday.

Why Does Trump, the ‘America First’ President, Keep Looking to Foreign Leaders?

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Par :Jess Bidgood and David E. Sanger

20 novembre 2025 à 00:16

Trump keeps showing he is not as isolationist as many supporters had hoped.

Believe It or Not, That $12 Million Gold Toilet Was Bought by … Ripley’s

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Par :Zachary Small

20 novembre 2025 à 00:07

The entertainment company plans on displaying the toilet, saying its team is exploring “whether visitors may someday be allowed to use it.”

Ripley’s Believe It or Not, which paid $12.1 million for the toilet on Tuesday, said that “finding the unbelievable is our business.”

Newly Discovered Bach Pieces Are the Fruits of Decades of Detective Work

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Par :Adam Nagourney

20 novembre 2025 à 00:00

A pair of organ works that scholars believe were written by a teenage Johann Sebastian Bach were premiered in Leipzig this week and added to the composer’s official catalog.

The two pieces were premiered by Ton Koopman and given their own numbers in the catalog of Bach’s works: BWV 1178 and BWV 1179.

F.B.I. Hunt Intensifies for Ryan Wedding, Snowboarder Accused of Being a Drug Kingpin

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Par :Vjosa Isai

19 novembre 2025 à 23:59

Ryan Wedding, a former Olympic athlete said to be a major cocaine trafficker, is accused of ordering the murder of a witness who was set to testify against him.

Ryan Wedding during the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics in 2002.

U.S.-Russian Peace Plan Would Force Ukraine to Cede Land and Cut Army

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Par :Andrew E. Kramer and Maria Varenikova

19 novembre 2025 à 23:52

The 28-point proposal, which comes as the Trump administration tries to restart settlement talks, includes demands long rejected by Kyiv as nonstarters.

A Ukrainian artillery unit firing a howitzer at Russian targets in the Dnipropetrovsk region, last month.

The World Craves A.I. Chips

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Par :Matthew Cullen

19 novembre 2025 à 23:43

Also, a corruption scandal is roiling Ukraine. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday.

Jensen Huang at the Nvidia GTC conference last month.

Stalled Contempt Inquiry Into Deportation Flights Springs Back to Life

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Par :Alan Feuer

19 novembre 2025 à 23:22

The resurrected inquiry could finally get to the bottom of lingering questions such as: Did top Trump administration officials purposely ignore a court order?

Judge James E. Boasberg’s initial order laying out the contempt investigation outlined an aggressive process for figuring out what happened inside the administration.

Mexico Is Now the United States’ Top Buyer

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Par :James Wagner

19 novembre 2025 à 23:00

For first time in at least 30 years, the United States has exported more to Mexico than Canada, U.S. government data show, in a sign of how much North American trade has consolidated.

Trucks moving goods from the United States to Mexico in February. “Mexico is the United States’ main trading partner,” said Marcelo Ebrard, Mexico’s economy minister.

Driving an E.V. Across North Dakota? Thank the Standing Rock Tribe.

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Par :Sachi Kitajima Mulkey and Jaida Grey Eagle

19 novembre 2025 à 03:20

A tribally owned network of chargers will soon be complete, connecting reservations and bridging a gap in the Midwest.

Is Your Community Becoming More Divided?

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Par :The New York Times

17 novembre 2025 à 20:40

We want to hear about the ways in which the country’s politics are effecting your neighborhood, in ways big or small.

Alberta Invokes Last-Resort Constitutional Clause to Shield Trans Laws From Challenges

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Par :Matina Stevis-Gridneff and Ian Austen

19 novembre 2025 à 23:05

The western province’s conservative government has invoked a rarely used clause in Canada’s Constitution to shield its bills limiting transgender rights from legal challenges.

Danielle Smith, Alberta’s conservative premier, has framed the enactment of the bills as a matter of children’s safety.

No, Mr. President, We Cannot ‘Leave It at That’

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Par :The Editorial Board

19 novembre 2025 à 23:02

Working with imperfect partners does not mean that the United States should cover up and lie about their misdeeds.

Nvidia Earnings Show Profit Jumped 65% to $31.9 Billion

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Par :Tripp Mickle

19 novembre 2025 à 22:41

The company, which makes the computer chips essential to the artificial intelligence boom, also said revenue in its recent quarter rose to $57 billion.

Jensen Huang, the chief executive of Nvidia, made a bet on chips for artificial intelligence that has turned his company into a Silicon Valley giant.

Driver Who Killed Mother and Daughters Sentenced to 3 to 9 Years

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Par :Maia Coleman and Olivia Bensimon

19 novembre 2025 à 21:50

Miriam Yarimi, a wig maker with a big social media presence, ran a red light in Brooklyn before slamming into the family members. The deaths spurred calls for increased traffic safety.

Miriam Yarimi drove a blue Audi A3 sedan with the license plate WIGM8KER and had a long history of driving infractions.

George Conway, a Vocal Foe of Trump, Eyes Congressional Run

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Par :Annie Karni

19 novembre 2025 à 21:13

The former conservative lawyer built a social media following with his harsh criticism of President Trump, who was the boss of his wife at the time.

George Conway is moving closer to announcing a run for Congress in one of Manhattan’s wealthiest and bluest districts.

Trump Wanted to Abolish FEMA. His Own Advisers Disagree.

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Par :Maxine Joselow and Scott Dance

19 novembre 2025 à 20:57

A panel convened by President Trump is said to have rejected the president’s idea that the agency should “go away.”

The homeland security secretary, Kristi Noem, during a news conference with Texas officials following the catastrophic flooding of the Guadalupe River in Kerrville, Texas, in July.

Israeli Strikes Kill at Least 25 in Gaza Amid Cease-Fire, Officials Say

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Par :Aaron Boxerman

19 novembre 2025 à 21:08

Israel’s military said it had launched attacks across Gaza after Palestinian militants shot at its troops. The six-week-old cease-fire has been pierced periodically by bursts of violence.

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