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Dharmendra, Bollywood Leading Man, Dies at 89

In a career spanning nearly seven decades and more than 300 productions, the actor became one of India’s best known and most versatile screen stars.

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Dharmendra in 2023. “There’s no role he cannot do,” his biographer said. “You cannot slot him into a pigeonhole.”
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Jimmy Cliff, Reggae Icon, Dies at 81

The Grammy Award-winning singer died of pneumonia, his wife said. His 1972 starring role in “The Harder They Come” helped bring reggae to a wider audience.

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Jimmy Cliff performing in Le Castellet, France in 1976.
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Negotiating Peace in Ukraine

We explain the Trump administration’s latest push to end the war.

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The front line in Pokrovsk, Ukraine.
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Trump Welcomes A.P.’s Photographers. Its Reporters? Not So Much.

The White House now has conflicting approaches for Associated Press journalists as it fights the news service in court over access to presidential events.

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While the White House has restored access to Associated Press photographers like Evan Vucci, it continues to exclude A.P. reporters from the presidential press pool.
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His Right Foot: One Tiny Drawing for Sale, Said to Be by Michelangelo

The Renaissance artist painted more than 100 figures in the Sistine Chapel ceiling, yet studies for only a handful remain. Could this five-inch drawing at Christie’s be one?

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Various books and research materials at Christie’s in London related to a newly attributed drawing the auction house says is by Michelangelo that is for sale in February.
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Russian Disinformation Comes to Mexico, Seeking to Rupture US Ties

A U.S. government cable said that Kremlin-run outlets had scaled up their efforts across Latin America, seeking to turn people against the United States and garner support for Russia.

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The RT control room in Moscow in 2018. Kremlin-owned media outlets in Mexico have expanded greatly in recent years.
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A Stand Against Coal Could Push Oakland Toward Bankruptcy

After Oakland, Calif., reneged on a contract allowing coal shipments, a Kentucky company went under. Courts say the city must now pay hundreds of millions of dollars.

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Port activities have long been a driver of Oakland’s economy, but the city ultimately tried to block a plan to ship coal from its terminal.
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Why a Man With U.S. Ties Fought for Russia in Ukraine

Col. Andrei Demurenko’s war story began at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., at a moment of hope and peace. It ended with a mortar blast in Ukraine.

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Mr. Demurenko views President Vladimir V. Putin as a savior who restored Russia’s strength and is leading it in battle against an implacable enemy.
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U.S. and Ukraine Hail ‘Meaningful Progress’ on Peace Plan

Washington and Kyiv said that “highly productive” discussions over a proposal to end the war with Russia would continue. But details remained unclear.

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Andriy Yermak, the head of Ukraine’s delegation, left, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio after their talks in Geneva on Sunday.
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Restrained, Beaten, Asphyxiated: New York Prison Guards’ Brutality Grows

As frustrations among corrections officers mount, abusive treatment of inmates is rising and becoming more vicious, records and interviews show.

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Ten New York State prison guards were charged in a deadly attack on Robert L. Brooks, an inmate at Marcy Correctional Facility.
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Why Europe and the United States Are Still Haggling on Trade

While the two sides reached a broad agreement months ago, American officials will visit Brussels this week to discuss the details. Europe has a wish list, but so does the United States.

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The United States is seeking to conclude a binding, written agreement with the European Union, four months after Ursula von der Leyen, the top E.U. official, and President Trump made a handshake deal.
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X Displays Users’ Locations, Fueling Scrutiny Over Political Accounts

Online sleuths quickly found that some accounts posting about U.S. politics, including those in support of the MAGA movement, appeared not to be based in the United States.

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X announced that it had begun listing additional information about an account’s origin on Saturday.
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Trade Chaos Causes Businesses to Rethink Their Relationship With the U.S.

From Sweden to Brazil, six small companies talk about how they are communicating with their U.S. customers amid uncertainty over Trump’s changing tariffs.

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Víctor Feliu at his chocolate company in Mexico. The changing rules for sending goods to the United States have forced him to pause his U.S. shipments.
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How One German Toymaker Made Money Despite U.S. Tariffs

A combination of strategic planning, good timing and a long-awaited product helped the maker of electronic story boxes weather the onset of tariffs.

A popular audio player, Toniebox. Toy sales in the United States are up, despite new tariffs, which contributed to, on average, a 4 percent increase in retail prices, according to Circana, a marketing research firm.
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Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, Black Power Activist Known as H. Rap Brown, Dies at 82

A charismatic orator in the 1960s, he called for armed resistance to white oppression. As a Muslim cleric, he was convicted of murder in 2000 and died in detention.

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Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, then known as H. Rap Brown, in 1967. At the time, he was chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.
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