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Inside the Yearslong Push to Bring the World Cup Final to New Jersey

Winning the right to host the world’s most popular sporting event took years of planning, countless Zoom calls and a bit of luck with a broken-down bus.

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In what was considered a dry run for the World Cup, several games of the 2025 Club World Cup were played at MetLife Stadium, in East Rutherford, N.J.
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China’s National Security Office in Hong Kong Summons Foreign Journalists

The authorities accused “some foreign media” of smearing the government’s response to a fire at a high-rise complex, saying: “Do not say you have not been warned.”

© Lam Yik Fei for The New York Times

Smoke rising from the Wang Fuk Court residential complex in Hong Kong last month. Beijing’s national security arm in Hong Kong said that some foreign news outlets had twisted facts and spread false information.
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Sweet Season

Rejoice: NYT Cooking’s holiday cookie extravaganza has returned.

© Rachel Vanni for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Samantha Seneviratne. Prop Stylist: Megan Hedgpeth.

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Angst Turns to Anger in Hollywood as Netflix Hooks Warner Bros.

Much of the entertainment capital fears that Netflix’s deal will lead to more job losses and theater closings and fewer boundary-pushing movies.

© Aleksey Kondratyev for The New York Times

Netflix insisted on Friday that it would follow the Warner Bros. model and continue to release movies in theaters for exclusive runs. But many people in Hollywood were skeptical.
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Frank Gehry’s Buildings Sound as Marvelous as They Look

Gehry, who died on Friday at 96, made an invaluable contribution to classical music by designing spaces with stunning acoustics.

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The swooping interior of Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles.
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Afrikaner Access Soars Amid Trump’s Policy Shift

The white descendants of Europeans who colonized the country are getting greater access to American officials this year, both in Washington and in Pretoria.

© Joao Silva/The New York Times

White South Africans rallied in support of President Trump in February outside the U.S. Embassy in Pretoria, South Africa.
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Man Accused of Setting Subway Rider on Fire Is Charged With Arson

The victim was sleeping on a train at Penn Station in Manhattan around 3 a.m. Monday when an 18-year-old man set him on fire, the police said.

© Dakota Santiago for The New York Times

The man who was set on fire was taken to the hospital in critical condition, according to a criminal complaint from federal prosecutors.
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Trump’s Security Strategy Focuses on Profit, Not Spreading Democracy

President Trump’s new National Security Strategy describes a country that is focused on doing business and reducing migration while avoiding passing judgment on authoritarians.

© Tom Brenner for The New York Times

President Trump at the White House last month. The National Security Strategy his administration released describes a world in which American interests are far narrower than how prior administrations — even in his first term — had portrayed them.
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