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How Ryan Wedding, a Canadian Olympic Snowboarder, Turned into a Drug Lord

Ryan Wedding rose to fame as a Canadian Olympic athlete, but the authorities say he became one of the world’s biggest drug lords, who ordered an informant executed.

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Ryan Wedding, the police said, ordered the murder of an associate who became an informant. The man was shot and killed while dining in Medellín, Colombia.
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Michal Urbaniak, Pioneering Jazz Fusion Violinist, Dies at 82

One of the first jazz musicians from Poland to gain an international following, he recorded more than 60 albums and played with stars like Miles Davis.

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“Fusion” (1974), Mr. Urbaniak’s first major solo album, was an “enigmatic recording at once lyrical and noisy,” one reviewer wrote.
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Trump’s Claims About Nigeria Strike Belie a Complex Situation on the Ground

President Trump said the targets of airstrikes in Nigeria were Islamic State terrorists responsible for killing Christians, but experts question his framing.

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President Trump at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., on Monday. He said that the targets of Thursday’s strike on Sokoto State in Nigeria were members of the Islamic State.
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New Jail Term for Ex-Malaysian Leader Najib Razak in Corruption Scandal

Najib Razak, the former prime minister already serving a sentence linked to the looting of the 1MDB fund, was found guilty of corruption in a related case.

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Najib Razak, left, the former prime minister of Malaysia, arriving for a court hearing in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Monday.
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Zelensky Says He’ll Meet With Trump Soon to Discuss Ukraine Peace Plan

There was no immediate confirmation from the White House about a meeting, which President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine has sought since the latest U.S.-.led push for peace got underway.

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President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine has acknowledged major sticking points in talks on a peace plan for Ukraine.
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As A.I. Companies Borrow Billions, Debt Investors Grow Wary

Artificial intelligence companies looking to raise funds are being made to pay lofty interest rates, as debt investors become cautious.

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CoreWeave, which rents data centers, is among the smaller companies bringing debt deals.
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Data Center Surge Reaches India as American Tech Giants Invest Billions

Megacities in southern India are attracting enormous investments to help build artificial intelligence infrastructure to serve the world’s most data-hungry country.

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Microsoft’s office in Bengaluru, India. The company said it would spend $17.5 billion in India on data centers and other A.I. infrastructure.
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