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Ukraine Expects Answers From Russia as Peace Talks Continue, Zelensky Says

Officials from Russia, Ukraine and the United States are meeting in the United Arab Emirates for rare three-way negotiations.

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President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine on Thursday in Switzerland. He said this week that he expected “at least some answers” from Russia on a draft of a peace plan.
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ICE Is Splitting America in Two

The Conversation convenes with Emily Bazelon, David French and Aaron Retica discussing the questions reshaping American politics right now, from immigration enforcement to whether the country can still claim to be “one nation, indivisible.”

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Despite Trump’s Words, China and Russia Are Not Threatening Greenland

U.S. and European officials say they are unaware of any intelligence that shows China and Russia are endangering the island, which is protected by the NATO security umbrella.

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President Trump has repeatedly cited security as his rationale for wanting to acquire Greenland.
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How a Year of Trump Changed Britain

Prime Minister Keir Starmer stood firm over Greenland. But his center-left government and the country as a whole have been buffeted by President Trump.

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President Trump and Prime Minister Keir Starmer at Chequers, near London, in September during Mr. Trump’s state visit to Britain. During the debate over Greenland, Mr. Trump has had sharp words for Mr. Starmer.
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As Trump Focuses Abroad, G.O.P. Toils to Hone Election Message

A new poll shows that voters who will decide control of Congress see a lack of presidential emphasis on critical domestic issues.

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President Donald J. Trump leaving the White House on Tuesday night to attend the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
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What Europe Learned From the Greenland Crisis

Territorial integrity is a core tenet of Europe that is at risk from Russian and American imperialism. Brussels has fought back.

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A protest against President Trump’s attempt to take over Greenland, in Nuuk, last week.
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Mamdani Joined Nurses on the Picket Lines. That’s Unusual for Mayors.

The current mayor of New York City has diverged from his predecessors by joining the striking nurses. Past labor disputes have often involved scolding.

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Mayor Edward I. Koch stood on a stepladder to address striking school bus drivers in Brooklyn in 1979.
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ICE Agent Charged With Misdemeanor Following Scuffle With an Activist

The police in Brookfield, Ill., filed a battery charge against a federal agent, who was off duty when he scuffled with an immigrant rights activist.

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The Broadview Processing Center has been the center of a number of anti-ICE protests in recent weeks.
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An Unlikely Source of Crypto Innovation: Afghanistan

The repressive Taliban government is suspicious of the internet. But a start-up in the country is building blockchain-based tools to transform humanitarian aid.

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Local beneficiaries wait in line to receive their aid payments as part of a Mercy Corps pilot project using HesabPay, a blockchain-based payment system developed in Afghanistan, in the town of Halfaya, Syria.
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America Prepares for a Major Storm

Also, demonstrators flooded Minneapolis streets to protest ICE. Here’s the latest at the end of Friday.

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Colorado Springs, Colo., on Friday.
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