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Former Prince Andrew is released after being arrested amid Epstein revelations
New York Times, Published on 20/02/2026
» LONDON — British police on Thursday evening released Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly known as Prince Andrew, after taking him into custody for several hours, intensifying a long-running crisis for the monarchy over his ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
A vintage Kabul cinema finally falls to Taliban bulldozers
New York Times, Published on 24/12/2025
» KABUL — A movie theatre that bore witness to Afghanistan’s modern history — from the cosmopolitan vibrancy of the 1960s to the silencing and repression that followed not one but two Taliban takeovers — has been razed to make way for a shopping mall.
Trump officials sue to loosen DC’s gun laws
New York Times, Published on 23/12/2025
» WASHINGTON — The Donald Trump administration sued Washington, DC, on Monday in an effort to loosen the city’s strict gun laws, the latest move in its effort to reimagine public safety in the nation’s capital, where it has deployed thousands of National Guard and other federal forces.
What to know about the new gender rules for US passports
New York Times, Published on 08/11/2025
» NEW YORK — The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the Donald Trump administration to stop issuing passports that reflect the gender identity of transgender, nonbinary and intersex Americans.
Nepal’s young protesters find an unlikely partner: the army
New York Times, Published on 11/09/2025
» KATHMANDU — When protesters in Nepal torched parliament, the Supreme Court and the homes of five former prime ministers on Tuesday, no one seemed to be in charge of a country in anarchy. Then, that night, Gen Ashok Raj Sigdel, the chief of the Nepali army, appeared in a short video, urging calm in the streets.
Trump sues Wall Street Journal for article on note to Epstein
New York Times, Published on 19/07/2025
» NEW YORK — United States President Donald Trump on Friday accused Rupert Murdoch and the Wall Street Journal of defaming him in an article about a lewd birthday greeting that the publication said Trump had sent to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein decades ago.
Air India cuts international flights after crash causes chaos
New York Times, Published on 21/06/2025
» NEW DELHI — Air India, India’s flagship carrier, said it would temporarily reduce the number of international flights it operates, after the deadly crash of one of its flights last week unleashed plane delays, unnerved passengers and prompted technical inspections of its fleet.
Over 200 dead in Air India crash
New York Times, Published on 12/06/2025
» AHMEDABAD — More than 200 people were killed when an Air India flight crashed shortly after taking off in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad on Thursday, the city police commissioner said.
Fossil’s 3 eyes are not its most surprising feature
New York Times, Published on 14/05/2025
» NEW YORK - More than 500 million years ago a three-eyed predator chased prey through seas of the Cambrian Period. Once it caught its quarry, a pair of spine-covered grasping claws and a circular mouth covered in teeth would finish the job.
Roof collapse in Dominican Republic kills at least 67
New York Times, Published on 09/04/2025
» SANTO DOMINGO — Using heavy machinery, drones, dogs and dozens of rescuers, officials worked frantically Tuesday to find survivors of a deadly roof collapse at a nightclub in the Dominican Republic, where authorities said at least 67 people died.