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WORLD

New Iranian leader was wounded early in the war, Iranian and Israeli officials say

New York Times, Published on 11/03/2026

» NEW YORK — Three days after Mojtaba Khamenei succeeded his slain father as Iran’s supreme leader, he has not appeared on video or in public nor issued any written statements.

WORLD

Texts from suspect in Charlie Kirk shooting offer insight into a motive

New York Times, Published on 17/09/2025

» NEW YORK — The 22-year-old man accused of assassinating Charlie Kirk said in text messages to his romantic partner that he had “had enough of his hatred” and that “some hate can’t be negotiated out,” according to prosecutors who filed a murder charge against the suspect Tuesday.

THAILAND

Prime minister, exile and now prisoner: Thai power broker Thaksin’s new chapter

New York Times, Published on 12/09/2025

» A year ago, Thaksin Shinawatra’s astonishing resurgence to power in Thailand seemed complete. One of his daughters had just been elected prime minister. And he was flaunting his influence, giving speeches on his “vision for Thailand.”

WORLD

Frantic search for the missing after at least 24 killed in Texas flood

New York Times, Published on 05/07/2025

» KERRVILLE — Flooding that began before dawn Friday swept through a summer camp and homes in central Texas, the United States, killing at least 24 people and setting off frantic searches for missing children and others swept away.

BUSINESS

Trump's tariff on cheap Chinese imports will cost big tech billions

New York Times, Published on 03/05/2025

» NEW YORK — The expansion of the loophole for tariff-free shipments of goods nearly a decade ago gave rise to Temu, Shein and other low-cost online retailers offering items straight from Chinese factories at unfathomable discounts.

WORLD

South Korea’s acting president faces impeachment vote

New York Times, Published on 27/12/2024

» SEOUL - Opposition lawmakers in South Korea were planning to vote Friday to impeach the prime minister and acting president, Han Duck-soo, the latest turn in a political crisis that has created a power vacuum in the country.

WORLD

She was a child Instagram influencer. Her fans were grown men.

New York Times, Published on 14/11/2024

» NEW YORK — For her 18th birthday in March, "Jacky Dejo," a snowboarder, bikini model and child influencer turned social media entrepreneur, celebrated on the secluded island of Dominica.

WORLD

Germany's coalition collapses, leaving the government teetering

New York Times, Published on 07/11/2024

» BERLIN — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz fired his finance minister Wednesday, effectively ending his three-party ruling coalition and destabilising his centre-left government just as the election of Donald Trump in the United States presented Europe with new economic and security challenges.

WORLD

Viktor Bout ‘trying to sell weapons to Houthis’

New York Times, Published on 08/10/2024

» BERLIN — The Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout is trying to broker a deal with Houthi militants in Yemen, according to Western officials.

WORLD

Harris accepts nomination and lays out the case against Trump

New York Times, Published on 23/08/2024

» CHICAGO — Vice President Kamala Harris ceremonially accepted the Democratic Party's nomination for president Thursday night in a speech that alternated between calls for unity and stinging rebukes of former President Donald Trump as an "unserious man" whose return to the White House could have devastating consequences for the United States.