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Mexico’s President Faces Inquiry for Disclosing Phone Number of Times Journalist
[ad_1] Mexico’s freedom of information institute, a government agency, said on Thursday that it would start an investigation into the president’s disclosure on national television of the personal cellphone number of a journalist for The New York Times who had reported on an inquiry into potential links between drug traffickers and close allies of the president. The investigation centers on…
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Israel Steps Up Attacks in Gaza Amid Cease-Fire Talks
[ad_1] Intense bombardment of a Gaza Strip city filled with refugees flattened a large mosque and killed or wounded scores of people on Thursday as Israel repeated its intention to push into the area with ground forces if Hamas does not release hostages before the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Nearly 100 people were killed across the…
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Canadian Court Rules That Killings of Four Muslims Was Terrorism
[ad_1] A Canadian judge ruled on Thursday that the deadly rampage of a man who drove his truck into five members of a Muslim family was an act of terrorism motivated by white supremacist ideology and sentenced him to life with no possibility of parole for 25 years for his crimes. The terrorism finding by Justice Renee Pomerance of the…
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As China Expands Its Hacking Operations, a Vulnerability Emerges
[ad_1] The Chinese hacking tools made public in recent days illustrate how much Beijing has expanded the reach of its computer infiltration campaigns through the use of a network of contractors, as well as the vulnerabilities of its emerging system. The new revelations underscore the degree to which China has ignored, or evaded, American efforts for more than a decade…
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U.S. Campaign to Isolate Russia Shows Limits After 2 Years of War
[ad_1] The Biden administration and European allies call President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia a tyrant and a war criminal. But he enjoys a standing invitation to the halls of power in Brazil. The president of Brazil says that Ukraine and Russia are both to blame for the war that began with the Russian military’s invasion. And his nation’s purchases…
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Biden Called Putin a ‘Crazy S.O.B.’ The Kremlin Called Biden a ‘Cowboy.’
[ad_1] President Biden called Vladimir V. Putin, the president of Russia, a “crazy S.O.B.” during an evening fund-raiser in California, which the Kremlin dismissed as “Hollywood cowboy-style behavior.” “We have a crazy S.O.B. like that guy Putin, and others, and we always have to worry about nuclear conflict,” Mr. Biden told a crowd of donors in San Francisco on Wednesday…
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Eiffel Tower Closed by Strike for 4th Day
[ad_1] Anthony Aranda, a 23-year-old tourist from Peru, had only two days to visit Paris with his cousin, so getting to the top of the Eiffel Tower featured prominently on his to-do list. But on Thursday, he had to cross it off that list without even stepping foot on the famed Iron Lady. A labor strike, now in its fourth…
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U.S. Examined Allegations of Cartel Ties to Allies of Mexico’s President
[ad_1] American law enforcement officials spent years looking into allegations that allies of Mexico’s president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, met with and took millions of dollars from drug cartels after he took office, according to U.S. records and three people familiar with the matter. The inquiry, which has not been previously reported, uncovered information pointing to potential links between powerful…
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Navalny’s Mother Says Authorities Are ‘Blackmailing’ Her Over Son’s Remains
[ad_1] Russian authorities have declared that the opposition leader Aleksei A. Navalny died of natural causes but are refusing to release his remains until his mother agrees to a “secret funeral,” Mr. Navalny’s mother and his spokeswoman said on Thursday. Lyudmila Navalnaya, Mr. Navalny’s mother, said she had been “secretly” taken to a morgue Wednesday night, “where they showed me…
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Putin Takes a Ride in a Nuclear-Capable Bomber
[ad_1] President Vladimir V. Putin on Thursday took a short flight on a supersonic bomber, part of his pre-election effort to project confidence and power inside Russia, and a conspicuous reminder to the West of his country’s nuclear capabilities. The flight took only 30 minutes, the Kremlin said in a statement, but the range of the wide-wing Tu-160M, also known…
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