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Speed of Nepal’s Flash Floods Likely Overwhelmed Warning System, Experts Say
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8/27/2026 9:52 AM
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| Scientists and disaster response researchers said Nepal’s early flood warning system relied on a conventional network of river gauges in this remote region. |
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C.I.A. Chief Delivered Bleak Assessment of Russia’s War in Secretive Moscow Visit
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8/27/2026 11:08 AM
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| C.I.A. analysts have questioned whether President Vladimir V. Putin’s advisers have given him honest assessments of the conflict. |
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Is Haiti Safe for Haitian Deportees?
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7/8/2026 3:35 AM
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| Stephen Miller said that Haiti is safe for Haitian deportees. Our White House correspondent Zolan Kanno-Youngs analyzed federal reports that say otherwise. |
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ICE agent Christian Castro Released From Texas Jail After Minnesota Loses Court Fight
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8/27/2026 6:22 AM
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| The state had sought to have the agent extradited from Texas to answer charges in Minneapolis related to an on-duty shooting that wounded an immigrant. |
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Backing Off French Issue Could Restart U.S. Trade Talks, Canadian Official Says
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8/27/2026 9:43 AM
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| The minister in charge of trade with the United States was responding to comments by Jamieson Greer, the U.S. trade representative, to a Canadian broadcaster. |
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As Anger Grows Over Trump Tariffs, Some in Canada Want Out of U.S. F-35 Deal
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8/27/2026 2:03 AM
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| A year into a government review of the purchase of as many as 88 F-35s, one premier says buying American warplanes makes no sense in the face of President Trump’s latest tariffs. |
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How SSENSE, a Canadian Retailer, Is Grappling With Trump’s Tariffs
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8/27/2026 8:59 AM
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| Ssense’s comeback efforts include moving a core part of its business to the United States so American customers can avoid hefty tariffs. |
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‘Intrinsic Capacity’: The Most Important Longevity Term You’ve Never Heard Of
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8/27/2026 6:28 AM
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| Intrinsic capacity is quickly becoming a preferred way to measure and assess human aging. |
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Meta Projected It Could Spend $10 Billion on Anthropic’s A.I.
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8/27/2026 7:04 AM
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| The social networking giant projected it could spend $10 billion annually on Anthropic’s tools, illustrating the friend-foe relationships underlying the A.I. race. |
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OpenAI and 100 Others Warn That Window to Defend Against A.I. Attacks Is Narrowing
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8/27/2026 10:55 AM
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| In an open letter, OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and others said that a wave of A.I.-enabled cyberattacks was coming and that organizations and governments needed to prepare themselves. |
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Trump’s Strength in Primaries is Clear. The Midterms Pose a Different Test.
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8/27/2026 8:20 AM
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| The president’s pull with the party base has been clear and his resources are vast. But his low approval ratings make him a liability with swing voters. |
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Trump Raises Money in Texas With Control of the Senate in the Balance
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8/27/2026 7:39 AM
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| Many Republicans are hoping for financial support from President Trump, whose fund-raising power in the party remains unmatched despite his low poll numbers. |
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Democratic Socialists Are the Toast of the Party in Uruguay
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8/27/2026 2:03 AM
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| The success of progressive candidates in the United States is inspiring leftists abroad struggling under pressure from the Trump administration and its allies. |
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Inside the Iceland Eclipse Festival: $1,000-a-Week Yurts and Endless Optimism
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8/27/2026 6:42 AM
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| At a festival on a disc golf course, on a peninsula in Iceland, waiting for the sky to descend into darkness. |
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Ratko Mladic, Murderous ‘Butcher of Bosnia,’ Dies at 83
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8/27/2026 9:57 AM
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| A general during the Balkan wars of the 1990s, he was convicted in the killing of some 8,000 Muslims at Srebrenica, Europe’s deadliest massacre since World War II. |
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Jury Begins Deliberations in Lindsay Clancy Murder Trial
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8/27/2026 10:01 AM
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| In closing arguments, Ms. Clancy’s lawyer called her “a darn good mother.” The prosecutor accused her of “extreme atrocity and cruelty.” |
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Roy Cohn, Robert Mapplethorpe and a Trump-Era Dilemma Over Free Speech
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8/27/2026 2:02 AM
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| When a respected biographer tried to use a Mapplethorpe photograph of Roy Cohn for a book cover, worries about the wrath of Mr. Cohn’s protégé, President Trump, intervened. |
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DeSantis Administration Misspent $10 Million, Grand Jury Says
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8/27/2026 10:19 AM
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| A charity tied to Gov. Ron DeSantis’s wife received the money from a state Medicaid settlement and diverted it to political committees supporting a cause favored by the governor. |
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“Anxious Generation” Author Jonathan Haidt on the Meta Settlement
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8/27/2026 8:49 AM
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| In “The Anxious Generation,” he laid out the evils of social media for kids. The landmark Meta settlement seems to agree. |
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Mark Zuckerberg Wants to Make Sure YouTube and TikTok Share His Pain
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8/27/2026 8:16 AM
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| Meta, the social media giant, agreed to change the way children interact with its apps. That could be trouble if its competitors don’t abide by the same rules. |
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Democrats to Force Senate Vote on Israel’s Human Rights Practices
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8/27/2026 7:46 AM
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| Senator Chris Van Hollen of Maryland is leading a group of Democrats seeking answers about violence against Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. |
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U.S. to Withdraw 200 Troops Sent to Nigeria Under Trump
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8/27/2026 7:30 AM
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| Officials say the small, limited deployment could serve as a model. But terrorists in the country have continued to attack and kill. |
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Administration Lawyer Chosen to Lead Panel Considering Trump Construction Projects
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8/26/2026 4:12 PM
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| Mark Paoletta, also a close associate of Justice Clarence Thomas’s, has been named by President Trump to lead the National Capital Planning Commission. |
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Loving Dolly Parton Was Easy. Understanding Her Was Hard.
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8/27/2026 6:40 AM
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| She didn’t see herself as a saint; she identified as something we needed even more: a writer. |
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The Pompous Proof of an America in Decline
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8/27/2026 9:59 AM
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| Even Machiavelli wouldn’t like Trump’s doings. |
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Getting Kids Offline
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8/27/2026 4:24 AM
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| We explain the Meta deal. |
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Starbucks Drops Drink Powder That Enveloped Baristas in Clouds of Dust
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8/27/2026 7:36 AM
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| Baristas said the ingredient left them coughing and sneezing. |