Opinion | ‘Puerility, Provocation and a Strain of Nihilism’: 3 Writers on What Binds Trump and Musk
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Opinion | ‘Puerility, Provocation and a Strain of Nihilism’: 3 Writers on What Binds Trump and Musk

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Frank Bruni, a contributing Opinion writer, hosted a written online conversation with Bethany McLean, an author of “The Smartest Guys in the Room,” and Nate Silver, the author of “On the Edge: The Art of Risking Everything” and the newsletter Silver Bulletin, to…

Zelensky Could Face Tough Re-election Prospects, Polls Show
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Zelensky Could Face Tough Re-election Prospects, Polls Show

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Since Russia invaded his country three years ago, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine has survived a military assault on his capital, assassination plots, corruption scandals in his government, political infighting and ominous setbacks in his army’s fight against Russia. He had enough support…

Trump Administration Cancels Flights for Refugees Already Approved for Travel
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Trump Administration Cancels Flights for Refugees Already Approved for Travel

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The State Department abruptly canceled travel for thousands of refugees already approved to fly to the United States, days before a deadline that President Trump had set for suspending the resettlement program that provides safe haven for people fleeing persecution. The cancellation of…

Britain Says Russian Spy Ship Returned to U.K. Waters in Sign of Kremlin Threat
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Britain Says Russian Spy Ship Returned to U.K. Waters in Sign of Kremlin Threat

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Britain on Wednesday warned that it faced a growing threat of aggression from Russia, asserting that a Russian spy ship had passed by the English coast for the second time in three months, in the latest incident that seemed designed to test British…

Trumps Threatens Tariffs Feb. 1 on Canada, Mexico and China
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Trumps Threatens Tariffs Feb. 1 on Canada, Mexico and China

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines When President Trump did not follow through with his promise to immediately impose new tariffs on his first day in office, business executives and others who support international trade breathed a sigh of relief. That relief was short-lived. On Monday night, just hours…

Trump Closes Border, Leaving Migrants in Mexico With Few Options
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Trump Closes Border, Leaving Migrants in Mexico With Few Options

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines As panic sank in, two men strung ladders together with rope and placed them over the steel border wall that separated Tijuana from southern California. “Hurry up, hurry keep moving!” shouted the smugglers at the bottom of the ladder. A young girl from…

Han Kang Talks About Her Jeju Book, ‘We Do Not Part”
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Han Kang Talks About Her Jeju Book, ‘We Do Not Part”

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines In Han Kang’s latest novel, a character saws off the tips of two of her fingers in a woodworking accident. Surgeons reattach them but the treatment is gruesome and agonizing. Every three minutes, for weeks on end, a caregiver carefully, dispassionately sinks needles…

Gazans and Israelis Dare to Hope as Cease-Fire Takes Hold
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Gazans and Israelis Dare to Hope as Cease-Fire Takes Hold

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The sounds of celebration replaced those of explosions in the Gaza Strip on Sunday as a fragile cease-fire came into effect after 470 days of war, allowing some hostages to return home to Israel, Palestinians imprisoned in Israel to be released, and displaced…