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Ion Iliescu, Who Steered Romania After Revolution, Dies at 95

5 août 2025 à 13:54
As a three-term as president, he guided the country toward democracy, but he was called an authoritarian at heart and accused of brutality during the revolt that put him in power.

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President Ion Iliescu of Romania at the Presidential Palace in 1993. He oversaw the country’s transition to democracy after the overthrow of the dictator Nicolae Ceausescu in 1989.

F.B.I. Is Asked to Arrest Texas Democrats in Battle Over House Seats

5 août 2025 à 13:44
It was unclear how the agency would respond. Democratic lawmakers left the state to stop Republicans from redrawing district maps to their advantage.

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Senator John Cornyn, Republican of Texas, faces a primary challenge from the state’s conservative attorney general, Ken Paxton. Both seek President Trump’s endorsement.
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  • Why the G.O.P. Isn’t Doing Many Town Halls
    The booing started in seconds at Representative Mike Flood’s town hall in Lincoln, Neb. Annie Karni, a congressional correspondent for The New York Times, reports from the auditorium after the Republican congressman’s town hall, which she said was one of the most raucous political events she’s ever witnessed.
     

Why the G.O.P. Isn’t Doing Many Town Halls

The booing started in seconds at Representative Mike Flood’s town hall in Lincoln, Neb. Annie Karni, a congressional correspondent for The New York Times, reports from the auditorium after the Republican congressman’s town hall, which she said was one of the most raucous political events she’s ever witnessed.

Owner of Funeral Home With Nearly 200 Decaying Bodies Admits to Fraud

5 août 2025 à 13:11
Prosecutors say the couple who ran the funeral home cheated customers of cremation services and spent the money on vacations and jewelry.

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According to prosecutors, the Nature Funeral Home in Penrose, Colo., had been leaving bodies to decompose at the site for years.

House Oversight Committee Issues Subpoenas for Epstein Files

5 août 2025 à 12:29
The committee’s Republican chairman requested that the documents from the Justice Department and former government officials be delivered by Aug. 19.

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Former President Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton, the former secretary of state, at President Trump’s inauguration in January. They were among the former officials who received subpoenas from the House Oversight Committee.

The Raging Gifford Fire, Like Many, Began Near a Highway

5 août 2025 à 12:19
The wildfire in the Los Padres National Forest grew to 82,000 acres on Tuesday. Officials are still trying to determine the cause.

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Firefighters battling the Gifford fire on brush-covered hillsides west of New Cuyama, Calif., on Monday.

Trump Rules Out Bessent as Replacement for Powell at Fed

5 août 2025 à 12:02
With Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent not in the running, President Trump said that he has narrowed his list of replacements to four people.

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President Trump said Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent doesn’t want to run the Federal Reserve.

Man Wanted for Tennessee Quadruple Homicide Is Arrested

5 août 2025 à 11:32
The authorities had been searching for Austin Drummond in connection with the killing of four people and the abandonment of a baby in a yard.

Mike Flood Heckled at Town Hall Over Trump’s Domestic Policy Bill

5 août 2025 à 11:59
Most Republican lawmakers are avoiding town hall meetings, reluctant to confront energized Democrats and answer tough questions. When Representative Mike Flood of Nebraska gave it a try, the booing started in seconds.

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Representative Mike Flood, Republican of Nebraska, was booed almost as soon as he took the stage at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln on Monday night.

80 ans d'Hiroshima : "Enola Gay", l'avion qui a largué la bombe nucléaire, exposé depuis 2003 à Washington

5 août 2025 à 11:04
Un triste anniversaire : mercredi 6 août 2025, cela fera 80 ans que la toute première bombe atomique était lâchée sur Hiroshima, faisant 140 000 morts et détruisant la ville japonaise en l'espace d'une seconde. Une véritable prouesse technologique à l'époque, mise au service du mal. Témoin de l'attaque nucléaire, l'avion qui a largué la bombe est depuis 2003 exposé à Washington, pour ne pas oublier.

China Wages War on Chikungunya Virus With Drones and ‘Elephant Mosquitoes’

5 août 2025 à 11:41
In a citywide campaign to curb a mosquito-borne virus, residents of Foshan face inspections and warnings for failure to comply.

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Fogging with insecticide at a hospital in the Chinese city of Foshan, where officials are battling an outbreak of chikungunya, a painful mosquito-borne viral disease.

Titan Submersible Deaths Were Preventable, Coast Guard Report Says

5 août 2025 à 11:35
The 2023 implosion killed five people on a dive to the wreckage of the Titanic, prompting a sprawling search of the north Atlantic Ocean.

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Footage from a remotely operated vehicle shows what the Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation says is the debris of the Titan submersible.

Rwanda Agrees to Accept 250 Migrants as Part of Trump Deportation Plan

5 août 2025 à 13:46
The African nation is the latest country to strike a deal to take in deportees from the United States.

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President Trump with Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe of Rwanda in the Oval Office in June.

Tommy Robinson, Far-Right UK Activist, Is Arrested Over Train Station Assault

5 août 2025 à 10:15
Tommy Robinson was taken into custody for questioning on Monday after an assault that seriously injured a man last month at St. Pancras train station.

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Tommy Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, in London in June.

Flash Floods in Indian Himalayas Kill 4, and Dozens Are Missing

5 août 2025 à 13:15
The Indian Army and other forces were helping with the rescue, officials said. The flood’s full death toll may be higher, with so many missing.

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A picture from the Indian Army shows houses partially buried by a mudslide in Dharali in the state of Uttarakhand, India, on Tuesday, after flash floods.

Search Underway for Alec Luhn, American Journalist Missing in Norway

5 août 2025 à 10:08
A search was underway Tuesday for Alec Luhn, 38, who was last heard from five days ago at the start of a solo hike.

U.S. Imports Slid in June on Higher Tariffs

5 août 2025 à 09:55
Imports from other countries fell around 4 percent from the previous month as President Trump’s steep tariffs discouraged businesses from ordering goods.

Stella Rimington, 1st Woman to Lead U.K.’s MI5, Dies at 90

5 août 2025 à 14:15
Widely regarded as the inspiration for the recast of the James Bond character “M,” she was the first British spy chief to be publicly named and photographed.

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Stella Rimington, the director general of MI5, in 1993.
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