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British Opera Company Cancels ‘Tosca’ Collaboration in Israel After Criticism

The Royal Ballet and Opera said it was scrapping performances in Tel Aviv next year, after nearly 200 staff members signed an open letter criticizing its stance on the war in Gaza.

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Tensions at the London company had been escalating as the humanitarian situation in Gaza worsened.
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California Democrats Look to Redraw House Map Amid Texas Redistricting War

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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Guerre à Gaza : vers une occupation totale de l'enclave palestinienne par Israël ?

Le gouvernement israélien envisage de conquérir toute la bande de Gaza : c'est ce qu'affirment, mardi 5 août, plusieurs médias de l'État hébreu. Le Premier ministre israélien, Benyamin Nétanyahou, réunit son cabinet de sécurité. Une décision qui intervient alors que le Conseil de sécurité de l'ONU ouvre une session consacrée aux otages israéliens.

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4-Day Manhunt Yields No Confirmed Sighting of Montana Suspect

The man accused of fatally shooting four people in a bar disappeared into a rugged forest. An official said the search for him was law enforcement’s “top focus.”

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Public access to an area west of Anaconda, Mont., known as Stump Town has been blocked while the authorities search for the suspect in a deadly shooting.
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Ion Iliescu, Who Steered Romania After Revolution, Dies at 95

As a three-term 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.
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F.B.I. Is Asked to Arrest Texas Democrats in Battle Over House Seats

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

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.
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House Oversight Committee Issues Subpoenas for Epstein Files

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.
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Trump Rules Out Bessent as Replacement for Powell at Fed

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

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

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.

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

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.
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Titan Submersible Deaths Were Preventable, Coast Guard Report Says

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

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

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.
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U.S. Imports Slid in June on Higher Tariffs

Imports from other countries fell around 4 percent from the previous month as President Trump’s steep tariffs discouraged businesses from ordering goods.

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