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As Trump Courts a More Assertive Beijing, China Hawks Are Losing Out

Par :Ana Swanson and Tripp Mickle
The Trump administration has dialed back aggressive measures against China and reversed its position on technology controls as the president angles for a Chinese trip later this year.

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, left, and Jamieson Greer, the U.S. trade representative, second from right, meeting with Chinese officials in Geneva in May.
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As Trump Courts a More Assertive Beijing, China Hawks Are Losing Out

Par :Ana Swanson and Tripp Mickle
The Trump administration has dialed back aggressive measures against China and reversed its position on technology controls as the president angles for a Chinese trip later this year.

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, left, and Jamieson Greer, the U.S. trade representative, second from right, meeting with Chinese officials in Geneva in May.
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A Kite Surfer, Navy SEAL and Makeup Artist: Freed in a U.S.-Venezuela Swap

Par :Julie Turkewitz
Over 260 people were released from prisons in El Salvador and Venezuela. Now they face the challenge of coming home.

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Venezuelan migrants who were jailed in El Salvador arrived at Simon Bolivar International Airport, outside Venezuela’s capital, Caracas, on Friday.
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Gabbard Claims Obama Administration Tried to Undermine Trump in 2016

Par :Julian E. Barnes and David E. Sanger
Democrats denounced a report issued by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence as politically motivated and error-ridden.

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Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, during a cabinet meeting this month.
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Rubio Restricts U.S. Criticism of Tainted Foreign Elections

Par :Michael Crowley and Julian E. Barnes
A State Department cable telling officials to avoid comments on the “fairness or integrity” of most elections continues a U.S. turn away from promoting democratic values abroad.

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a department cable that public comments on foreign elections “should be brief, focused on congratulating the winning candidate and, when appropriate, noting shared foreign policy interests.”
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Rubio Restricts U.S. Criticism of Tainted Foreign Elections

Par :Michael Crowley and Julian E. Barnes
A State Department cable telling officials to avoid comments on the “fairness or integrity” of most elections continues a U.S. turn away from promoting democratic values abroad.

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a department cable that public comments on foreign elections “should be brief, focused on congratulating the winning candidate and, when appropriate, noting shared foreign policy interests.”
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Prisoner Swap Frees Americans in Venezuela for Migrants in El Salvador

Par :Julie Turkewitz and Hamed Aleaziz
Ten Americans and permanent U.S. residents detained in Venezuela were traded for more than 250 Venezuelans expelled from the U.S. and imprisoned in El Salvador.
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Bolsonaro, Brazil’s Former President, Ordered to Wear Ankle Monitor Before Trial

Par :Jack Nicas and Ana Ionova
Brazil’s Supreme Court ordered Jair Bolsonaro, the former president, to stay home most hours, defying President Trump’s demands that charges against him be dropped.

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Jair Bolsonaro, the former president of Brazil, outside the Secretariat of Penitentiary Administration on Friday. Brazil’s Supreme Court has ordered him to stay away from foreign embassies because it fears he could flee justice.
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UK, France and Germany Plan for a Post-U.S. Future

Par :Michael D. Shear and Jim Tankersley
The leaders of France, Germany and Britain are building parallel diplomatic institutions to defend Europe as President Trump retreats from the continent.

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From left: President Emmanuel Macron of France, Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain and Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany at a summit in Tirana, Albania, in May.
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Who Are the Druse? The Religious Minority at the Center of Israel and Syria’s Tensions

Par :Euan Ward
Spread across Syria, Lebanon and Israel, the secretive religious minority has long balanced integration and independence. Now, members are at the heart of the region’s shifting power struggles.

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Clerics praying during a funeral for people killed during clashes between Druse fighters and Bedouin tribes in Sweida, Syria, on Monday.
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Debate Ignites at U.S. School Over Netanyahu’s Hall of Fame Status

Par :Kenneth P. Vogel
Recent comments by the Israeli prime minister and a Fox News commentator about Cheltenham High School, their alma mater in suburban Philadelphia, have inflamed a debate.

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Benjamin Netanyahu, known then as Ben, graduated from Cheltenham High School in 1967, and was inducted into its hall of fame in 1999.
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Iran’s Fordo Nuclear Site Was Badly Damaged by U.S. Strikes, New Assessment Finds

Par :Julian E. Barnes · David E. Sanger and Eric Schmitt
A clearer picture begins to emerge of what the Israeli and U.S. attacks on Iran’s nuclear sites achieved.

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A satellite image of the Iranian nuclear facility at Fordo after the U.S. attacks last month.
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Iran’s Fordo Nuclear Site Was Badly Damaged by U.S. Strikes, New Assessment Finds

Par :Julian E. Barnes · David E. Sanger and Eric Schmitt
A clearer picture begins to emerge of what the Israeli and U.S. attacks on Iran’s nuclear sites achieved.

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A satellite image of the Iranian nuclear facility at Fordo after the U.S. attacks last month.
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Trump’s Brazil Tariff Threats Rekindle Support for President Lula

Par :Ana Ionova
Once called the planet’s most popular politician, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil faced long odds in next year’s election. President Trump’s tariffs are changing that.

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President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil has seen a surge in popularity after confronting President Trump over tariffs.
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China’s Aircraft Carriers Push Into Waters Long Dominated by U.S.

Par :Chris Buckley and Marco Hernandez
Recent drills near Japan reflect China’s ambitions to extend its navy’s reach and exert greater influence, in the Pacific and beyond.

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Fighter jets could be seen on the flight deck of China’s first domestically built aircraft carrier, the Shandong, as it was anchored in Hong Kong this month.
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Germany’s Merz and UK’s Starmer Sign Mutual Defense Pact as U.S. Steps Back

Par :Mark Landler and Jim Tankersley
The new treaty includes a pledge by both countries to regard a threat against one as a threat against the other, in the latest sign of European nations uniting amid growing instability.

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The Anglo-German accord, signed by Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain and Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany covers energy, economic cooperation and migration, in addition to defense.
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Trump Has Promised More Tariffs on Mexico. What Happens Next?

Par :James Wagner and Paulina Villegas
President Trump has threatened to increase Mexico’s tariff rate to 30 percent starting Aug. 1, claiming the country hasn’t sufficiently tackled drug cartels.

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Vehicles lining up on the Tijuana side of the U.S.-Mexico border to cross into Southern California last year.
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Eswatini Says It Will Repatriate Migrants Deported by the Trump Administration

Par :John Eligon and Hamed Aleaziz
The Trump administration sent five deportees to Eswatini, an African kingdom, saying that their own countries would not take them. But Eswatini says it will send them home.

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Mswati III, King of Eswatini, addressing the United Nations General Assembly in New York in 2023.
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Senate Democrats Rail at ‘Sloppy, Rushed’ State Dept. Firings

Par :Michael Crowley
Republicans on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said the changes were needed and called the outrage overblown.

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State Department employees gathered on Friday to support their colleagues after layoffs.
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Carney Moves to Reduce Canada’s Chinese Steel Imports in Response to Trump’s Tariffs

Par :Ian Austen
Canada’s steel industry fears that Chinese steel facing steep tariffs in the United States will be sent north and overwhelm the Canadian market.

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Prime Minister Mark Carney announced steps on Wednesday intended to reduce steel imports from China at a steel plant in Hamilton, Ontario.
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Israel Strikes Syria’s Capital, Sending Warning to Government

Par :Euan Ward and Aaron Boxerman
Israel threatened to escalate attacks on Syrian government forces unless they withdrew from Sweida, a southern province dominated by the country’s Druse minority.

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Smoke rising from the Syrian Defense Ministry in the capital, Damascus, on Wednesday.
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Russia Appears Unfazed by Trump’s Ukraine War Ultimatum

Par :Paul Sonne
Russian officials and commentators have shown little indication that Moscow is about to change course under new pressure.

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Sergei Lavrov, Russia’s foreign minister, center, in Malaysia this month. He said Moscow wanted to understand what was behind Mr. Trump’s remarks.
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U.K., France and Germany Threaten to Reimpose Tough U.N. Nuclear Sanctions on Iran

Par :Steven Erlanger
“Snapback” sanctions will be triggered by the end of August if Tehran fails to make concrete progress to limit its nuclear program.

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A satellite image released by Maxar Technologies last month showed damage at an Iranian nuclear complex after U.S. strikes.
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Trump Administration Initiates Trade Investigation of Brazil

Par :Ana Swanson and Tony Romm
The United States has begun investigating Brazil’s trade practices and “anti-corruption interference,” after the president’s criticisms of Brazil’s treatment of Jair Bolsonaro, a Trump ally.

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Jamieson Greer, the U.S. trade representative, said he was beginning the investigation “into Brazil’s attacks on American social media companies as well as other unfair trading practices that harm American companies, workers, farmers and technology innovators.”
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E.U. Rushes to Negotiate a U.S. Trade Deal Before Trump’s Tariff Deadline

Par :Jeanna Smialek
The European Union is racing to clinch an agreement with the Americans before tariffs kick in on Aug. 1, even as President Trump has signaled he is in no rush.

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Maros Sefcovic, the European Union trade commissioner, is headed to Washington on Wednesday to talk to Trump administration officials.
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Trump Announces ‘Great Deal’ on Trade With Indonesia

Par :Ana Swanson and Alexandra Stevenson
President Trump said the agreement would partly walk back some of the steep tariffs he threatened on the country last week. Indonesia’s president called Mr. Trump a “tough negotiator.”

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President Trump called a trade agreement with Indonesia a “great deal for everybody.”
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Migration Fears Turn Europe’s Borderless Dreams Into Traffic Nightmares

Par :Jim Tankersley and Christopher F. Schuetze
Germany’s new government imposed border checks to demonstrate toughness on migration, though crossings started slowing years ago.

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German border guards stop cars crossing from Poland last week.
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Huckabee Calls Death of Palestinian-American in West Bank ‘Terrorism’

Par :Ephrat Livni
Mike Huckabee, the U.S. ambassador to Israel, demanded “accountability for this criminal and terrorist act,” referring to the killing last week of Sayfollah Musallet in the occupied territories.

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Mike Huckabee, the U.S. ambassador to Israel, urged Israel to “aggressively investigate” the death of a Palestinian-American in a clash in the West Bank.
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Trump Administration Initiates Trade Investigation of Brazil

Par :Ana Swanson and Tony Romm
The United States has begun investigating Brazil’s trade practices and “anti-corruption interference,” after the president’s criticisms of Brazil’s treatment of Jair Bolsonaro, a Trump ally.

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Jamieson Greer, the U.S. trade representative, said he was beginning the investigation “into Brazil’s attacks on American social media companies as well as other unfair trading practices that harm American companies, workers, farmers and technology innovators.”
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State Dept. Layoffs Hit Russia and Ukraine Analysts

Par :Michael Crowley · Greg Jaffe and Julian E. Barnes
A former senior U.S. official said it was “shortsighted” to consolidate the department’s well-respected intelligence arm.

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A makeshift memorial in Kyiv, Ukraine, in March.
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How Much Military Aid Has the U.S. Given to Ukraine? Here’s What to Know.

Par :John Ismay
The United States began sending weapons to Ukraine years before Russia invaded in 2022.

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The 148th separate artillery brigade of Air Assault Forces fire a French 155-millimeter self-propelled howitzer at a Russian target in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine in April.
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How Much Military Aid Has the U.S. Given to Ukraine? Here’s What to Know.

Par :John Ismay
The United States began sending weapons to Ukraine years before Russia invaded in 2022.

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The 148th separate artillery brigade of Air Assault Forces fire a French 155-millimeter self-propelled howitzer at a Russian target in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine in April.
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Republicans in Congress Shift to Backing Ukraine, Matching Trump’s Reversal

Par :Robert Jimison
After years pressing to end U.S. aid to Ukraine, many Republicans have abandoned that position now that President Trump is supporting the country against Russian aggression.

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Representative Derrick Van Orden, Republican of Wisconsin, previously opposed aid to Ukraine but has voiced support for the president’s latest plan to send it weapons.
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Republicans in Congress Shift to Backing Ukraine, Matching Trump’s Reversal

Par :Robert Jimison
After years pressing to end U.S. aid to Ukraine, many Republicans have abandoned that position now that President Trump is supporting the country against Russian aggression.

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Representative Derrick Van Orden, Republican of Wisconsin, previously opposed aid to Ukraine but has voiced support for the president’s latest plan to send it weapons.
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China Puts New Restrictions on E.V. Battery Manufacturing Technology

Par :Keith Bradsher
Beijing will now require government licenses for any effort to transfer abroad the technologies crucial for producing inexpensive electric cars.

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CATL, a Chinese company that is the world’s largest producer of electric vehicle batteries, displayed at the Shanghai auto show in April a lithium-ion battery that can be recharged in five minutes.
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Trump’s Shift on Ukraine Is Good News for Europe, for Now

Par :Steven Erlanger
After European leaders stepped up military spending, President Trump aligned himself more closely with them on the war. But his tariff threats have left bruises.

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Firefighters in Odesa, Ukraine, this month after a Russian strike. President Trump warned Moscow that he would impose new economic punishments if it did not agree to a peace deal within 50 days.
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Israel Stages Rare Attack on Syrian Government Forces

Par :Euan Ward
Israel intervened in sectarian violence in Syria and attacked the Iran-backed Hezbollah militia in Lebanon.

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Syrian government forces entered the predominantly Druse city of Sweida on Tuesday. Israel intervened after days of deadly sectarian clashes in the southern Sweida region.
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Ukraine Will Get U.S. Weapons in a New Way. Here’s What We Know.

Par :Lara Jakes
NATO allies will buy arms, then give them to Ukraine, President Trump said.

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President Trump with Mark Rutte, the NATO secretary general, left, at the White House on Monday.
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E.U. Nations Plan Retaliatory Tariffs Against Trump and U.S., but Would They Do It?

Par :Jeanna Smialek
European Union officials have drawn up plans to impose levies on American imports, but questions abound about whether they would go through with them.

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Shipping containers at a port in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. European Union officials say that if President Trump follows through on his tariff threats, it could upend trans-Atlantic trade.
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Australian Premier Albanese Meets China’s Xi in Beijing

Par :Victoria Kim and David Pierson
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is trying to deepen ties with China, his country’s biggest trading partner, while being under pressure from the United States.

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of Australia arriving in Beijing on Monday.
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Behind Trump’s Tough Talk on Russia and Putin, Doubts and Missing Details

Par :Michael Crowley · Eric Schmitt and Julian E. Barnes
Pentagon officials said details were still being worked out, and experts doubted Mr. Trump’s threat of huge tariffs for Russian trading partners.

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Ukrainian soldiers near the front lines in the Kharkiv region in May.
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Behind Trump’s Tough Talk on Russia and Putin, Doubts and Missing Details

Par :Michael Crowley · Eric Schmitt and Julian E. Barnes
Pentagon officials said details were still being worked out, and experts doubted Mr. Trump’s threat of huge tariffs for Russian trading partners.

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Ukrainian soldiers near the front lines in the Kharkiv region in May.
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Trump’s Decision on Patriot Missiles Gives Ukraine Cautious Optimism

Par :Andrew E. Kramer
American fatigue with the war and the fickleness of the Trump administration remain concerns for Ukraine’s leaders.

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President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine meeting on Monday with Keith Kellogg, the U.S. special envoy for Ukraine and Russia, in Kyiv, in a photograph released by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Service.
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Pentagon Pulls Out of Aspen Security Forum

Par :Eric Schmitt
For years, Republican and Democratic administrations have dispatched civilian Pentagon officials and military commanders to the Aspen Security Forum in Colorado.

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On Monday morning, the Pentagon abruptly canceled its participation in the Aspen Security Forum in Colorado.
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Canada Wildfire Smoke Triggers Air Quality Alerts in Toronto, Montreal and U.S.

Par :Vjosa Isai
Smoke from wildfires in Manitoba, a Western province facing its worst fire season in 30 years, has created hazardous air quality conditions across Eastern Canada and the United States.

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Haze blanketed the skyline in Toronto on Monday, which is under an air quality alert as a result of wildfire smoke.
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Trump Threatens Russia With Sanctions and Vows U.S. Weapon Support for Ukraine

Par :Erica L. Green
The president also warned Russia that he would impose a new round of punishing sanctions if it did not agree to a peace deal within 50 days.

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President Trump in the Oval Office with Mark Rutte, NATO’s secretary general, on Monday.
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Trump Threatens Russia With Sanctions and Vows U.S. Weapon Support for Ukraine

Par :Erica L. Green
The president also warned Russia that he would impose a new round of punishing sanctions if it did not agree to a peace deal within 50 days.

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President Trump in the Oval Office with Mark Rutte, NATO’s secretary general, on Monday.
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Trump Administration Poised to Ramp Up Deportations to Distant Countries

Par :Mattathias Schwartz
Eight men sent by the United States to South Sudan could presage a new approach to Trump-era deportations, even as critics say the practice could amount to “enforced disappearance.”

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Downtown Juba, South Sudan, last year. Third-country deportations could accelerate under new internal guidance issued by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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