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          President Trump announced yesterday that he was removing his national security adviser, Michael Waltz, naming Secretary of State Marco Rubio as his interim replacement, and instead nominated Waltz as ambassador to the U.N. It was the
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          Waltz had been on thin ice since he organized a group chat on the app Signal to discuss a sensitive military operation in Yemen and accidentally included a journalist. But even before the group chat leak, most of Trump’s advisers viewed Waltz as too hawkish to work for a president who was eager to reach a nuclear deal with Iran and normalize relations with Russia.
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          Rubio will hold both positions for now, something that no other official has done simultaneously since Henry Kissinger held the titles under the Nixon and Ford administrations.
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          The selection of the next national security adviser will be a critical one, at a moment when the president’s top aides have differed sharply on how to handle China, Russia and Iran.
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              Scott Bessent, the U.S. treasury secretary, and Yulia Svyrydenko, the Ukrainian economy minister.
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          The U.S. and Ukraine signed a deal late Wednesday allowing the U.S. to receive future revenue from Ukraine’s natural resources. Ukraine hopes it will clear the way for continued U.S. support, including to rebuild whenever the war with Russia ends. But the path to actually extracting the minerals is
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          .
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          The agreement, the text of which was made public yesterday, did not mention security guarantees, which Kyiv had wanted. This bargain ties future U.S. military aid to Ukraine contributions of mineral wealth, and it also appears to keep the door open for Ukraine to eventually join the E.U.
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          .
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          What’s next:
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          Ukraine’s Parliament still has to ratify the agreement, which will probably happen in the next two weeks, lawmakers said. But the
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          deal has given Kyiv new hope
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          , and analysts say the country’s prospects look brighter than they have in months.
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          Analysis:
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          It’s not clear how the deal will work in practice.
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          It could bring untold money into a joint investment fund, but the resources will
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          North Korea and Russia have begun
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          in Damascus, the Syrian capital, in what Israel’s prime minister and defense minister said was a message to the Syrian government in support of the Druse community.
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          As of last night, Syrian government representatives had struck accords with Druse leaders in a bid to calm the violence. The move also appeared to be a step toward achieving the new government’s goal of integrating the armed groups operating across the country into a national military.
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          Firefighters in Israel
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                Kashmir:
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                Secretary of State Marco Rubio
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                spoke separately with Pakistan’s prime minister and India’s foreign minister
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                as tensions soared after a deadly terrorist attack last week.
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                South Korea:
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                Han Duck-soo
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               <a class="css-sdwaa1" style="color:#286ed0;-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
                stepped down
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                from his post as acting president, a sign that he is likely to run in next month’s presidential election.
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                U.S.:
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                The C.I.A. released two new videos aimed at
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                encouraging Chinese nationals to spy for the agency
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                .
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                Australia:
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                Voters will this weekend go to the polls. The U.S. — and President Trump — is
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                the dominant foreign factor
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                in an election mostly fought on domestic issues.
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                Kenya:
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                A lawmaker was gunned down in Nairobi by
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                an assassin on a motorcycle
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                .
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                Thailand:
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                Prosecutors declined to
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               <a class="css-sdwaa1" style="color:#286ed0;-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
                pursue charges against an American academic
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               <span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
                accused of insulting the monarchy.
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                Immigration:
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                The U.S. is believed to have deported at least two dozen refugees from Bhutan. Since the refugees are stateless,
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                it’s not clear where they’ll end up
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               <span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
                .
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                Tech:
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                Apple
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               <a class="css-sdwaa1" style="color:#286ed0;-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
                reported an increase in sales
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                in the first quarter as it weighs the impact of tariffs.
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                Could Apple exist without ties to China
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               <span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
                ?
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                Business:
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                Amazon
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               <span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
                ,
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               <a class="css-sdwaa1" style="color:#286ed0;-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
                General Motors
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               <span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
                and
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                McDonald’s
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               <span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
                warned that economic uncertainty could be a drag on revenue.
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                Entertainment:
               </span>
               <span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
                “Rust”
               </span>
               <span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle;font-weight:700">
               </span>
               <span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
                is
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               <a class="css-sdwaa1" style="color:#286ed0;-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
                finally being released today
               </a>
               <span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
                , years after a fatal shooting on the movie set.
               </span>
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                Politics:
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               <span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
                Results are expected from yesterday’s local elections in England.
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               <a class="css-sdwaa1" style="color:#286ed0;-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
                The right-wing Reform U.K. party
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               <span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
                is hoping to benefit.
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                Weather:
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               <span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
                The U.K.
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               <a class="css-sdwaa1" style="color:#286ed0;-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
                recorded its warmest ever May 1
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               <span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
                yesterday, in an unseasonably hot week.
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                Celebrity:
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               <span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
                The comedian and actor Russell Brand was
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               <a class="css-sdwaa1" style="color:#286ed0;-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
                scheduled to appear before a London court
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               <span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
                today on multiple charges of sexual assault, including two counts of rape.
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