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Good morning. We’re covering President Trump’s trip to the Middle East and talks between Russia and Ukraine.
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President Trump in Doha, Qatar’s capital, yesterday.
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Trump’s pledge to the Middle East
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The U.S. is done with nation building, foreign intervention and “lectures on how to live,” President Trump
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told an audience in an opulent ballroom in Saudi Arabia
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Reactions to his speech erupted swiftly across the region. Trump’s remarks came as he continued a four-day jaunt through Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates that’s focused on business deals, but also on his broader diplomatic ambitions.
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Trump yesterday
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met with President Ahmed al-Shara
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, another milestone in Syria’s bid to break out of its isolation. It was the first time in 25 years that the leaders of the U.S. and Syria had met. Trump later described al-Shara as a “young, attractive guy,” adding: “Tough guy.
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Strong past. Very strong past. Fighter
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Deals:
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Trump announced that
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Qatar Airways had agreed to buy 210 Boeing jets
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Gaza:
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A hospital director said that
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Israeli strikes overnight
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had killed dozens of Palestinians in the north
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President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia was challenged by Ukraine’s leader to attend peace negotiations in Turkey.
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Putin looks unlikely to join peace talks in Turkey
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President Vladimir Putin
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does not appear on a list of Russian officials
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who will attend peace talks with Ukraine in Turkey today, suggesting that he will not come face to face with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine this week. The delegation will instead be led by Vladimir Medinsky, a hard-line Putin aide.
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President Trump, who had hinted that he might consider joining the talks, said he would skip them. Marco Rubio, the U.S. secretary of state, is set to attend, along with Trump’s special envoys Steven Witkoff and Keith Kellogg.
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The stakes could not be higher for both Russia and Ukraine. Neither side is making much progress, though in talks with the U.S. on ending the war, Moscow has
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Trump has long spread conspiracy theories about the mistreatment of white South Africans. His close adviser Elon Musk, who was born in South Africa, has shared similar views on social media. Each has argued that the lives of white farmers are in jeopardy, a claim that the evidence does not support.
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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">
exchanged detained soldiers
</a>
<span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
in a sign that their cease-fire was holding. Satellite imagery showed that damage from their four-day military clash
</span>
<a class="css-sdwaa1" style="color:#286ed0;-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
was limited
</a>
<span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
.
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<span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle;font-weight:700">
South Korea:
</span>
<span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
Five months after the Jeju Air crash, dozens of relatives of victims filed a joint complaint
</span>
<a class="css-sdwaa1" style="color:#286ed0;-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
accusing 15 aviation officials of negligence
</a>
<span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
.
</span>
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<span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle;font-weight:700">
France:
</span>
<span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
François Bayrou, the prime minister, was defiant while testifying at an inquiry on
</span>
<a class="css-sdwaa1" style="color:#286ed0;-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
claims of physical and sexual violence
</a>
<span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
at a school to which he is closely tied.
</span>
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<span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle;font-weight:700">
Iran:
</span>
<span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
The foreign minister has
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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">
proposed the creation of a nuclear-enrichment venture
</a>
<span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
involving Arab countries and U.S. investment, Iranian officials said.
</span>
</li>
<li style="margin:0 0 10px 0;line-height:27.5px">
<span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle;font-weight:700">
China:
</span>
<span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
The climb-down on tariffs may open the way to a summit with the U.S., but experts say
</span>
<a class="css-sdwaa1" style="color:#286ed0;-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
Beijing will not back down
</a>
<span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
from its territorial claims.
</span>
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<li style="margin:0 0 10px 0;line-height:27.5px">
<span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle;font-weight:700">
Italy:
</span>
<span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
A superyacht that foundered last year off Sicily, killing seven people, was likely to have been knocked over by an intense gust of wind,
</span>
<a class="css-sdwaa1" style="color:#286ed0;-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
a preliminary investigation found
</a>
<span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
.
</span>
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<li style="margin:0 0 10px 0;line-height:27.5px">
<span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle;font-weight:700">
Media:
</span>
<span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
A court
</span>
<a class="css-sdwaa1" style="color:#286ed0;-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
sided with The New York Times
</a>
<span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
in a ruling over a journalist’s request for text messages between E.U. officials about access to the coronavirus vaccine.
</span>
</li>
<li style="margin:0 0 10px 0;line-height:27.5px">
<span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle;font-weight:700">
Art:
</span>
<span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
Why did the star lot of the spring auction season, a bronze head by the master sculptor Alberto Giacometti,
</span>
<a class="css-sdwaa1" style="color:#286ed0;-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
fail to sell
</a>
<span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
?
</span>
</li>
<li style="margin:0 0 10px 0;line-height:27.5px">
<span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle;font-weight:700">
Academia:
</span>
<span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
Australia, Canada and European countries are trying to attract researchers cast aside by the Trump administration’s cuts.
</span>
<a class="css-sdwaa1" style="color:#286ed0;-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
Here are their pitches
</a>
<span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
.
</span>
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Tech & Business
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<div style="margin:0 auto;max-width:600px;width:100%">
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<span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle;font-weight:700">
A.I.:
</span>
<span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
OpenAI is in talks to acquire Windsurf, an A.I.-powered computer programming tool,
</span>
<a class="css-sdwaa1" style="color:#286ed0;-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
for around $3 billion.
</a>
</li>
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<span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle;font-weight:700">
Fashion:
</span>
<span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
The British brand Burberry said that it would
</span>
<a class="css-sdwaa1" style="color:#286ed0;-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
slash up to 1,700 jobs
</a>
<span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
as it tries to return to profit after a period of poor sales.
</span>
</li>
<li style="margin:0 0 10px 0;line-height:27.5px">
<span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle;font-weight:700">
Tariffs:
</span>
<span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
Here’s how Trump’s 185 percent tariffs on China
</span>
<a class="css-sdwaa1" style="color:#286ed0;-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
hit one shipment of T-shirts
</a>
<span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
to the U.S.
</span>
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<span style="font-weight:700">
SPORTS NEWS
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<span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle;font-weight:700">
F1:
</span>
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See the tracks
</a>
<span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
that hosted the races of the inaugural F1 season, 75 years ago.
</span>
</li>
<li style="margin:0 0 10px 0;line-height:27.5px">
<span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle;font-weight:700">
Soccer
</span>
<span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
: Nottingham Forest forward Taiwo Awoniyi
</span>
<a class="css-sdwaa1" style="color:#286ed0;-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
has been placed in a medically induced coma
</a>
<span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
.
</span>
</li>
<li style="margin:0 0 10px 0;line-height:27.5px">
<span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle;font-weight:700">
Cycling:
</span>
<span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
The Australian champion
</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">
Rohan Dennis
</span>
<a class="css-sdwaa1" style="color:#286ed0;-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
received a suspended jail sentence
</a>
<span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
for his role in a car incident that fatally injured his wife.
</span>
</li>
<li style="margin:0 0 10px 0;line-height:27.5px">
<span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle;font-weight:700">
Golf:
</span>
<span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
The sport’s most famous pair of trousers
</span>
<a class="css-sdwaa1" style="color:#286ed0;-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
might be worth $20,000
</a>
<span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
.
</span>
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MORNING READ
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Pepe Mujica, who died on Tuesday, didn’t much like Uruguay’s opulent presidential residence, with its chandeliers and marble. So when he was elected he chose to commute from his own home, a three-room shack.
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The choice was a political masterstroke that showed the value of
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world leaders who live like their constituents
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<span>
.
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<p style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;color:#333;margin:0 0 15px">
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Lives lived:
</span>
<span>
Nahid Rachlin, whose debut novel “Foreigner” provided insight into life in Iran before the 1979 revolution,
</span>
<a class="css-sdwaa1" style="color:#286ed0;-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline">
died at 85
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Literary ‘it’ girl:
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<span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
Françoise Sagan’s first novel, “Bonjour Tristesse,” was published in 1954. As a new film adaptation is released,
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the author still fascinates
</a>
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.
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<span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle;font-weight:700">
Barbie’s feet:
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<span style="font:normal 17px/25px georgia,serif;vertical-align:middle">
Over time, the doll’s feet have gone from permanently arched to, more often, flat.
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