Trump’s USAID Cuts Halt Agent Orange Victims Program in Vietnam

17/02/2025 20:06 New York Times

Fifty years after the Vietnam War ended, President Trump’s gutting of foreign aid has halted American efforts to address a toxic legacy and build a strategic partnership.

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Zelensky Lashes Out at Trump for Excluding Ukrainians From Peace Talks

Left out of a meeting between American and Saudi officials, the Ukrainian leader also canceled a trip to Riyadh....

18/02/2025 21:24 New York Times

Europe, Dazed by Trump, Confronts Hard Choices in Ukraine

Faced with undisguised hostility from the Trump administration, Europeans are preparing for what is shaping up to be a go-it-alone era....

18/02/2025 19:47 New York Times

U.S.-Russia Talks in Saudi Arabia Set to Go Beyond Ukraine

The two sides met in Saudi Arabia for their most extensive discussions in years. In addition to Ukraine, business ties were on the table....

18/02/2025 18:47 New York Times

When a Journey Home to Israeli-Occupied Lebanon Becomes Deadly

Thousands uprooted by the war in Lebanon have been unable to reach southern towns occupied by Israel, but some have tried anyway. For one man, the journey was deadly....

18/02/2025 18:28 New York Times

South Africa Is a Warning

By closing their frontiers to migrants, rich countries risk destabilizing important nations across the globe....

18/02/2025 10:01 New York Times

Okinawa Is a Japanese Island Caught Between the U.S. and China

Residents of the Japanese island see U.S. bases as a legacy of war and colonialism, but younger generations also worry about a threat from China....

18/02/2025 05:01 New York Times

Russia Frees American Prisoner Before Talks With U.S.

The release of Kalob Byers Wayne, who was arrested on drug charges on Feb. 7, came on the eve of talks about the war in Ukraine....

18/02/2025 00:49 New York Times

Education Dept. Gives Schools Two Weeks to Eliminate Race-Based Programs

The department’s Office for Civil Rights warned that it would penalize schools that consider race in scholarships, hiring and an array of other activities....

17/02/2025 22:59 New York Times

European Leaders Meet to Discuss Ukraine War as Trump Officials Prepare For Russia Peace Talks

The hastily called gathering was part of a flurry of diplomacy expected to center on Ukraine this week as Trump officials prepare to start talks with Russia on their own....

17/02/2025 21:47 New York Times

Rubio Meets Saudi Crown Prince for Talks on Gaza and Ukraine

Marco Rubio’s visit to Riyadh, his first as secretary of state, came amid uncertainty about the future of Gaza and Ukraine and criticism of unilateral U.S. moves over the wars in both places....

17/02/2025 19:57 New York Times

The New York Times Wins 3 Polk Awards

The Times was honored for an investigation into extremism in Israel, coverage of the civil war in Sudan and a narrative about a Russian soldier who defected from the war in Ukraine....

17/02/2025 18:29 New York Times

The Land Ukraine Could Be Forced to Give Up to End the War

President Trump has promised to bring a quick end to the war in Ukraine, suggesting that Russia could keep at least some of the Ukrainian territory it had captured. Andrew Kramer, the New York Times bureau chief in Kyiv, explains how this would leave Ukraine divided in two: one side with its governm...

17/02/2025 16:43 New York Times

Supreme Court Considers Trump’s Power, and Musk’s Team Wants Access to I.R.S. Records

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17/02/2025 13:30 New York Times

Keir Starmer Offers to Send U.K. Troops to Ukraine as Part of Peace Deal

Prime Minister Keir Starmer said for the first time on Sunday that he was “ready and willing” to deploy troops to help guarantee Ukraine’s security....

17/02/2025 13:12 New York Times

How Can the Russia-Ukraine War End? A Guide to a Possible Peace Deal

Balancing Ukraine’s sovereignty with Russia’s demand for its own “security guarantees” promises to be the hardest part of any negotiation. But experts see possible compromises....

17/02/2025 10:21 New York Times

Putin Has Long Wanted More Power in Europe. Trump Could Grant It.

Remarks by Vice President JD Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth are fueling concerns that the U.S. will move away from Europe and align with Moscow....

17/02/2025 00:25 New York Times

Trump’s Proposal to Expel Palestinians From Gaza Hangs Over Rubio’s Israel Trip

Scholars of international law say President Trump’s vision for American control of a Gaza without Palestinians would be ethnic cleansing and a war crime....

16/02/2025 19:54 New York Times

Left Out of Ukraine Talks, Europe Races to Organize a Response

The Trump administration’s push for direct negotiations with Russia without Ukraine’s involvement leaves the European allies with no clear role....

16/02/2025 18:24 New York Times

Ukraine Won’t Accept a Deal It Didn’t Help Negotiate, Zelensky Says

Volodymyr Zelensky, the president of Ukraine, told NBC News that he’d warned President Trump that Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, is a “liar.”...

16/02/2025 17:35 New York Times

Trump Aides to Meet With Russian Officials About Ukraine Next Week

Talks involving Secretary of State Marco Rubio and two other senior Trump officials would be the first between American and Russian delegations since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022....

16/02/2025 15:38 New York Times

How Pet Parrots Started a War Inside an NYC Apartment Building

How noise complaints in a Manhattan co-op led to a $750,000 legal settlement and shattered a friendship....

16/02/2025 10:01 New York Times

Zelensky Rejects Trump Administration Demand for Half of Ukraine’s Mineral Resources

President Volodymyr Zelensky publicly faulted the American proposal because it did not include security guarantees....

16/02/2025 09:13 New York Times

A Pro-Ukraine Activist Is Accused by Slovakia’s Leader of Trying to Topple Him

A woman who runs a pro-Ukraine group has been accused by Prime Minister Robert Fico of Slovakia of plotting to topple him as part of his campaign against organizations he says are funded from abroad....

16/02/2025 08:27 New York Times

Hegseth’s Bruising 72-Hour Debut Overseas

It was a crash course in geopolitical realities as the new defense secretary stepped onto the world stage....

15/02/2025 23:35 New York Times

Amazon Union Push Falls Short at North Carolina Warehouse

The outcome was a setback for workers trying to score a second election success at an Amazon facility. The union vowed to keep trying to organize....

15/02/2025 22:40 New York Times

Even in Death, Navalny Is Seen by the Kremlin as an Enduring Threat

Russian authorities have zealously prosecuted people with links to Aleksei A. Navalny’s organization inside Russia in the year since he died....

15/02/2025 12:39 New York Times

A Quick, Quiet Trip to Belarus Signals a Turn in U.S. Policy

After years of the U.S. trying to isolate Russia’s closest ally, a meeting with Belarus’s president points to better relations, raising hopes of loosening his repression and his embrace of Moscow....

15/02/2025 10:34 New York Times

Diplomats in Munich Fear Trump Is Giving Up Leverage to Putin Before Talks With Ukraine

Diplomats at the Munich Security Conference were uttering “appeasement,” with all its historical resonance, to describe the Trump administration’s approach to negotiations to end the war in Ukraine....

15/02/2025 03:35 New York Times

The Sierra Nevada Just Had an ‘Epic Snow Day’

The mountain range straddling California and Nevada has had mostly warm storms this winter. Finally, a cold one has piled up multiple feet of snow....

15/02/2025 02:59 New York Times

Vance Tells Europeans to Stop Shunning Parties Deemed Extreme

His comments shocked attendees at the Munich Security Conference and seemed to target efforts to sideline the hard-right party the Alternative for Germany....

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