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How the “Elon Musk-Taylor Swift paradigm” can resolve US-China relations.
analysis
World
The New York Times

How Elon Musk & Taylor Swift can resolve US-China relations

THOMAS L FRIEDMAN: The Chinese still need the US market for their exports. But they will not be pushovers. Both Beijing and Washington will be much better off with a bargain.

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THE NEW YORK TIMES: The Trump show is returning. Will it be triumph, tragedy or farce?
analysis
US Politics
The New York Times

The Trump show is returning. Will it be triumph or tragedy?

Culturally, even if he continues to be a font of memes — recently, athletes have taken to doing his herky-jerky ‘Trump dance’ — his presidency represents a long-in-the-tooth show in its 10th season or so.

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Rebel fighters celebrate with other Syrians after the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime, in Damascus, Dec. 9, 2024.
World
The New York Times

How will the Rebels rule Syria? Their past offers clues

The primary question is whether these rebels, who are now trying to form a national government, can scale up what they achieved in Idlib, a poor, agrarian region with a relatively small population.

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US President-elect Donald Trump had "productive" talks with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. (EPA PHOTO)
US Politics
The New York Times

Nobel nomination for Trump as Ukraine pleads for help

From desperate stabs at diplomacy to fanciful flattery, Ukrainian officials are doing everything they can to bring Donald Trump into their corner to strengthen their position in the war against Russia.

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JAMELLE BOUIE: The Republican Party could wither and die, and Donald Trump would not care, provided it did not disrupt his ability to enrich himself and his family. 
Opinion
The New York Times

A political reckoning will come for Donald Trump, too

JAMELLE BOUIE: The Republican Party could wither and die, and Donald Trump would not care, provided it did not disrupt his ability to enrich himself and his family. 

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President Javier Milei of Argentina, a hard-right politician, speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Dec. 4, 2024.
US Politics
The New York Times

Why Trump’s new favourite foreign leader is ‘the Madman’

MICHELLE GOLDBERG: Javier Milei, the wild-haired Argentine president known by his supporters as “the madman,” has lately edged out Hungary’s Viktor Orban as the MAGA movement’s chief international inspiration.

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Great powers have fought for centuries for influence in the territory known today as Syria, each seeing a prize in its strategic position. That struggle continues today.
World
The New York Times

What to know about the countries still fighting in Syria

Great powers have fought for centuries for influence in the territory known today as Syria, each seeing a prize in its strategic position. That struggle continues today.

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People react to the fall of Syrian regime in Umayyad Square on December 8, 2024 in Damascus, Syria.
analysis
World
The New York Times

‘No matter what comes next, it won’t be worse than Assad’

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Given the complexity of Syria’s internal dynamics, some think that Assad’s departure is more likely to widen the rifts left by the country’s 13-year war than heal them.

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Insurgents have tried to enter Hama since Tuesday and have begun to push through, they say. (AP PHOTO)
Middle East
The New York Times

Spy agencies on alert over Syria’s chemical weapons

US spy agencies are closely monitoring chemical weapons storage sites, looking for indications that forces loyal to President Bashar Assad are preparing to use them against rebel groups fighting to depose him.

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The sounds and lessons of 1984 have been durable and widely recycled by countless synthesizer-pumped 21st-century hitmakers, among them the Weeknd (Blinding Lights) and Sabrina Carpenter (Please Please Please).
The New York Times
The New York Times

Remembering 1984, The Year Pop Stardom Got Supersized

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Forty years ago, the chemistry of pop stardom was irrevocably changed. The indelible albums of 1984 were turning-point releases, pivotal bits from acts decisively multiplying their impact.

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Brian Hughes, a spokesperson for the presidential transition, said Trump and Musk are “great friends and brilliant leaders.”
US Politics
The New York Times

The Silicon Valley billionaires steering Trump’s transition

The new generation of tech leaders — epitomised by Elon Musk — often has a right-wing ideology and a sense that they have an opportunity to shift the balance of power in favor of less-fettered entrepreneurship.

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A number of patterns have emerged among the people President-elect Donald Trump has indicated he wants to fill his Cabinet and other senior-level positions in his administration.
US Politics
The New York Times

What connects Donald Trump’s new staff picks?

A number of patterns have emerged among the people President-elect Donald Trump has indicated he wants to fill his Cabinet and other senior-level positions in his administration.

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French MPs have backed a no-confidence motion that forces Prime Minister Michel Barnier to resign.
World
The New York Times

What to expect as France’s Prime Minister falls

THE NEW YORK TIMES: France’s Prime Minister, Michel Barnier, lost a no-confidence vote, leaving the country without a functioning government or a clear path to a budget as it enters the new year.

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South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol speaks during a press briefing at the presidential office in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024.
World
The New York Times

Who steps in if South Korea’s President is forced out?

South Korea’s opposition, which controls the National Assembly, has threatened to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol if he does not resign after his ill-fated decision to impose martial law. Who will step in?

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THE NEW YORK TIMES: Pardoning Hunter complicates the legacy that Joe Biden envisioned.
analysis
US Politics
The New York Times

Pardoning Hunter complicates the legacy Biden envisioned

THE NEW YORK TIMES: In the desultory final days of his administration, Joe Biden finds himself repudiated, even by some Democrats, as the president who refused to step aside and who pardoned his son.

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