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The Lourve will not be compensated for its $156 million loss. It turns out none of the royal items were insured.

Why weren’t the jewels stolen from the Louvre insured?

THE NEW YORK TIMES: The Lourve will not be compensated for its $156 million loss. It turns out none of the royal items were insured.

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President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he was imposing significant new sanctions on Russia.

Trump hits Russia with sanctions as Putin frustration mounts

The sanctions are among the most significant measures that the United States has taken against the Russian energy sector since the beginning of the war in Ukraine.

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The White House is demolishing the entirety of the East Wing to make way for President Trump’s $200 million ballroom, a construction project that is far more extensive than he initially let on.

Trump demolishes White House’s East Wing despite vow not to

THE NEW YORK TIMES: The White House is demolishing the entirety of the East Wing to make way for President Trump’s $200 million ballroom, a construction project that is far more extensive than he let on.

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Disturbing details of a neo-nazi group’s plot against migrants and their places of worship have come to light.

Neo-nazi referred to himself as the ‘Fuhrer’

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Disturbing details of a neo-nazi group’s plot against migrants and their places of worship have come to light.

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America struggles with China’s ability to build things.

Silicon Valley’s China envy reveals American identity crisis

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Two narratives — China as cheater and China as colossus — are simplistic reactions to something far more complex. Yet their popularity reveals something deeper about the American psyche.

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Vice President JD Vance and Second Lady Usha Vance arrive at Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv.

Vance says Gaza truce ‘going better than expected’

THE NEW YORK TIMES: With the cease-fire deal under strain, the US Vice President is set to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other leaders.

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A woman’s years-long fight for justice after being sexually assaulted has finally led to a powerful courtroom moment.

Man who wrote ‘so I raped you’ handed sentence

A woman’s years-long fight for justice has finally led to a conviction after she received shocking messages.

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Spanish has become a sanctioned indicator of potential criminality in the United States of America.

Speaking Spanish in America feels like a transgressive act

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Spanish has become a sanctioned indicator of potential criminality in the United States. The world’s fourth most spoken tongue has been deemed the sound of bad hombres in our midst.

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Trump orders airline staff to ignore gender neutral passport markers.

Airlines drop gender-neutral ‘X’ under new rule

Airlines have been ordered to ignore gender-neutral ‘X’ passport markers and classify all travellers as male or female under a new Trump-era directive.

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The last ten years of Trumpism have damaged the American soul.

Trumpism has twisted the American soul

THE NEW YORK TIMES: What happens in the group chat sure doesn’t stay in it, but the latest onslaught of racist and misogynistic messages is just a symptom of a depressingly perpetual story.

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Speculation about Xi’s future is highly sensitive and censored in China.

China’s forbidden question: Who leads after Xi?

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Xi faces a dilemma familiar to long-serving autocrats. Naming a successor risks creating a rival centre of power and weakening his grip, but failing to could jeopardize his legacy.

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Smoke billows following an Israeli strike that targeted a building in the Bureij camp for Palestinian refugees in the central Gaza Strip on October 19, 2025.

Israel strikes Gaza, halts aid, claiming Hamas broke truce

Israel has launched a wave of attacks on Gaza after accusing Palestinian militants of attacking its forces across cease-fire lines.

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Sabah Abu Ghanem prepares food with her children in a makeshift kitchen in Gaza City.

The heartbreaking reality as Gazans return home

Thousands of Palestinians have returned to Gaza City to find their neighbourhoods destroyed and lives in limbo, as a fragile ceasefire halts the fighting but offers little clarity about what comes next.

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The Louvre Museum was robbed by thieves, and here is what they took.

The Louvre heist: What thieves dared to take

Thieves pulled off one of Paris’s most audacious museum heists, vanishing with treasures of ‘incalculable’ value — and leaving one royal item behind.

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Demonstrators march through the streets of downtown despite heavy rain for the No King Day.

‘No Kings Day’ chaos as protesters flood US streets

A nationwide wave of ‘No Kings Day’ protests saw thousands march against Donald Trump’s leadership, calling for justice, humanity, and accountability.

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