Trump Draft Order Would Drastically Overhaul U.S. State Department

The draft executive order to be signed by President Trump would eliminate Africa operations and shut down bureaus working on democracy, human rights and refugee issues.

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Ukraine Says Russia Violated Easter Truce

President Zelensky of Ukraine said the front lines had seen artillery fire and drone attacks, and that his troops were responding in kind.

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Osaka World Expo Recalls a Faded Dynamism From Japan in 1970

The event is stirring memories of an exhibition in 1970, when the postwar Japanese economy was taking off and “you could have dreams about the future.”

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Inside a City Swept by Roving Gunmen, Deadly Grudges and Fear

A sectarian-fueled killing spree exposed how fragile peace is in Syria, where the government’s control is limited and tension runs deep after nearly 14 years of civil war.

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Strawberries Aren’t Ripe for Africa? His Farms Disprove That, Deliciously.

Thierno Agne left behind studying law to grow strawberries, a shocking move in Senegal, where farming is considered work for the old, poor and uneducated. His success is making the profession “sexy.”

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Inside the Urgent Fight Over the Trump Administration’s New Deportation Effort

The push to deport a group of Venezuelans raises questions about whether the government is following a Supreme Court order requiring that migrants receive due process.

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Mother and Son, 8, Found Dead in Bronx Home With Daughter, 4, Left Alone

It was not immediately clear how long the two had been dead or how long the younger daughter had been surviving alone in the apartment.

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An Urgent Supreme Court Order Protecting Migrants Was Built for Speed

In an overnight ruling blocking the Trump administration from deporting a group of Venezuelans, the justices ignored some of their protocols.

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A Timeline of the Trump Administration’s Use of the Alien Enemies Act

Legal challenges over the powerful wartime law have gone all the way to the Supreme Court.

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Trump Administration Asks Justices to Reject A.C.L.U. Request to Pause Deportations

The solicitor general asked the Supreme Court to ‘dissolve’ their temporary block on the deportations of Venezuelans and to allow lower courts to consider the case.

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