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Going the Distance at the Tram Driver Olympics

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via NYT > World News Europe’s public transit captains showed off their skills at an annual championship. “We have been practicing,” a Dutch competitor said. “But the other teams have also been practicing, too.”
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Why is Ye, Formerly Kanye West, Doing a Show in China?

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via NYT > World News The provocative artist once known as Kanye West has received approval that was denied to Maroon 5 and Bon Jovi. China’s economic woes might be why.
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Paris Throws a Final Olympics Bash

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via NYT > World News Tens of thousands cheered, clapped, danced and sang to celebrate French athletes and to relive, one last time, the Games that uplifted a nation.
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Brazilian Court Makes One Musk Company Pay Fines of Another

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via NYT > World News A Brazilian Supreme Court justice said that because Elon Musk controlled both X and Starlink, one company was responsible for the fines of the other.
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Pope Says Both Trump and Harris Are ‘Against Life’

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via NYT > World News He said American Catholic voters had to choose the “lesser of two evils” because of Donald Trump’s cruelty toward immigrants, and Kamala Harris’s support of abortion rights.
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Vance Describes Plan to End Ukraine War That Sounds a Lot Like Putin’s

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via NYT > World News Former President Donald J. Trump would tell the Russians, Ukrainians and Europeans to “figure out what a peaceful settlement looks like,” Senator JD Vance, his running mate, says.
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Stolen Yousuf Karsh Portrait of Winston Churchill Recovered in Italy

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via NYT > World News A forgery delayed the discovery of the theft of the photograph long enough for it to be sold at an auction in London.
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