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These Are Drug Cartels Designated as Terrorists by the U.S.

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via NYT > World News President Trump has signed an order telling the Pentagon to begin using military force against certain criminal gangs that the United States has named terror organizations.

William H. Webster, Who Ran Both the F.B.I. and the C.I.A., Dies at 101

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via NYT > World News A former federal judge, he first came to the F.B.I. just as two of the worst spies in American history were running rampant.

What’s Behind the Thailand-Cambodia Conflict

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via NYT > World News A series of border skirmishes between Thailand and Cambodia escalated into a military conflict in July that killed dozens of people and rattled the region. As negotiations take place, Sui-Lee Wee, The New York Times’s Southeast Asia bureau chief, talks to Katrin Bennhold, a senior writer on the International desk, about the context behind the evolving dispute.

Friday Briefing: Netanyahu Plans to Fully Control Gaza

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via NYT > World News Plus, the global response to Trump’s tariffs.

South Africa’s Equity Laws, Reviled by Trump, Complicate Tariff Talks

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via NYT > World News Slapped with a steep tariff, South African officials hope for a deal, but some worry the U.S. may insist that it roll back measures that redress the damage of apartheid.

Charleston’s Climate Lawsuit Against Oil Giants Is Dismissed

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via NYT > World News The legal claim, one of a raft of lawsuits across the country, had accused companies of a yearslong disinformation campaign about climate change.

Thursday Briefing: Trump Threatens to Double India’s Tariffs

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via NYT > World News Also, a possible Russia-Ukraine-U.S. summit.