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A wealthy Qatari businessman’s campaign to lead the sport’s global body is being investigated. One of his critics was detained and interrogated in Doha. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/25/world/middleeast/qatar-table-tennis.html Author : Hannah Beech Publish date : 2025-05-25 05:10:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

As President Trump blurs the lines between politics and business — and threatens steep tariffs on trade partners — governments feel compelled to favor Trump-related projects. Damien Cave, Vietnam bureau chief for The New York Times, and Katrin Bennhold, a senior writer on the international desk, discuss how this dynamic has played out in Vietnam, at the groundbreaking of a fast-tracked $1.5 billion Trump golf complex. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/asia/100000010182265/trump-organization-project-vietnam.html Author : Damien Cave, Katrin Bennhold, Alexandra Ostasiewicz, Christina Thornell, Nikolay Nikolov, Tung Ngo, Linh Pham and Laura Salaberry Publish date : 2025-05-25 04:01:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to

Beach season began Saturday with 280 lifeguards, well short of what the city needs, amid a yearslong staffing shortage. But more will come by summer’s peak. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/24/nyregion/beaches-open-lifeguard-shortage.html Author : Alyce McFadden, Wesley Parnell and Sean Piccoli Publish date : 2025-05-25 00:23:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

After Eton and a successful career in the British Army, he became, in his words, “the go-to guy for military coups.” The rewards (and risks) were enormous. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/world/africa/simon-mann-dead.html Author : Adam Nossiter Publish date : 2025-05-24 13:45:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Foreign contractors are set to carry out a contentious new food aid system in Gaza, displacing experienced aid agencies like the United Nations. It was conceived and largely developed by Israelis as a way to undermine Hamas. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/24/world/middleeast/israel-gaza-aid-plan.html Author : Patrick Kingsley, Ronen Bergman and Natan Odenheimer Publish date : 2025-05-24 20:33:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

The president threatened both Apple and the European Union with higher tariffs on Friday, saying trade talks with the Europeans had stalled. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/us/politics/trump-tariffs-eu-apple.html Author : Ana Swanson, Jeanna Smialek and Adam Satariano Publish date : 2025-05-24 14:21:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

The hourslong raids, involving hundreds of drones, were a reminder that any diplomatic resolution to the conflict remains far off. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/24/world/europe/ukraine-russia-prisoner-swap.html Author : Constant Méheut Publish date : 2025-05-24 15:21:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Organizers said that the festival quickly switched over to backup power and that its closing ceremony on Saturday would not be disrupted. The cause of the outage was not immediately clear. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/24/world/europe/cannes-festival-power-outage.html Author : Aurelien Breeden and Kyle Buchanan Publish date : 2025-05-24 13:23:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.