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One of Europe’s powerhouses is losing its competitive edge, and the political class can’t agree on why — or what to do about it. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/world/europe/germany-government-collapse-economy.html Author : Jim Tankersley Publish date : 2024-12-17 13:52:31 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Mandates in the annual appropriations act, passed on Wednesday, call for the Pentagon to track and mitigate risks to troops’ brains from firing their own weapons. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/us/defense-bill-brain-injury-blast.html Author : Dave Philipps Publish date : 2024-12-18 19:06:44 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

As Donald J. Trump prepares to take office in the United States, President Volodymyr Zelensky will attend a dinner hosted by the NATO chief to plot the path forward in the war with Russia. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/world/europe/zelensky-eu-ukraine.html Author : Jenny Gross and Steven Erlanger Publish date : 2024-12-18 14:48:32 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

The hornet was discovered in a corner of Washington State. Five years later, a massive mobilization has eliminated the invasive species, at least for now. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/us/murder-hornet-washington.html Author : Mike Baker Publish date : 2024-12-18 18:26:37 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Corruption investigations may have shaken Beijing’s confidence in top commanders, but China’s military expansion hasn’t slowed, a report found. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/world/asia/china-nuclear-buildup.html Author : Chris Buckley and John Ismay Publish date : 2024-12-18 15:00:05 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Ukraine’s forces are steadily losing ground on the battlefield. The assassination of a top general in Moscow won’t improve their war effort, analysts and Western officials say. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/world/europe/russia-kirillov-ukraine-general.html Author : Michael Schwirtz Publish date : 2024-12-18 17:17:16 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

The online influencer has bragged about refusing to pay taxes. A London court found that he and his brother had not paid taxes on more than £21 million in business revenue. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/world/europe/uk-andrew-tate-taxes.html Author : Lynsey Chutel Publish date : 2024-12-18 16:33:51 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

The year was made up of extraordinary moments — and Times photographers captured them in extraordinary images. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/briefing/2024-the-year-in-pictures.html Author : Publish date : 2024-12-18 15:46:59 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

A U.S. official announced the move about the truce in Manbij, where Kurdish and Turkish-backed fighters have clashed, as U.S. and other foreign officials try to broker a lasting armistice. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/world/middleeast/cease-fire-extended-kurdish-forces-turkey-syria.html Author : Lara Jakes Publish date : 2024-12-18 15:19:16 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

For over three months, judges and lawyers have tried to grasp the true nature of the man who said he had invited dozens of strangers to join him in raping his drugged wife. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/world/europe/france-dominique-pelicot-rape-trial.html Author : Catherine Porter Publish date : 2024-12-18 14:50:25 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Funding its war against the United States, the Taliban reaped millions from boom towns trading opium, heroin and meth. Victorious, the group crushed the trade, leaving ghost towns in its wake. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/world/asia/afghanistan-opium-heroin-taliban.html Author : Azam Ahmed and Bryan Denton Publish date : 2024-12-18 14:12:29 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Problems with getting vaccines to families have left many children unvaccinated and in danger of contracting the virus. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/health/measles-congo-vaccines.html Author : Stephanie Nolen and Arlette Bashizi Publish date : 2024-12-18 13:27:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Syria’s new rulers say they will spare conscripts of Bashar al-Assad and pursue those who oversaw his regime’s abuses. Hundreds are lining up to learn which promise applies to them. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/world/middleeast/syria-assad-soldier-amnesty.html Author : Raja Abdulrahim and Ivor Prickett Publish date : 2024-12-18 10:04:35 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

The president-elect tapped the former football star for the job two years after a failed run for a Senate seat in Georgia. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/us/politics/herschel-walker-bahamas-trump.html Author : Chris Cameron Publish date : 2024-12-18 11:59:47 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

A Syrian Air flight from Damascus landed in Aleppo on Wednesday, as the country’s transitional government tries to demonstrate its ability to run the war-shattered country. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/world/europe/syria-flight-damascus-aleppo-rebels.html Author : Raja Abdulrahim Publish date : 2024-12-18 11:43:07 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Plus, a beefy new skin care trend. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/podcasts/fed-mangione-beef-tallow.html Author : Tracy Mumford, Ben Casselman, Edgar Sandoval, Ian Stewart and Jessica Metzger Publish date : 2024-12-18 11:00:16 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

If polls are correct, Olaf Scholz’s successor could be Friedrich Merz, 69, leader of the Christian Democratic Union. He is offering to get the German economic engine humming again. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/world/europe/germany-friedrich-merz-chancellor.html Author : Christopher F. Schuetze Publish date : 2024-12-18 10:11:02 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

The prisoners were airlifted from Guantánamo Bay in a secret operation nearly a year after they admitted to serving as foot soldiers for the accused Indonesian terrorist leader Hambali. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/us/politics/malaysian-prisoners-repatriated-gitmo.html Author : Carol Rosenberg Publish date : 2024-12-18 06:30:03 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Mr. Watson was facing extradition to Japan but was released after Denmark decided to reject the extradition request, his lawyer said. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/world/europe/denmark-anti-whaling-activist-no-extradition.html Author : Victor Mather Publish date : 2024-12-17 16:24:30 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

A battle for control of the chain shows how traditional business models embraced by family owners are clashing with a more shareholder-centric approach. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/business/7-eleven-japan-corporate-culture.html Author : River Akira Davis Publish date : 2024-12-18 08:43:46 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

The long-awaited study was criticized by the oil and gas industry and could help environmental groups that want to stop new export terminals. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/climate/natural-gas-lng-export-risks-united-states.html Author : Brad Plumer and Rebecca F. Elliott Publish date : 2024-12-17 21:00:35 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

The suspect, a 29-year-old citizen of Uzbekistan, confessed to planting the bomb that killed Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov in Moscow, a spokeswoman for Russian prosecutors said. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/world/europe/russia-general-killing-suspect-uzbekistan.html Author : Anatoly Kurmanaev Publish date : 2024-12-18 07:10:05 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Ahmed al-Shara said that fighters would be brought under the defense ministry’s authority. The announcement came as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel visited captured Syrian territory. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/world/middleeast/syria-rebels-government-israel.html Author : Euan Ward, Jenny Gross, Matthew Mpoke Bigg and Thomas Fuller Publish date : 2024-12-17 21:23:50 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Lawyers for the victims said it was the largest deal of its kind reached with the federal Bureau of Prisons. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/us/california-prison-settlement-sexual-abuse.html Author : Orlando Mayorquín Publish date : 2024-12-18 05:30:50 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Police leaders waited too long — three days — to trigger a national mobilization to tackle the anti-immigrant violence that broke out in Britain this year, a report found. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/world/europe/uk-riots-police-response-report.html Author : Megan Specia Publish date : 2024-12-18 05:01:04 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.