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A three-time All-Star, he played for the Knicks and the Phoenix Suns. For one season, he and Tom Van Arsdale were hard-to-tell-apart teammates. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/sports/basketball/dick-van-arsdale-dead.html Author : Harvey Araton Publish date : 2024-12-17 00:08:09 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Ahmed al-Shara urged nations to remove sanctions from Syria and the terrorism designation from his group so Syria could rebuild. Bashar al-Assad also gave his first account of fleeing to Russia. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/world/middleeast/syria-al-shara-al-assad.html Author : Ben Hubbard, Matthew Mpoke Bigg and Thomas Fuller Publish date : 2024-12-16 22:33:23 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

After a Supreme Court decision ended race-based admissions, some law schools saw a decline in Black and Hispanic students entering this fall. Harvard appeared to have the steepest drop. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/us/harvard-law-black-students-enrollment-decline.html Author : Stephanie Saul and Anemona Hartocollis Publish date : 2024-12-16 22:50:58 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost a confidence vote in the German Parliament, ending the unpopular three-party coalition government he has led since 2021. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/world/europe/germany-government-collapse-olaf-scholz.html Author : Christopher F. Schuetze Publish date : 2024-12-16 19:34:24 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

The company and its Chinese parent invoked the First Amendment in urging the justices to step in before a Jan. 19 deadline to sell or be shut down. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/us/politics/tiktok-ban-supreme-court-first-amendment.html Author : Adam Liptak and Sapna Maheshwari Publish date : 2024-12-16 21:36:03 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Plus, the breakout stars of 2024. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/briefing/syria-germany-trump.html Author : Gaya Gupta Publish date : 2024-12-16 21:03:08 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Across the arts world, these 10 performers broke away from the pack this year by channeling guts and grit into their work. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/arts/breakout-stars-2024-music-tv-movies.html Author : Maya Salam Publish date : 2024-12-16 20:27:42 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

In an hourlong televised meeting with his top military brass, Vladimir Putin left Syria unmentioned and made it clear that winning in Ukraine was his top priority. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/world/europe/russia-putin-syria.html Author : Anton Troianovski Publish date : 2024-12-16 19:45:01 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost a confidence vote, deepening the political turbulence in one of the continent’s most powerful economies. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/world/europe/germany-confidence-vote-scholz-snap-election.html Author : Christopher F. Schuetze and Jim Tankersley Publish date : 2024-12-16 19:08:45 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Debra Tice wrote to the Israeli prime minister that her family had “credible information” that Austin Tice may be held in a prison outside Damascus, in an area where Israel had been conducting military operations. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/world/middleeast/austin-tice-mother-netanyahu-israel.html Author : Adam Entous Publish date : 2024-12-16 18:26:29 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

The comment by President-elect Donald J. Trump reflects an unusual relationship that has been encouraged by Mayor Eric Adams of New York as his federal corruption trial nears. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/nyregion/trump-pardon-eric-adams.html Author : Emma G. Fitzsimmons Publish date : 2024-12-16 17:42:55 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Bashar al-Assad purportedly issued an account of his flight to Russia in a statement posted to social media. The rebel alliance that drove him from power was trying to build international recognition. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12/16/world/syria-assad-rebels-news Author : The New York Times Publish date : 2024-12-16 17:17:32 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Lawyers for Lucy Letby, a British nurse found guilty of the murders of seven babies, said that new evidence about the prosecution’s lead witness undermined the case against her. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/world/europe/letby-murders-appeal.html Author : Megan Specia Publish date : 2024-12-16 16:32:49 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

The departure of Chrystia Freeland, who had been helping lead Canada’s response to the incoming Trump administration, threatens Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s hold on power. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/world/canada/chrystia-freeland-resigns-canada-finance-minister.html Author : Ian Austen and Matina Stevis-Gridneff Publish date : 2024-12-16 16:03:29 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

The New York City Campaign Finance Board voted to withhold as much as $4.3 million in matching funds from Mayor Eric Adams, hampering his re-election bid. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/nyregion/eric-adams-matching-funds-campaign-finance.html Author : Emma G. Fitzsimmons and Bianca Pallaro Publish date : 2024-12-16 15:27:56 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

The police say the bodies were found dead in a room above an Indian restaurant not long after a generator had been plugged in nearby. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/world/europe/georgia-ski-resort-carbon-monoxide-poisoning.html Author : Ali Watkins Publish date : 2024-12-16 14:50:07 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

a statement posted to the facebook account once used by president assad when he was in office Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12/16/world/syria-assad-rebels-news/syria-assad-rebels-news Author : Matthew Mpoke Bigg Publish date : 2024-12-16 14:10:59 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

The country’s former leader, Bashar al-Assad, appeared to give his first account of his flight from Syria in a statement posted to a Facebook account used by his presidency. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/world/middleeast/syria-assad-rebels-news.html Author : Matthew Mpoke Bigg Publish date : 2024-12-16 13:44:02 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

The president-elect and the president are in transition Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/opinion/mangione-penny-biden-trump.html Author : Gail Collins and Bret Stephens Publish date : 2024-12-16 13:02:48 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

The official death toll so far is 14, but there are fears that the number killed in the French territory by Tropical Cyclone Chido could be much higher. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/world/africa/mayotte-cyclone-chido-deaths.html Author : Amelia Nierenberg, Aurelien Breeden, Elian Peltier and Isabella Kwai Publish date : 2024-12-16 12:31:25 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Overnight strikes targeted former army positions, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a war monitor. Israel has said it aims to keep military equipment away from extremists. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/world/middleeast/syria-israel-strikes.html Author : Euan Ward Publish date : 2024-12-16 11:16:43 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Plus, a troubling trend in American schools. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/podcasts/trumps-lawsuit-amazon.html Author : Tracy Mumford, Neil MacFarquhar, Natasha Singer, Ian Stewart and Jessica Metzger Publish date : 2024-12-16 11:12:23 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

The Kurds helped the United States contain the Islamic State. Now they fear a resurgent Turkey that has long considered them an adversary. Here’s a guide. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/world/middleeast/kurdish-forces-syria-turkey-isis-america.html Author : Lara Jakes Publish date : 2024-12-16 10:02:14 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

President Yoon Suk Yeol shifted his country closer to Washington and stood up to Beijing. But that foreign policy could be recalibrated in the future. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/world/asia/south-korea-us-diplomacy.html Author : Choe Sang-Hun Publish date : 2024-12-16 08:59:23 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

The men were the last Australians still imprisoned in Indonesia for trying to smuggle heroin in 2005, in a case that became a diplomatic flashpoint between the countries. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/world/australia/bali-nine-ring-indonesia-return.html Author : Victoria Kim Publish date : 2024-12-16 08:31:59 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.