What DeepSeek’s Success Says About China’s Ability to Nurture Talent

What DeepSeek’s Success Says About China’s Ability to Nurture Talent

To many Chinese, DeepSeek’s success is a victory for China’s education system, proof that it equals that of the United States or has even surpassed it. The core team of developers and scientists behind DeepSeek, the Chinese start-up that has jolted the A.I. world, all attended university in China, according …

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A Sweeping Ban on D.E.I. Language Roils the Sciences

A Sweeping Ban on D.E.I. Language Roils the Sciences

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine is an independent, 162-year-old nongovernmental agency tasked with investigating and reporting on a wide range of subjects. In recent years, diversity, equity and inclusion — collectively known as D.E.I. — have been central to its agenda. But the Academies’ priorities changed abruptly …

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An American Teacher Went to Ukraine. Now He’s in a Russian Prison.

An American Teacher Went to Ukraine. Now He’s in a Russian Prison.

Stephen James Hubbard left America behind decades ago, first for Japan, then Cyprus and finally Ukraine. He didn’t like the government — any government, really. He was a wanderer, growing up in a small town in Michigan and traveling the world before ending up alone in the eastern Ukrainian town …

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Angela Merkel Is Retired. But She’s Still on the Ballot.

Angela Merkel Is Retired. But She’s Still on the Ballot.

A chorus of criticism greeted Friedrich Merz, the favorite to become Germany’s chancellor, last month when he broke a taboo against working with a hard-right party to pass legislation. But it was a lone voice of dissent that rocked the country’s political scene: Angela Merkel, the once-beloved former chancellor, who …

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European Court Ruling Gives Hope in Italy Region Known for Toxic Waste

European Court Ruling Gives Hope in Italy Region Known for Toxic Waste

Until a few days ago, Antonietta Moccia, a 61-year-old housewife, had little hope that the Italian authorities would ever tackle the illegal waste disposal that had long plagued her town and others just north of Naples. Her daughter was diagnosed with a rare cancer at age 5 in an area …

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Some Afrikaners Cheer as Trump Amplifies Claims of Persecution

Some Afrikaners Cheer as Trump Amplifies Claims of Persecution

For decades, some members of the white Afrikaner minority have been trying to convince anyone and everyone who would listen that they are the true victims in post-apartheid South Africa. They have made claims of mass killings of their people and widespread land grabs by a Black-led government that they …

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Here Is What to Know About U.S. Foreign Aid and the Trump Freeze

Here Is What to Know About U.S. Foreign Aid and the Trump Freeze

President Trump’s executive order freezing most U.S. foreign aid for 90 days has thrown into turmoil programs that fight starvation and deadly diseases, run clinical trials and seek to provide shelter for millions of displaced people across the globe. The U.S. Agency for International Development, or U.S.A.I.D., is the main …

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Hamas Makes Gaunt Israeli Hostages Thank Captors Before Release

Hamas Makes Gaunt Israeli Hostages Thank Captors Before Release

Hamas released three Israeli hostages on Saturday in exchange for 183 Palestinians jailed by Israel, in a staged handover where rifle-toting Hamas fighters prodded their gaunt captives to give short speeches, effectively at gunpoint, thanking the militants who had held them captive for 16 months. The events made an already …

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U.S.A.I.D. Workers Brace for the Worst

U.S.A.I.D. Workers Brace for the Worst

The thousands of people who work for the U.S. government’s main agency for humanitarian aid and disaster relief have been on the front lines of efforts to fight famine, contain virulent infectious diseases like H.I.V. and Ebola, and rebuild infrastructure in impoverished and war-torn countries. On Friday evening, just hours …

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