The al-Assad Family’s Legacy Is One of Savage Oppression

A dynasty bombed and detained thousands of opponents, building fearsome internal security agencies to quash unrest.

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Syria’s Army Was Hollowing Out Long Before Rebels’ Advance

While multiple factors contributed to the fall of President Bashar al-Assad, corrosion inside his own military did not help, analysts say.

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Bashar al-Assad of Syria Falls to Rebels

President Bashar al-Assad had kept opposition forces at bay for a decade with help from Russia and Iran. But rebels struck at a moment of weakness for those countries.

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Apple Faces Lawsuit Over Child Sexual Abuse Material on iCloud

Victims of abuse are seeking more than $1.2 billion in damages, arguing that the company abandoned a 2021 system it developed to find abusive material.

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NYPD Releases New Images of Suspect in UnitedHealthcare CEO Shooting

The New York Police Department released two images as the manhunt for the gunman who fatally shot Brian Thompson, chief executive of UnitedHealthcare, continued.

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Trump Says He Does Not Have Plans to Replace Jerome Powell as Fed Chair

Donald J. Trump, the president-elect, said he doesn’t “see it” when asked if he would try to oust the head of America’s central bank.

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Trump Signals Aggressive Opening to 2nd Term on NBC’s ‘Meet the Press’

In his first sit-down broadcast network interview since winning re-election, President-elect Donald J. Trump vowed to pardon Capitol attackers and to try to end automatic citizenship for children of immigrants.

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Fact-Checking Trump on ‘Meet the Press’: Tariffs, Immigration and More

The president-elect repeated several false and inaccurate claims on a range of topics that were staples of his 2024 campaign.

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Chiung Yao, Influential Taiwanese Romance Novelist, Dies at 86

One of the most successful writers in the Chinese-speaking world, she filled her plots with twists and turns, but love always transcended all.

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Angela Alvarez, Great-Grandmother Who Won a Latin Grammy, Dies at 97

Her only album made her a media star after she had raised four children and worked as a house cleaner — proving, she said, that “it’s never too late.”

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