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Vance Blames Migrant ‘Invasion’ for UK Stabbing

British officials accused Vice President JD Vance of trying to “stir up division” in his comments on the murder of Henry Nowak, whose killer was sentenced to life in prison last week.

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Tributes for Henry Nowak outside the Portswood Police Station in Southampton, southern England, last week.
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Two New Studies Ask: Did the iPhone Cause Birthrates to Decline?

Modern smartphones rolled out in 2007, the year that fertility rates began falling. Two studies say that is not a coincidence.

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Fertility is not just dropping in the United States. The mystery is now a near-global phenomenon.
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Trump, Mamdani and the Knicks: A Manic Monday Awaits New York

When the Knicks return home for Game 3 of the N.B.A. finals, much of New York City will be watching, including some well-known guests.

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A ‘Miraculous Transformation’: How Kim Jong-un Fortified North Korea

He used the pandemic to ruthlessly tighten his grip on the country. Then he energized its economy by leveraging Russia’s war in Ukraine.

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Kim Jong-un arriving at the Dong Dang railway station in Vietnam, near the Chinese border, in 2019.
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