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Theresa May’s Brexit Deal Is Crushed by Parliament, Sending Britain Into Uncharted Waters Prime Minister Theresa May on Tuesday suffered a humiliating defeat over her plan to withdraw Britain from the European Union, thrusting the country further into political…

Ethiopian Airlines Flight Crashes Near Addis Ababa, Killing All Onboard An Ethiopian Airlines flight carrying at least 150 people crashed early Sunday shortly after departing from the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, en route to Nairobi, Kenya, the airline said, killing everyone onboard. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/10/world/africa/ethiopian-airlines-plane-crash.html?2

Paul Manafort, Trump’s Former Campaign Chairman, Guilty of 8 Counts ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Paul Manafort, President Trump’s former campaign chairman, was convicted on Tuesday in his financial fraud trial, bringing a dramatic end to a politically charged case that…

H.I.V. Is Reported Cured in a Second Patient, a Milestone in the Global AIDS Epidemic For just the second time since the global epidemic began, a patient appears to have been cured of infection with H.I.V., the virus that causes AIDS, scientists reported on Tuesday. The news comes nearly 12 years to the day after the first patient known to be cured, a feat that researchers have long tried, and failed, to duplicate. The surprise success now confirms that a cure for H.I.V. infection is possible, if difficult, researchers said. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/04/health/aids-cure-london-patient.html

Benjamin Netanyahu: Israel Prime Minister Faces Corruption Charges Israel's attorney general intends to indict Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on corruption charges. Mr Netanyahu faces possible charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust in connection with three cases. The prime minister is alleged to have accepted gifts from wealthy businessmen and dispensed favours to try to get more positive press coverage. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-47399539

Trump’s Talks With Kim Jong-un Collapse Over North Korean Sanctions President Trump and Kim Jong-un, North Korea’s leader, abruptly ended their second summit meeting on Thursday after talks collapsed with the two leaders failing to agree on any steps toward nuclear disarmament or measures to ease tensions on the Korean Peninsula. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/28/world/asia/trump-kim-vietnam-summit.html

Michael Cohen, Trump’s Ex-Lawyer Who Implicated Him in Hush-Money Scandal, Sentenced to 3 Years Michael D. Cohen, the former lawyer for President Trump, was sentenced to three years in prison on Wednesday morning for his role in a hush-money scandal that…

Trump Withdraws U.S. Forces From Syria, Declaring ‘We Have Won Against ISIS’ President Trump has ordered the withdrawal of 2,000 American troops from Syria, bringing a sudden end to a military campaign that largely vanquished the Islamic State but ceding…

Trump Declares a National Emergency, and Provokes a Constitutional Clash President Trump declared a national emergency on the border with Mexico on Friday in order to access billions of dollars that Congress refused to give him to build a wall there, transforming a highly charged policy dispute into a confrontation over the separation of powers outlined in the Constitution. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/15/us/politics/national-emergency-trump.html

El Chapo Convicted in Trial That Revealed Drug Cartel’s Brutality and Corruption The Mexican crime lord known as El Chapo was convicted on Tuesday after a three-month drug trial in New York that exposed the inner workings of his sprawling cartel, which over decades shipped tons of drugs into the United States and plagued Mexico with relentless bloodshed and corruption. https://nyti.ms/2UTgR8v

U.S. Suspends Nuclear Arms Control Treaty With Russia The Trump administration said on Friday it was suspending one of the last major nuclear arms control treaties with Russia, following five years of heated conversations between the two powers that failed to resolve a long-running American accusation that Moscow is violating the Reagan-era agreement. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/01/us/politics/trump-inf-nuclear-treaty.html

Trump Signs Bill Reopening Government for 3 Weeks in Surprise Retreat From Wall President Trump agreed on Friday to reopen the federal government for three weeks while negotiations continued over how to secure the nation’s southwestern border, backing down after a monthlong standoff failed to force Democrats to give him billions of dollars for his long-promised wall. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/25/us/politics/shutdown-deal-reached-trump.html?5