Some Republican strategists are prepared to create ads that concede the White House to Hillary Clinton and urge voters to support down-ballot candidates who would keep the party in charge of Congress. Representative Scott Rigell, a Republican who opposes Donald J. Trump, is the first member of Congress to throw his support to Gary Johnson. The party, which held its convention on Saturday in Houston, has a new sense of vitality as its candidate, Jill Stein, draws about 5 percent in polls. Economic growth in advanced nations has been weaker for longer than it has been in most people’s lifetimes. Russia has not only avoided a quagmire in Syria, its successes on the battlefield against C.I.A.-backed rebels have given it new leverage in the Middle East. A look inside a fight for power behind the battlefield scene in Syria. Who is winning the proxy war between Moscow and Washington? The men’s and women’s basketball teams are again avoiding the athletes’ village at the Olympics for security reasons, although other high-profile athletes do not share the concern. A defrocked Irish priest accosted de Lima, the Rio caldron lighter, while he was leading the 2004 Olympic marathon. The assailant, now 69, isn’t quite remorseful. Here’s our daily roundup of what happened, and what is going to happen, at the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Despite the criticisms and fears swirling around the Games, they have begun, and for better or worse, Rio will have its moment. Competition begins Sunday with the women’s artistic gymnastics qualifying round. The International Boxing Association decided to eliminate the guards for amateur male boxers, concluding that they did not prevent concussions. Swimming pools pop up in slums, horses graze in schoolhouses, and public housing tenants pay negative rent on an island whose government has effectively gone broke. In a nation torn between embracing and fearing the migrants who have arrived in the past year, Aeham Ahmad has set himself the task of putting a human face on his fellow arrivals. Aeham Ahmad became a YouTube star by playing piano in the ruins of a Damascus, Syria, neighborhood. This video follows his journey to Europe through a single song, starting in Syria and ending at a performance in a Berlin. The disclosure of the “playbook” for drone strikes further lifts the secrecy cloaking a much disputed tactic for fighting terrorism outside conventional war zones. The Charleroi police said on Twitter that the assailant had been shot and killed, and that the officers’ injuries were not life-threatening. The team has announced a news conference for Sunday with Rodriguez, who appears to have worn out his usefulness to a team in transition. Mr. Fountain brought the traditional jazz of his native New Orleans to a national audience through frequent appearances on the Lawrence Welk and Johnny Carson television shows. The self-empowerment blogger and author of 16 books, including the Amazon best seller “Choose Yourself,” is an unlikely role model. President Obama’s 55th birthday party — which, like other private White House celebrations, was kept mostly secret — reflected his embrace of a glamorous stratum of American life. More Recent Articles |
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