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Energy Dept. Aims to Speed Up Permits for Power Lines

The Biden administration has expressed growing alarm that efforts to fight climate change could falter unless the electric grids are quickly expanded.

Administration officials worry their plans to fight climate change could falter unless electric grids can quickly expand to handle more wind and solar power.

A Chinese Firm Is America’s Favorite Drone Maker. Except in Washington.

Par : Kate Kelly
U.S. authorities consider DJI a security threat. Congress is weighing legislation to ban it, prompting a lobbying campaign from the company, which dominates the commercial and consumer drone markets.

A DJI drone flying supplies to a search and rescue team during a training exercise in Ogden, Utah, this month.

Europe’s Policymakers Get Ready to Lower Rates, Regardless of the Fed

European Central Bank governors are highlighting cooler inflation as a sign the bank could cut interest rates before the Federal Reserve.

A neighborhood market in Madrid. High inflation in the eurozone is dissipating, and European Central Bank policymakers say their 2 percent inflation target is in sight.

FIFA Said to Be Close to TV Deal With Apple for New Tournament

The agreement would give the tech company worldwide rights for a monthlong World Cup-style competition between top teams set to take place next year.

The tournament, which will feature teams from around the world, will take place for the first time next summer, in the United States.

Top Chinese Swimmers Tested Positive for Banned Drug, Then Won Olympic Gold

The case, involving multiple swimmers who seven months later won medals at the 2021 Games, prompted accusations of a cover-up and concerns over why antidoping regulators chose not to intervene.

Zhang Yufei, center, was one of 23 top Chinese swimmers who tested positive for a performance-enhancing drug months before the Tokyo Olympic Games.

Land Under B.L.M. Management to Get New Protections

The measure elevates conservation in a number of ways, including by creating new leases for the restoration of degraded areas.

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland in 2021. She said the new rule announced on Thursday “helps restore balance to our public lands.”

Canadian Politicians Were Targeted by China in 2021, Report Says

Lawmakers testified at a public hearing on foreign interference that they had been caught in China’s cross hairs after criticizing it over human rights.

Since President Xi Jinping’s rise to power, China has stepped up efforts to sway elections in Canada and other countries, according to intelligence officials, academics and members of the diaspora.

Canadian Lawmaker Says China Had Chinese Students Vote for Him

Han Dong, a member of Parliament who is accused of benefiting from the Chinese government’s help, testified at a public hearing on foreign interference.

Han Dong’s testimony was part of an ongoing federal inquiry into foreign meddling in Canada’s political system, especially the general elections of 2019 and 2021.

Harsh Mongolian Winter Leaves Over 5 Million Animals Dead

Mass death caused by a weather event known in Mongolia as dzud has devastated herds, leaving thousands of families short of food.

A pile of sheep and goat carcasses in Bayanmunkh, in Mongolia’s Khentii Province. Nearly six million livestock have died in Mongolia this winter because of the dzud weather phenomenon.

Rocked by Deadly Terror Attack, Kremlin Amps Up Disinformation Machine

Conceding that the Islamic State alone carried out the assault on a Moscow concert hall would mean admitting to a security failure, and risk diluting Vladimir Putin’s narrative war with the West.

A makeshift memorial on Tuesday in front of the burned-out Crocus City Hall, the site of the deadly terrorist attack.

Bolsonaro Faces New Legal Jeopardy After Stay at Hungarian Embassy

Par : Jack Nicas
The Brazilian Supreme Court and the federal police are demanding answers from former President Jair Bolsonaro after a New York Times investigation.

Jair Bolsonaro speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Maryland in March 2023.

Luis Rubiales, Former Spanish Soccer Chief, Faces Arrest

Mr. Rubiales, who resigned after kissing a player at the Women’s World Cup, is a focus of Spanish investigators looking into accusations of corruption and money laundering.

Officers seized evidence on Wednesday a home in Granada, Spain, owned by the former Spanish soccer federation chief Luis Rubiales.

A Mexican Drug Cartel Targets Retirees and Their Timeshares

One of Mexico’s most violent criminal groups, Jalisco New Generation, runs call centers that offer to buy retirees’ vacation properties. Then, it empties its victims’ bank accounts.

Tourists in Puerto Vallarta, a popular beach town in Mexico, in February. Over the last five years, American timeshare owners were bilked out of $288 million, according to the F.B.I.

Russia Strengthens Its Internet Controls in Critical Year for Putin

Facing an election this weekend and the fallout from Aleksei Navalny’s death and the war in Ukraine, Russia has intensified online censorship using techniques pioneered by China.

St. Petersburg this month. Russia is taking a systemic approach to change the way its domestic internet functions, according to civil society groups, researchers and companies that have been affected.

Chinese National Accused of Stealing AI Secrets From Google

Linwei Ding, a Chinese national, was arrested in California and accused of uploading hundreds of files to the cloud.

A Chinese citizen accused of stealing A.I. technology was arrested at his home near Google’s headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., on Wednesday.

Johnson Floats Short-Term Spending Bill to Avert Partial Shutdown

The Republican speaker, who has come under bipartisan pressure to strike a deal that his far-right members are resisting, is weighing a temporary funding patch that would allow more time for negotiations.

Speaker Mike Johnson’s proposal would extend funding for some government agencies for a week, through March 8, and the rest for another two weeks, until March 22.

Hamas Rejects Cease-Fire Proposal, Dashing Biden’s Hopes of Near Term Deal

A day after President Biden suggested there could be a deal as soon as Monday, a Hamas official indicated the group would not trade Israeli troops held hostage for Palestinians imprisoned for terrorism.

Parachutes carrying aid dropped by Jordanian aircraft fell along the Gaza coast on Tuesday.

Republican Demands and Divisions Drive Impasse Toward a Shutdown

The spending stalemate that has brought the government to the brink of a shutdown is being fueled by G.O.P. demands to add conservative spending mandates opposed by President Biden and Democrats.

Speaker Mike Johnson told Republicans on Friday that they should not expect the inclusion of many of their major policy priorities, though he said he expected to secure a number of more minor victories.

Want to Play in the Asian Champions League? It Will Cost You.

Par : Rory Smith
The cost of business in Asia’s elite tournament keeps going up. The rewards do not.

Urawa Red Diamonds, the 2023 champion, was the rare team to make money off last year’s Asian Champions League.

Russia Arrests U.S. Citizen, Accusing Her of Treason by Aiding Ukraine

The country’s main security agency said the 33-year-old detainee lived in Los Angeles. A lawyers group said she was accused of donating $50 to the war effort.

The woman was arrested in the central Russian city of Yekaterinburg, according to the Federal Security Service.

U.S. Disrupts Hacking Operation Led by Russian Intelligence

The disruption is part of a broader effort to stymie Russia’s cybercampaigns against the United States and its allies, including Ukraine.

Christopher A. Wray, the F.B.I. director, shared details of the operation at an annual security conference in Munich.

FBI Director Wray Makes Secret Trip to Israel

Christopher A. Wray, whose agency has worked with Israeli authorities to pursue atrocities committed by Hamas, has made his first visit to Israel since the war began, the bureau disclosed.

Christopher A. Wray, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, in Washington last month.

Hind Rajab, Missing 6-Year-Old, Found Dead in Gaza, Aid Group Says

The Palestine Red Crescent had issued a series of posts about the girl, named Hind, and two rescuers sent to find her after she was trapped in a car with dead relatives in it.

Hind Rajab in an undated photograph. The 6-year-old Palestinian girl went missing two weeks ago after the family’s car came under fire in Gaza City.

Bolsonaro and Allies Planned a Coup, Brazil Police Say

Par : Jack Nicas
Brazilian federal police raided former government officials and ordered the former president to hand in his passport over accusations that they tried to overturn the 2022 election.

Jair Bolsonaro campaigning for a second term in 2022 in São Paulo, Brazil.

Gaza Rescuers Go Missing on Mission to Save a Girl Trapped in a Car

The Palestine Red Crescent said the girl, named Hind, was in a car in northern Gaza with six of her relatives who were all killed by Israeli fire. She was the sole survivor.

Northern Gaza on Friday.

Ceferin’s UEFA Term Limits Fight Renews Debate on Presidential Power

A proposal that would weaken term limits at European soccer’s governing body has insiders and governance officials worried that sports’ power brokers are forgetting why the rules exist.

Aleksander Ceferin, center, at last year’s Champions League final in Istanbul, with the president of FIFA, Gianni Infantino, left, and the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Ceferin’s UEFA Term Limits Fight Renews Debate on Presidential Power

A proposal that would weaken term limits at European soccer’s governing body has insiders and governance officials worried that sports’ power brokers are forgetting why the rules exist.

Aleksander Ceferin, center, at last year’s Champions League final in Istanbul, with the president of FIFA, Gianni Infantino, left, and the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

U.S. Leading Soft Landing for Global Economy

Economies all over the world are lowering inflation while avoiding serious recession — but growth in the United States stands out.

Americans have only slowly spent down the savings they amassed during the early pandemic years, so the money has continued to trickle through the economy like a slow-release booster shot.

F.B.I. Director Warns of China Hacking Threat

In testimony before Congress, Christopher A. Wray, the agency’s director, said Beijing was preparing to sow chaos if disputes with the United States flared into conflict.

President Xi Jinping is seen on a screen in Beijing. The issue of Taiwan’s independence is a major flashpoint that risks escalating into a war between China and the United States, F.B.I. Director Christopher A. Wray said.

FIFA Convictions Imperiled by Questions of U.S. Overreach

Two Supreme Court decisions and a lower court’s ruling have cast doubt on the legal basis for a host of prosecutions. Several defendants want their records cleared and their money back.

The FIFA corruption case burst into public view with the arrests of top soccer officials at a Zurich hotel in 2015.

Luis Rubiales, Ex-Chief of Spanish Soccer, to Face Trial Over World Cup Kiss

The ruling by a National Court judge resulted from a pretrial inquiry into an unsolicited kiss that set off a widespread debate about sexism in Spanish women’s soccer.

Luis Rubiales, then president of the Spanish football federation, with Jennifer Hermoso, a national team player, after the Women’s World Cup final in Sydney, Australia, in August.

After Years, F.B.I. Recovers Remains of American Woman in Afghanistan

The recovery of Cydney Mizell, an aid worker abducted in 2008, demonstrates the intricacies of tracking down hostages, particularly in a country where the United States no longer has a presence.

The disappearance of Cydney Mizell was one of the oldest terrorism kidnapping cases that the F.B.I. had worked on in Afghanistan.

Senate Advances Stopgap Bill to Avert a Partial Shutdown

The lopsided vote reflected broad backing for the measure in the Senate. It faces a more fraught reception in the House, where hard-right Republicans are opposed.

“The key to finishing our work this week will be bipartisan cooperation in both chambers,” Senator Chuck Schumer said.

Congressional Leaders Unveil Stopgap Bill to Head Off Shutdown

The bill would extend government funding through early March, teeing up a race to pass the bipartisan deal into law before an end-of-week deadline.

The bill, formed from a spending deal negotiated by Speaker Mike Johnson, right, and Senator Chuck Schumer, would extend funding until March.

737 Max Inspections Delayed as Boeing Revises Guidance

The Federal Aviation Administration said that Boeing’s instructions for how airlines should check the planes were insufficient and that the company would revise them.

Grounded Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 airplanes. The airline is one of the biggest operators of the Max 9.

Panel on Boeing Plane May Not Have Been Properly Attached, Agency Says

The National Transportation Safety Board’s statement about the Max 9 jet that had a midair blowout came hours after two airlines reported finding loose parts on some Max 9s.

Orange steps on Monday led up to the hole where a part of an Alaska Airlines plane blew out, forcing an emergency landing at Portland International Airport last week.

Two Capitol Riots. Two Very Different Results.

Par : Jack Nicas
Why has Brazil united in rejecting last year’s insurrection, while the United States remains deeply divided over Jan. 6?

On Jan. 8 of last year, a mob ransacked Brazil’s Congress and other offices, claiming an election had been stolen. Unlike the Jan. 6 rioters in Washington, the Brazilian protesters have almost no support now.

Spanish Soccer Star Testifies About Unwanted Kiss

Jennifer Hermoso, who was kissed on the mouth by Spain’s former soccer boss, Luis Rubiales, gave evidence at a hearing to determine whether Mr. Rubiales will be charged.

Jennifer Hermoso, center, leaving on Tuesday after a hearing at the National Court in Madrid.

Asian American Officials Cite Unfair Scrutiny and Lost Jobs in China Spy Tensions

National security employees with ties to Asia say U.S. counterintelligence officers wrongly regard them as potential spies and ban them from jobs.

“I know dozens of diplomats who have lost out on getting assignments to China, Hong Kong and Vietnam,” said Yuki Kondo-Shah, a diplomat in London who successfully fought an assignment restriction placed on her for Japan.

Boeing Urges Airlines to Inspect 737 Max Planes for Possible Loose Bolts

The F.A.A. said it was monitoring inspections after an airline discovered a bolt with a missing nut in the plane’s rudder-control system.

Boeing said it has delivered more than 1,370 of the aircraft, and was urging that all of them be inspected for the possible loose hardware.

Chess Federation Fines Player Over Her ‘Sports Shoes’

The Dutch chess player, who received an official warning, said she did not intend to violate the dress code when she wore her canvas Burberry sneakers at a chess championship in Uzbekistan.

Anna-Maja Kazarian said that leaving the venue of the World Rapid and Blitz Championships in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, to change her shoes made her feel stressed and unfocused during Thursday’s rounds.

Eiffel Tower Closes for Labor Action on Creator’s Anniversary

Tourists could not ascend the tower on Wednesday, the 100th anniversary of the death of Gustave Eiffel, the civil engineer after whom it was named.

La Tour Eiffel est fermée, said a sign by the landmark on Wednesday.

German Spy Official Goes on Trial Accused of Selling Secrets to Russia

The trial, held under stringent security conditions and expected to last months, caps one of the gravest espionage scandals in recent German history.

Judges and prosecutors at the Berlin court before Wednesday’s hearing. Under the trial’s security conditions, the chief judge surrendered his watch before entering.

France Plans to Lure FIFA With the Promise of a Tax-Free Home

A plan to persuade sports federations to move to the country could save them millions. Supporters and critics of the proposal say it is intended to tempt one governing body in particular.

FIFA headquarters in Zurich, the organization’s home since 1932.
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