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Pakistan is one of the world’s top producers of red chile peppers, and the traditional ways of cultivating the peppers may not survive the challenges of climate change and soaring costs. So Pakistani farmers are trying to adapt.

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A total solar eclipse, the first that mainland Europe has seen in nearly 30 years, is happening on Wednesday. The moon will swallow the sun whole, casting a shadow hundreds of thousands of miles long onto Earth. Here's what to know.

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A powerful tropical cyclone buffeted China on Sunday evening, prompting the authorities to evacuate more than a million people on the country’s eastern coast and cancel hundreds of flights, as the storm continued its long path of destruction across the Pacific Ocean.

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Guren “Bobby” Zhou became one of the biggest buyers from President Trump’s cryptocurrency company, dropping $100 million. The retailer, who had previously come under investigation for money laundering, shows the ease with which investors with shady backgrounds can funnel money to the president.

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Lake Mead, the nation’s largest reservoir and a vital source of water for more than 25 million people across the Southwest, has dwindled to its lowest levels ever as the region struggles through a punishing drought.

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Ben Jones, the character actor who gained fame as Cooter on “The Dukes of Hazzard,” and who later served two terms in the U.S. House of Representatives as a Democrat from Georgia, died on Sunday at his home in Washington, Va. He was 84.

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An explosive wildfire in Canada that prompted evacuation orders for roughly 20,000 people over the weekend killed at least one person in British Columbia, the authorities said Sunday, as more than 100 blazes burned across the province.

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Drawn by a warming climate, beavers are migrating north — way north. Experts say their northward advance is a new chapter in the animal’s long and complicated history with Canada. nyti.ms/4xtQt7q

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President Trump announced on Sunday that Will Scharf, his staff secretary and a deeply conservative lawyer, would replace David Warrington as White House counsel, one of the few major changes in West Wing personnel since Trump returned to Washington.

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Taylor Farms, which has been linked to a large outbreak of cyclosporiasis associated with iceberg lettuce in the United States, said on Sunday that it was voluntarily recalling several of its products made with fresh jalapeños that have been tied to a multistate salmonella outbreak

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A man long sought by the authorities in Ireland on suspicion of links to organized crime appeared in a Dublin criminal court on Sunday following his extradition from the UAE. The defendant, Daniel Kinahan, has been accused of running a crime ring known as the Kinahan Cartel.

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Is it shameful, or sensible, to put down a book you don’t enjoy? DNF — shorthand for “did not finish” — and social media, have turbocharged a longstanding debate.

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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “Street medicine embodies what health care should be: tending to those who need it most,” Helen Ouyang writes. “It is also a stark indictment of our society that such care is as in demand as it is.”

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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com America is not yet at the brink of divorce between political parties, Kurt Andersen writes. “It’s more like a bitter, loveless marriage in which the parties stay technically but less and less enthusiastically united."

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Dr. Abdul El-Sayed spoke by phone with former President Barack Obama on Friday, days after winning the Democratic primary race for Senate in Michigan, according to their representatives. They discussed unifying the party before the November general election in Michigan, El-Sayed’s campaign said.

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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “Therapy needs a therapist of its own,” Daniel Duane, a therapist and writer, contends. The good news is that the neuroscience of perception can pave the way out, he writes.

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Sixty years ago, Ken Kesey’s psychedelic bus symbolized San Francisco’s counterculture revolution. With the U.S. once again facing war, polarized politics and cultural battles, his son thinks that old bus magic is needed and agreed to send it back to the city that spawned a movement. nyti.ms/4zeK5CX

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Oil prices rose and stocks were down slightly on Sunday as hopes were dashed for a breakthrough in the standoff over the Strait of Hormuz.

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Whether you’re dealing with Google’s Gemini or Amazon’s Alexa+, the story is the same: Big tech, in its frenzy to make voice assistants smarter and more powerful, has managed to make them worse. nyti.ms/4xfJ77m

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This retreat in Turkey is guiding visitors to seek transcendence through sema, the spiritual practice of whirling. nyti.ms/4xpwyGH

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The U.S. health care system requires the work of caregiving to fall to whoever else lives in a household — some of which are kids. But children in this role lack access to the state or federal resources available to their adult counterparts, leaving them with few places to turn. nyti.ms/4c9Uohw

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"Excellent! Cake was demolished by a group of 10 with rave reviews." nyti.ms/4c4OA90

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Anthony Scaramucci spent 11 days as communications director in the Trump White House nine years ago. Now, he is the host of a podcast about American politics, and a self-described life coach and therapist for European leaders seeking to understand President Trump, whom he now condemns.

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After Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York posted a series of video clips saying that she would freeze her eggs, she said in a TV interview on Sunday that she hasn’t “ruled out the possibility” of a White House bid, adding that she was “humbled” by the support she is receiving.

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Don Nelson, who won five NBA championships as a player with the Boston Celtics, went on to become a Hall of Fame head coach and one of the winningest in league history, has died. He was 86.

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When Israel launched its war against Hezbollah in March, the first targets the military warned it would strike were banks. Now, Hezbollah is grappling with its most severe economic strain in years, according to documents reviewed by The New York Times and interviews with officials and insiders.

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News Analysis: The Senate adjourned on Saturday, allowing senators to leave Washington without any concrete steps toward passing the voting restriction bill President Trump has demanded for months and that he suggested needs to be in place for the GOP to win the midterms.

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Geraldine de Haas, who became the driving force behind Chicago’s jazz resurgence in the 1970s and ’80s, organizing festivals and concert series, has died. She was 91.

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A flight from British Columbia to Toronto was canceled on Thursday after a child would not sit down and buckle a seatbelt before takeoff, the airline said. Passengers aboard the plane had to wait for a flight the next day.

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News Analysis: The Strait of Hormuz is Iran’s best leverage to get the U.S. to release Iran’s frozen assets, lift economic sanctions and end its naval blockade.

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