| Protests have erupted in France after a police officer shot and killed a 17-year-old during a traffic stop in a suburb of Paris.Beijing is weighing whether to deploy China’s power as an exporter to try to stabilize an unsteady economy.Some of India’s top-tier jobs receive nearly 1,800 applicants for every role. In other parts of the country, employers are turning to automation to make up for a lack of human labor.In the U.S., delays and cancellations have hit airports in the Northeast, just in time for the July 4 holiday. |
| Other Big Stories |
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| “Bidenomics”? President Biden is aiming to take the credit for what the White House describes as a record-breaking economic revival in America.The U.S. defense secretary, Lloyd Austin, met with his German counterpart, Boris Pistorius, in Washington, reaffirming the countries’ close military relationship.The prosecution in Kevin Spacey’s sexual assault trial in London is expected to deliver its opening statement tomorrow.Madonna will postpone her upcoming “Celebration” tour after being hospitalized with an infection. |
| Space & Environment |
| Astronomers have detected a low-pitched hum of gravitational waves echoing across the universe, likely from the merging of massive black holes.Groundwater pumping for crops and households may partially explain why Earth’s spin went off-kilter around the turn of the millennium.As the climate warms, extreme rain could replace mountain snow, making floods and landslides more likely, a study finds. |
| A Morning Read |
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| Each week, a 130-foot wooden vessel travels 500 miles up and down the Paraguay River — a floating ferry, supermarket, freight shipper and bar. On board are Mormon missionaries and Mennonite farmers, Indigenous chiefs and Japanese chefs. Welcome aboard the Aquidaban. |
| SPORTS NEWS FROM THE ATHLETIC |
| Wilfried Zaha, Stormzy and AFC Croydon Athletic: Inside the alliance between a Premier League star, a famous rapper and a nonleague soccer club. |
| Harry Kane to Bayern Munich? The guest columnist Alan Shearer, a former striker for England, provides insight on how players judge themselves. |
| Nurturing the future of Mercedes: A closer look at Gwen Lagrue, the F1 talent guru tasked with scouting, recruiting and coaching the likes of George Russell and Esteban Ocon. |
| From The Times: The star gymnast Simone Biles, whose appearance at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics was disrupted by mental health issues and who has not competed since, may be planning a comeback a year before the Paris Games. |
| ARTS AND IDEAS |
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| Fooling A.I. detection tools |
| Did the pope wear Balenciaga? Could Elon Musk have given a lifelike robot a little kiss? |
| A.I.-generated images depicting such scenes threaten society’s ability to separate fact from fiction. To sort through the confusion, a fast-burgeoning crop of companies now offer services to detect what is real and what isn’t, using sophisticated algorithms. |
| But some tech leaders and misinformation experts have expressed concerns that advances in A.I. will always stay a step ahead of the tools. The Times tested five new services, using more than 100 synthetic images and real photos. Often the services got it right — but not always. |
| What to Cook |
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| Serve chicken koftas over a zesty lime couscous. |
