Politics and Government

• Denied Peace Prize, Trump Tells Norway He’ll Push for Greenland - In a text message, President Trump told Norway’s prime minister he no longer felt obliged to “think purely of Peace” and that the world would not be secure until America controlled the island.
• What Vietnam’s Communist Party Congress Hopes to Achieve - One of Asia’s most dynamic nations is weighing how to balance government control with raising per capita G.D.P. by about 70 percent in five years.
• Real Estate Crash Weighs on China’s Economic Growth - Falling apartment prices have erased the savings of millions of Chinese households, but exports lifted the economy to 5 percent growth last year.
• Before Criticizing Pro-Hamas Chants, Mamdani Sought Jewish Leaders’ Input - The outreach by Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s team has demonstrated how the mayor is taking care to not inflame tensions on either side of the Israel-Gaza war.
• Can Cuba Survive Without Venezuela’s Oil? - President Trump stopped Venezuelan oil shipments to Cuba, and experts say disaster looms. Oil fuels its electric grid and without alternative supplies the country will plunge into extended darkness.
• Powell, an Unlikely Foil, Takes On Trump - Jerome H. Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve, this week tapped a groundswell of support that has been years in the making.
• Agent Who Shot Renee Good in Minneapolis Was Trained to Track and Apprehend Fugitives - From Iraq to ICE, Jonathan Ross’s career reflects a 20-year government effort to reshape immigration enforcement with a military mind-set.
• Ex-South Korean Leader Gets Prison Term in First Ruling Over Martial Law - A court handed down five years in prison to former President Yoon Suk Yeol, who is facing multiple trials stemming from his short-lived imposition of martial law.
• How Activists in Iran Are Using Starlink to Stay Online - Activists spent years preparing for a communications blackout in Iran, smuggling in Starlink satellite internet systems and making digital shutdowns harder for the authorities to enforce.
• Nobel Committee Takes Heat at Home as Machado Courts Trump in D.C. - The Venezuelan opposition leader’s attempts to share her award with the U.S. president have shaken some Norwegians’ faith in their signature soft-power tool.