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BRUSSELS — The former president of Catalonia, Carles Puigdemont, and four former members of his regional government turned themselves in to the Belgian police on Sunday morning, a spokesman for the Brussels prosecutor’s office said. The spokesman, Gilles Dejemeppe, said that they would be questioned over the next 24 hours by an investigative judge.

WASHINGTON — William C. Dudley, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and a vocal proponent of improving the “culture” at big banks, was expected to announce his retirement as early as this week, according to two people familiar with the decision. Mr. Dudley, 64, became president of the New York Fed in January 2009 when he replaced Timothy F. Geithner, who left to become treasury secretary under President Barack Obama. After joining the regional Fed bank in 2007, Mr.

■ The Dallas Cowboys were happy to have Ezekiel Elliott for another week, and put together a strong offensive effort in a 28-17 victory over the Chiefs. ■ Kirk Cousins shocked the Seattle Seahawks with a late, 4-play scoring drive that gave the Redskins a much-needed 17-14 win. ■ Earlier, the Eagles demolished the Denver Broncos, 51-23, behind four touchdowns from Carson Wentz and a breakout game from newly-acquired Jay Ajayi. Here’s a look at what happened in N.F.L.

WASHINGTON — For years, conservative activists have clamored for the ouster of John A. Koskinen, the Internal Revenue Service commissioner, who became a boogeyman for the right amid accusations that the agency was unfairly targeting Republicans. This week, their wish for his departure will finally be fulfilled. Mr. Koskinen’s term in office ends on Thursday, concluding a tenure in which he sought to stabilize an institution that landed at the center of a political firestorm. But Mr.

The campaign for Virginia governor has divided voters along demographic lines highly reminiscent of last November’s presidential election, according to a New York Times Upshot/Siena College poll on Sunday, and the Democrat, Ralph Northam, holds a modest three-point lead over the Republican, Ed Gillespie, 43 percent to 40 percent. It is the latest poll to show a tight race. The election is Tuesday, and the poll was conducted Oct. 29 to Thursday, a period when Mr.

ANNANDALE, Va. — Propelled by demographic changes that are turning Virginia into an increasingly blue state and a liberal base energized by the convulsive Trump presidency, Democrats have long been favored to retain the governorship here when the state goes to the polls on Tuesday. But a racially tinged, divisive campaign by the Republican nominee, Ed Gillespie, who has transformed himself from establishment fixture to culture warrior, has tightened the race and, perhaps, presented a template for how to run a state campaign in the Trump era. And while he is still favored to win, Lt. Gov.

WASHINGTON — In his five years as chairman of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, Representative Lamar Smith transformed the once almost invisible position into a powerful bully pulpit. From it, he tried to dismantle Obama-era climate policies, undermine scientific consensus and browbeat federal agencies for what he called scientific fraud. But with his run as chairman nearly done, the 69-year-old Texan announced on Thursday that he would retire rather than seek a 17th term in Congress and a spot on the backbench.

TOKYO — President Trump kicked off an extensive swing through Asia with a campaign-style rally on Sunday with American troops in Japan, as he looked toward a lengthy trip likely to be dominated by talks on confronting the nuclear threat from North Korea. In a speech after Air Force One landed at Yokota Air Base in Tokyo on a crisp, sunny morning, Mr. Trump never mentioned Pyongyang by name.

SANAA, Yemen — The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen closed off the land, sea and air ports to the Arab world's poorest country early Monday after a rebel-fired ballistic missile targeted Riyadh, blaming the launch on Iran and warning it could be "considered as an act of war." The coalition's statement ramps up tensions between the ultraconservative Sunni kingdom and its Shiite rival Iran, both of which have interests in Yemen's yearslong conflict.

Just two weeks ago, Saudi Arabia gathered the global business elite in Riyadh, promising a new age for the oil-rich kingdom as it sought to court overseas money and investment. But late on Saturday, the kingdom showed its old face of palace intrigue, with the arrests of four ministers and 11 princes, including Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, the billionaire who is one of the country’s most public investment figures. International investors and business executives are now trying to interpret the powe