World
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How Many Drinks a Week Are Safe? Canada Considers a Much Lower Limit
The Labor Day weekend has long been promoted by the alcohol industry as summer’s last great drinking opportunity. But a…
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As Britain Prepares for a New Leader, Tensions With Allies Loom
LONDON — Three weeks after Liz Truss became Britain’s top diplomat in 2021, she told a Conservative Party conference that…
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High Seas Deception: How Shady Ships Use GPS to Evade International Law
The scrappy oil tanker waited to load fuel at a dilapidated jetty projecting from a giant Venezuelan refinery on a…
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Gorbachev’s Funeral Begins in Moscow, With Putin Conspicuously Absent
Thousands of Russians traveled to Moscow on Saturday to pay their final respects to Mikhail S. Gorbachev, the last Soviet…
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Sri Lanka’s Rajapaksa Returns Home, Just Weeks After Being Ousted
NEW DELHI — Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the former Sri Lankan president who was forced to flee the island nation and relinquish…
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‘We Do Not Want Unknown Graves’: The Struggle to Identify Bucha’s Victims
BUCHA, Ukraine — It was supposed to be the bright spot in a grim day. Of a dozen unclaimed bodies…
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Explosion Kills 8 Police Officers in Colombia
BOGOTA, Colombia — An explosion on Friday afternoon killed eight police officers who were heading to a social welfare event…
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Argentina Reels From Assassination Attempt on Its Powerful Vice President
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner has been the most prominent politician in Argentina for almost two decades. After an eight-year run…
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Iran Seizes, Then Releases Two U.S. Drones, Officials Say
WASHINGTON — Iran seized two American maritime drones operating in the Red Sea on Thursday, three U.S. defense officials said,…
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Overlooked No More: Vera Menchik, First Women’s Chess Champion
This article is part of Overlooked, a series of obituaries about remarkable people whose deaths, beginning in 1851, went unreported…