World
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U.S. Warships Sail Taiwan Strait, Defying Chinese Pressure
HONG KONG — The U.S. Navy said that two of its warships were sailing through the Taiwan Strait on Sunday,…
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Pakistan Hit by Deadly Floods of ‘Epic Proportions’
Devastating floods have surged across Pakistan, overflowing riverbanks and bridges, inundating houses and fields and killing more than 100 people…
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Lessons Learned, Israel’s Unlikely Islamist Kingmaker Looks Ahead
KAFR QASSEM, Israel — As Israel heads this fall into yet another election campaign, with the likelihood of yet another…
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With Disaster Looming, Inspectors Set to Visit Ukraine Nuclear Plant
KYIV, Ukraine — As renewed shelling intensified fears about a nuclear accident at the Zaporizhzhia power plant, the Ukrainian authorities…
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Serbia’s Leader Cancels EuroPride. Organizers Say They Will Go Ahead Anyway.
President Aleksandar Vucic of Serbia announced on Saturday that he would not permit EuroPride, an annual weeklong gay pride event,…
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The Long Road Ahead for Colonial Reparations
What do former colonial powers owe the descendants of those they colonized? Is it enough to apologize and return cultural…
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A Holy British Island, Where the Reckless Try to Outrace the Tide
HOLY ISLAND, England — The off-duty police officer was confident he could make it back to the mainland without incident,…
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At One of Canada’s Top Destinations, Tourists Are Back but Much Has Changed
A little over a year had passed since my last visits to the Alberta mountain towns of Banff and Canmore,…
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In Finland, a Partying Prime Minister Draws Tuts, and Cheers
HELSINKI, Finland — Last fall, Prime Minister Sanna Marin of Finland, a 36-year-old leather-jacket-wearing regular at rock festivals, vowed that…
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War Brings Ukraine’s Women New Roles and New Dangers
CHERNIHIV, Ukraine — The road to the training site was lined with crumbling homes and damaged buildings, a reminder of…