World
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Britons Must Be ‘Less Squeamish’ About Recycled Sewage Water, Official Says
LONDON — The head of Britain’s Environment Agency said this week that people need to be “less squeamish” about where…
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Air France Under Scrutiny Over Safety Incidents
PARIS — Air France pilots are under scrutiny after a series of incidents that have raised concerns over safety protocols…
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As Rome Burns (or at Least Its Garbage), a Mayor Dares to Dream
ROME — For years now, nothing has symbolized the fall of Rome more than its garbage crisis. A trash menagerie…
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China Charges 28 People, Months After Brutal Beating of Women
HONG KONG — A group of men caught on camera violently beating several women at a barbecue restaurant in June…
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U.N. experts head to the Zaporizhzhia facility on a risky mission after weeks of talks.
The International Atomic Energy Agency said on Monday that it was dispatching a team of experts to inspect a nuclear…
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Low Water Levels Disrupt European River Cruises, a Favorite of U.S. Tourists
Mark Farmer’s two-week river cruise from Amsterdam to Budapest got off to a bad start. For the first four days,…
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Powerful Iraqi Shiite Cleric Says He Is Leaving Politics
Iraq’s influential Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr said Monday that he was retiring from politics and closing all of his movement’s…
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Wolfgang Tillmans: Older, Wiser, Cooler
“Civil rights have to be defended, and democracy has to be defended. I was always aware of that,” Wolfgang Tillmans…
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‘Little Venice’ Finally Gets its Moment
On Aug. 4, the Viking Sea, a 930-passenger cruise ship, docked in Italy’s Venetian Lagoon. At first sight, the scene…
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‘The Eye of the Storm’: Taiwan Is Caught in a Great Game Over Microchips
TAIPEI, Taiwan — As Chinese warships rehearsed a blockade of Taiwan this month, they simulated a scenario global leaders and…