World
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Clashes Between Rival Militias in Libya Kill at Least 32
Some of the fiercest clashes in two years in Libya’s capital between militias loyal to rival political leaders have left…
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Over Caves and Over Budget, Mexico’s Train Project Barrels Toward Disaster
PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico — Twisted tree trunks were plowed into high piles along a slash of freshly cut jungle,…
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Bullying and Sex Abuse Scandal Engulfs Elite Danish School
Denmark, like most of Scandinavia, likes to see itself as a fair and equal society, with a nonhierarchical structure, high…
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‘Wood Is Life’: A Hong Kong Sawmill’s Last Days
HONG KONG — From the brine-soaked docks of a ferry pier to the red-painted pillars of a Buddhist temple, many…
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Referendum Seeks to Mend the Open Wound at Australia’s Heart
MELBOURNE, Australia — When Capt. James Cook sailed to Australia in 1788, he did so with instructions that he should…
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Cloud Wars: Mideast Rivalries Rise Along a New Front
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Iranian officials have worried for years that other nations have been depriving them of…
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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…