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Suicide Attack Hits Russian Embassy in Afghanistan, Killing 2 Employees
A suicide bomber attacked the Russian Embassy in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, on Monday and killed two employees, the Russian Foreign…
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Town After Town, Residents Are Fighting Affordable Housing in Connecticut
In the town of Fairfield, Conn., nearly 2,400 residents have signed a petition opposing a project proposed for downtown that…
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Shopping for Runners
Do you really need a long rug in your hallway? Not necessarily. Bare floors are fine for getting from A…
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How Long Can My Building Keep Scaffolding Up?
Q: My large, rent-stabilized building in New York City has been encased in scaffolding with a sidewalk shed for over…
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The candidates sought to channel an icon of the right: Margaret Thatcher.
LONDON — When Rishi Sunak kicked off his campaign for leader of Britain’s Conservative Party and prime minister in July,…
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With Boris Johnson’s departure, Ukraine loses a friend.
LONDON — Prime Minister Boris Johnson may be a polarizing figure in Britain, where his long association with scandal forced…
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A frightening economic picture awaits the new prime minister.
For the past eight weeks through the Conservative Party’s leadership contest, the severity of Britain’s economic troubles only worsened. The…
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As U.K. Prime Minister, Truss Faces Hard Times and Johnson’s Ghost
LONDON — In 1994, a passionate 19-year-old Oxford student, Elizabeth Truss, called for a referendum to abolish the British monarchy,…
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Liz Truss has offered tax cuts, but stayed quiet on efforts to tackle a mounting economic crisis.
Once a student activist for a smaller, centrist party, the Liberal Democrats, Ms. Truss, 47, campaigned for Britain to remain…
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Less than 1 percent of Britain’s people voted on the new prime minister. Here’s why.
It may come as a surprise, particularly to those less familiar with parliamentary systems of government, that the decision on…