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There Is No Happy Ending to America’s Trump Problem
Debate about the search of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence has settled into well-worn grooves. Mr. Trump and many Republicans have…
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Shabab Attack on Somali Hotel Ends With 21 Dead, Officials Say
NAIROBI, Kenya — A 30-hour siege by Shabab militants at an upscale hotel in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, has left…
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Aleksandr Dugin, a chief promoter of Russia’s war in Ukraine, is sometimes called ‘Putin’s philosopher.’
Aleksandr Dugin, 60, is a Russian political thinker sometimes called “Putin’s philosopher” who has been a leading advocate for conquest…
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‘Artistic Awakening’ in Benin as Return of Royal Artifacts Attracts Huge Crowds
COTONOU, Benin — For centuries, his ancestors had ruled over a powerful kingdom in what is now Benin, but the…
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Odesa is defiant. It’s also Putin’s ultimate target.
ODESA, Ukraine — The Odesa Fine Arts Museum, a colonnaded early-19th-century palace, stands almost empty. Early in Russia’s war on…
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Gary Busey Faces Sex Charges After Appearance at Film Convention
The actor Gary Busey faces charges of criminal sexual contact and harassment related to incidents that occurred at a horror…
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Bolsonaro Grabs for a Man’s Phone, and Gets a New (Insulting) Nickname
RIO DE JANEIRO — A motorcade of black vehicles approached Brazil’s presidential palace on Thursday afternoon and then, surprisingly, stopped.…
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Tales of Town and Gown: Is the Campus Isolated?
To the Editor: Re “Elite Universities Are Out of Touch. Blame the Campus,” by Nick Burns (Sunday Opinion, Aug. 7):…
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Latisha Chong, Hair Stylist Who Helped Change Fashion, Dies at 32
When Telfar Clemens, the mischievous Liberian American designer, attended the Met Gala in 2019, it was Latisha Chong who created…
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As Attacks Mount in Crimea, Kremlin Faces Rising Domestic Pressures
Nearly six months into the war in Ukraine, the Kremlin still refers to its invasion as a “special military operation”…