World
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France Issues Scratch-and-Sniff Baguette Postage Stamps
The celebration of French heritage in the run-up to the Paris Olympics was unveiled on the feast day of Saint…
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Russia Presses Attacks in Northeast Ukraine, Seeking Buffer Zone on Border
Advances by Russian forces have raised fears they could bring their artillery in range of Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest city.
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At Cannes, Inspiration From Ancient Romans and Modern Women
Though the history-inflected “Furiosa” and “Megalopolis” were the hottest tickets, films by Andrea Arnold and Rungano Nyoni proved to be…
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Russians Poured Over Ukraine’s Border. There Was Little to Stop Them.
The stunning incursion into the Kharkiv Region lays bare the challenges facing Ukraine’s weary and thinly stretched forces as Russia…
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Appreciating Alice Munro, Who Brought Innovation to Short Fiction
The Nobel laureate, whose precisely written stories about southwestern Ontario many considered “without equal,” died this week at 92.
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Xi’s Warm Embrace of Putin in China Is a Defiance of the West
Western leaders looking for signs that the Chinese leader used his influence on President Vladimir V. Putin to end the…
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La crisis del agua empeora en Ciudad de México
En Ciudad de México, una de las ciudades más grandes del mundo, las dificultades por conseguir agua son constantes. La…
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Under Israeli Bombs, a Wartime Economy Emerges in Gaza
Amid the destruction, a marketplace of survival has arisen focused on the basics: food, shelter and money.
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A Would-be Assassin Stirs Europe’s Violent Ghosts
Political violence and polarization stalk Europe today, with ominous echoes of the past.
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Slovakian Charged in Shooting ‘Was Against Everything’
People who know the suspect described a ‘weird and angry’ loner who wrote erotic poetry, and whose resentments ranged across…