World
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Keir Starmer Vows ‘National Renewal’ in First Speech as U.K. Prime Minister
In his first speech to the nation as prime minister, Keir Starmer said that Britain had “voted decisively for change,…
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Britain’s Liberal Democrats Score Big Election Gains
He bungee jumped from 160 feet, rode a stomach-churning roller coaster, plunged down a water slide and toppled into a…
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Downing Street’s New Occupant Will Have Just Hours to Move In
In the United States, a new president usually has a two-month window to prepare to move into the White House.…
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How a New York Democrat Lost a Progressive Ballot Line to a G.O.P. Proxy
A mysterious former Republican’s victory over Mondaire Jones in a third-party primary could help shape one of the nation’s most…
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Two Dead After Being Struck By Pickup Truck in Downtown Manhattan
At least 11 people who were celebrating the July 4 holiday were struck by the truck on the Lower East…
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A Dazzling Eruption of Lava Spews Out of Mount Etna
Clouds of ash went nearly 15,000 feet into the air, and the airport in Catania, Sicily, was forced to shut…
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Sunak Defends Record in Last Speech as Prime Minister
Rishi Sunak addressed the nation for the last time on Friday as Britain’s prime minister, apologizing for his failings and…
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Viktor Orban Travels to Russia for Meeting With Vladimir Putin
Days after a trip to Ukraine, the Hungarian leader arrived in Moscow for a visit that has dismayed E.U. officials,…
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Labour Loses Votes in Muslim Areas Over Its Gaza Policy
The Labour Party has long been a natural home for most of Britain’s Muslim voters, but it has faced pushback…
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6 Years, 4 Raw Human Stories From the New China
In “Private Revolutions,” Yuan Yang follows the lives of women in a rapidly changing modern superpower.