World
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Israel Readies Troops for a Potential Escalation in Lebanon
Israel’s prime minister and president toured northern Israel’s border and met with military commanders there on Wednesday, amid escalating tensions…
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‘We Have Been Going Backward’
Iranians say they have little faith their votes in Friday’s presidential election will improve their lives, and many are planning…
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A Tiny Circle of Advisers Helped Prod Macron to Take a Giant Risk
President Emmanuel Macron’s governing style has always been intensely top-down. But with far-right nationalists in France closing in on power,…
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Shahjahan Bhuiya, Executioner Turned TikTok Star, Dies in Bangladesh
He hanged high-profile inmates in exchange for a reduction in his own robbery and murder sentences, and became a social…
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Help! Qatar Airways Denied Us Boarding Because of a Broken Link.
A woman and her Chinese-born son were set to return to China for the first time since the pandemic, but…
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Was the Dingo Born to Be Wild?
Burial remains from 800-2,000 years ago hint that the First Australians may have kept the continent’s famous canine species as…
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From Hacker to Hunted Figure, the Polarizing Legacy of Julian Assange
The co-founder of WikiLeaks was a heroic crusader for truth to many people for publishing government secrets. To others, he…
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Thursday Briefing
Evan Gershkovich’s trial began in Russia.
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The King and Keir: Is Charles About to Get a Prime Minister He Likes?
The British monarch is constitutionally barred from any role in politics. But experts say that Charles and the leader of…
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North Korea Says It Tested Multi-Warhead Missile Technology
The announcement, coming days after Vladimir V. Putin’s visit to Pyongyang, suggests an ambitious attempt to upgrade the North’s nuclear…