World
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Putin, Facing Sanction Threats, Has Been Saving for This Day
Vladimir V. Putin’s posture toward the West through the recent Ukraine crisis seems unusually defiant, even for him. But there…
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‘Live With the Virus’? For Australians, It’s Taken Some Getting Used To.
MELBOURNE, Australia — Nearly 95 percent of adults are vaccinated. The coronavirus is now milder. It’s the heart of summer,…
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Winter Olympics Open Amid Walls, Masks and Clouds of Disinfectant
There will surely be wonders, because there always are at an Olympic Games. Someone — quite possibly someone you have…
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On English Stages, Tales From the Asylum
LONDON — “Wash your hands! Wash your hands!” That plea has sounded the world over in recent years, and it…
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The Year of the Tiger overshadows the Olympic panda.
Parks and avenues in Beijing are lined with red Lunar New Year lanterns. Streets are deserted as families gather at…
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Natural Gas Shipments, Mostly From U.S., Ease Europe’s Energy Crunch
Near the entrance to Rotterdam’s vast harbor in the Netherlands is a specialized port that is offering an alternative to…
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Your Thursday Briefing
A new personnel camp in Crimea.Credit... © 2022 Maxar TechnologiesU.S. troops deployed to Eastern Europe President Biden has approved the…
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Rejected Mail Ballots Are Showing Racial Disparities
SEATTLE — Among the thousands of mail-in ballots that were rejected in Washington State during the 2020 election, auditors have…
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Biden Calls Out Putin’s Actions — but Is He Pushing Moscow to War?
WASHINGTON — At key moments since the Ukraine crisis flared into the headlines two months ago, President Biden and his…
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Thousands Mourn N.Y.P.D. Officer Whose Dreams Ended With Fatal Shooting
A boy born in the Dominican Republic knew after he arrived in New York City, just 7 years old, that…