World
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‘In the End, You’re Treated Like a Spy,’ Says M.I.T. Scientist
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — When Gang Chen returned to his laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Friday, the day…
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Your Tuesday Briefing: 8,500 Troops on ‘High Alert’
We’re covering Western plans in case of a Russian invasion of Ukraine, and the world’s “new phase” of the pandemic.…
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Pentagon Puts 8,500 Troops on ‘High Alert’ Amid Ukraine Tensions
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III has put 8,500 American troops on “high alert” for possible deployment to…
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Irish Police Investigate Mysterious Death in Post Office
DUBLIN — The police in Ireland said on Monday they were investigating an incident in which a man was found…
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Threatened and Beaten, Afghan Women Defy Taliban With Protests
KABUL, Afghanistan — On a raw January morning, Khujasta Elham trudged through a snowstorm to sign her name on a…
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Military announces takeover in West African nation of Burkina Faso.
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — The military announced it was seizing power in Burkina Faso on Monday, suspending the Constitution and…
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Italians Vote for a President. Here’s Why It Matters.
ROME — A joint session of Italian parliament and some regional delegates, known as “great electors,” began a secret ballot…
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Covid setbacks to schooling are ‘nearly insurmountable,’ the U.N. says.
Almost two years into the coronavirus pandemic, more than 635 million children globally remain affected by full or partial school…
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Saad Hariri, Former Lebanese Prime Minister, Quits Politics
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Saad Hariri, a former prime minister of Lebanon and one of its most prominent politicians for nearly…
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Syrian-Kurdish Forces Retake Part of Prison Held by ISIS
BAGHDAD — U.S.-backed Syrian Kurdish forces said they regained control Monday of part of a prison in northeast Syria that…