World
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Britain Puts Onus on Developers to Pay to Fix Fire Safety Issues
LONDON — Britain’s housing secretary announced plans on Monday to overhaul the government’s approach to building safety issues across England…
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Haitian Prime Minister Had Close Links With Murder Suspect
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — After Haiti’s president was assassinated and the country slid into turmoil, Ariel Henry became head of the…
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Famed White Cliffs of Sicily Are Defaced in an Act of Vandalism
ROME — Saturday was a bad news, good news sort of day for Sabrina Lattuca, the mayor of Realmonte, a…
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Romancing the Royal Portrait
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, the commoner-turned-royal formerly known as Kate Middleton, wife of Prince William, mother of a future king,…
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In India, mask wearing is down, even as case numbers rise.
Health officials in India have reported an increasing number of people refusing to wear masks, despite rising case numbers fueled…
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Russian Troops Will Stay to Finish Job in Kazakhstan, Putin Says
MOSCOW —President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia said on Monday that recent unrest in Kazakhstan had been caused by “destructive…
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In U.S.-Russia Talks, How Far Can Putin Turn Back the Clock?
WASHINGTON — To the Biden administration, the negotiations that began in earnest on Monday morning in Geneva are about defusing…
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These Boats Are Really Big, but Barcelona Has the Room
BARCELONA, Spain — Launched less than a year ago, the 460-foot-long, eight-deck Solaris is one the newest of the superyachts…
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Uganda Reopens Schools After World’s Longest Shutdown. What Was the Cost?
KAMPALA, Uganda — Uganda reopened its schools on Monday after the longest pandemic-prompted shutdown in the world, but educators and…
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U.S. and Russia Will Discuss European Security, but Without Europeans
BRUSSELS — The European Union’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell Fontelles, visited Ukrainian troops in the contested Donbas region last…