World
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In a Race to Shape the Future, History Is Under New Pressure
In Russia, an organization dedicated to remembering Soviet-era abuses faces state-ordered liquidation as the Kremlin imposes a sanitized national ...
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YIVO Institute Makes Archives of Yiddish Life Available Online
Almost 100 years ago, a group of Jewish linguists and historians decided to create a “scientific institute” that would collect…
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El incierto destino legal del príncipe Andrés ensombrece a la realeza británica
LONDRES — La reina Isabel II cumplirá 70 años en el trono en febrero, un hito sin precedentes para cualquier…
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Put a Female Statue on a Vacant Pedestal? An Italian City Says Not So Fast.
ROME — Prato della Valle is the largest public square in Italy, well, it is really an oval, with a…
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India’s Rising Omicron Wave Brings a Grim Sense of Déjà Vu
NEW DELHI — When the Omicron coronavirus variant spread through India late in December, Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged the…
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Rio’s Carnival parade will go on, but street parties are canceled, the mayor says.
While Rio de Janeiro’s renowned Carnival parade will go on, the city will cancel its street parties, which ordinarily draw…
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OPEC and Russia agree to increase oil output amid lagging production.
Officials from OPEC, Russia and other oil producers agreed on Tuesday to continue their program of gradual monthly output increases…
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German Start-Ups Lay the Groundwork for a Marijuana Bonanza
FRANKFURT — The first sign that something is different about the centuries-old former winery in a sleepy hillside German village…
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Hong Kong suspends flights from eight countries, including the U.S., fearing a fifth wave.
Hong Kong announced a series of strict pandemic control measures on Wednesday, including suspending flights from the United States and…
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Protests Over Gas Prices Rage On in Kazakhstan
MOSCOW — Thousands of people returned to the streets across Kazakhstan on Wednesday for a fourth straight day of demonstrations…