World
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A Digital Manhunt: How Chinese Police Track Critics on Twitter and Facebook
When Jennifer Chen traveled back to her hometown in central China last winter for Lunar New Year, she thought little…
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Is That a Burning Bush? Is This Mt. Sinai? Solstice Bolsters a Claim
MOUNT KARKOM, Israel — The mountain kept its secrets for centuries, its air of sacred mystery enhanced by a remote…
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Your Friday Briefing
President Biden talked with Vladimir Putin for 50 minutes.Credit...Stefani Reynolds for The New York TimesA call between Biden and Putin…
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Omicron Strains France’s Social Contract on Covid
PARIS — The deal was simple: Get vaccinated and get your normal life back. In a country with high levels…
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Suspect in Deadly Arson Fire in Osaka, Japan, Dies in Hospital
TOKYO — A 61-year-old man whom the police suspected of setting the fire that killed 25 people this month at…
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Putin Warns Biden of ‘Complete Rupture’ of U.S.-Russia Relationship Over Ukraine
WASHINGTON — President Vladimir V. Putin warned President Biden on Thursday that any economic sanctions imposed on Russia if it…
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U.K., With Surging Cases, Is on ‘War Footing’ Against Virus
England’s National Health Service “is now on a war footing,” one of its top medical officials warned on Thursday, saying…
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Australia relaxes its isolation rules to adapt to Omicron.
To reduce labor shortages and strain on testing facilities as the Omicron variant spreads, Australia on Thursday drastically narrowed the…
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Your Friday Briefing: Biden and Putin discuss Ukraine
We’re covering a call between Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin over Ukraine and a strict lockdown in a big Chinese…
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India reckons with the possibility of a third wave of the virus.
Health experts in India expressed alarm on Thursday as the country recorded a coronavirus surge, probably fueled by the Omicron…