World
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Reveling in the Joys of Books, and Reading, at a Baghdad Book Fair
BAGHDAD — Protesters in Baghdad hold a sit-in demanding that U.S. troops leave Iraq. Counterterrorism troops patrol streets. A federal…
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Israeli Defense Officials Cast Doubt on Threat to Attack Iran
TEL AVIV — With diplomatic efforts to curb Iran’s nuclear program teetering, Israel’s defense minister has ordered his forces to…
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Finding Pandemic Relief on Canada’s Atlantic Coast
When I was a child growing up in Montreal, the province of Newfoundland — Canada’s easternmost province — seemed a…
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Can a ‘Very Confident’ Carrie Lam Salvage Her Legacy in Hong Kong?
HONG KONG — The students sat quietly as soldiers goose-stepped into the Hong Kong high school’s auditorium, hoisting a Chinese…
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Once a Symbol of U.S. Strength, an Afghan District Now Faces Dire Times
At the war’s end, residents of Marja are growing increasingly desperate for any kind of help, a frustration that has…
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How Hong Kong’s ‘Patriots Only’ Elections Bolster Beijing’s Grip
HONG KONG — On the surface, Hong Kong’s legislative election on Sunday is like any such poll the city has…
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‘No podía entender lo que pasaba’: cientos de chilenos adoptados en el extranjero han descubierto que fueron víctimas de la trata de personas
Mientras crecía en Minnesota, Tyler Graf no sabía casi nada de su madre biológica. Y dice que, lo poco que…
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Killer Robots Aren’t Science Fiction. A Push to Ban Them is Growing.
It may have seemed like an obscure United Nations conclave, but a meeting this week in Geneva was followed intently…
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For Johnson, a Political Rebuke as Omicron Variant Engulfs Britain
LONDON — In the pre-dawn hours of Friday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson learned that his Conservative Party had crashed to…
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Afghanistan’s National Museum Begins Life Under the Taliban
Under the watchful eyes of Islamic Emirate soldiers, the galleries of the newly reopened National Museum of Afghanistan in Kabul…