World
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Lithuania vs. China: A Baltic Minnow Defies a Rising Superpower
VILNIUS, Lithuania — It was never a secret that China tightly controls what its people can read and write on…
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British program to cover pay ends after subsidizing nearly 12 million jobs.
After 18 months during which it subsidized 11.6 million jobs, Britain’s government-funded furlough program ended on Thursday, along with some…
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‘Shrinking the Conflict’: What Does Israel’s New Mantra Really Mean?
JERUSALEM — There’s a new three-word concept taking root in political and diplomatic discourse in Jerusalem: shrinking the conflict. The…
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German Police Arrest 96-Year-Old Nazi Suspect Who Tried to Skip Court
BERLIN — The 96-year-old woman, a former secretary in a concentration camp, was supposed to appear in court to face…
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Police Officer Sentenced to Life in Prison for Murder of Sarah Everard
LONDON — The police officer who pleaded guilty to the abduction, rape and murder of Sarah Everard — a 33-year-old…
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After Knife Attack, New Zealand Criminalizes Terror Plotting
New Zealand politicians on Thursday passed a law that makes plotting a terrorist attack a crime, addressing a legal loophole…
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Yale Says Its Vinland Map, Once Called a Medieval Treasure, Is Fake
Doubts crept in around Greenland, which looked so good it was frankly suspicious, and questions soon spread all over the…
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Ex-President Sarkozy Convicted of Campaign Spending Violations
PARIS — A French court on Thursday convicted Nicolas Sarkozy, the former president, on charges that he illegally financed his…
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Your Thursday Briefing
The U.S. government will shut down at midnight if Congress fails to act.Credit...T.J. Kirkpatrick for The New York TimesDivisions among…
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Prison Riot in Ecuador Leaves More Than 100 Inmates Dead
More than 100 inmates have died in the latest clash in one of Ecuador’s prisons, the president said late Wednesday,…