World
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An Uncomfortable Question in France: Are We Still a Great Power?
PARIS — Beneath France’s angry outbursts about a secretive “knife-in-the-back”American deal to provide nuclear-powered submarines to Australia ...
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In a setback for Apple, the European Union seeks a common charger for all phones.
The European Union unveiled plans on Thursday to make USB-C connectors the standard charging port for all smartphones, tablets and…
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Days Before Germans Vote, Merkel Is Where She Didn’t Want to Be: On the Stump
STRALSUND, Germany — Only days before Germans cast their ballots for a new Parliament and with it a new government…
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Has Covid Cost Australia Its Love for Freedom?
SYDNEY, Australia — In the war against the coronavirus’s Delta variant, few if any democracies have demanded as much of…
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Readers Aren’t Into Sports? The Best-Seller List Says Otherwise.
SLAM DUNK This week’s batch of new best sellers includes two very different titles involving athletics. On the nonfiction side…
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The Vibrant Resilience of Castelluccio di Norcia
I do not like lamb. And yet, I had been thinking about the “agnello scottadito alla brace” for five long…
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Oedipus Takes to the Stages in Berlin
BERLIN — “The city reeks with death in her streets,” the chorus laments in Sophocles’ “Oedipus Rex.” Thebes is in…
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Ex-Principal of Australian School to Stand Trial on Sexual Abuse Charges
MELBOURNE, Australia — An Australian court ruled on Thursday that a former principal of an ultra-Orthodox Jewish girls’ school must…
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In Sicily Slums, a 113-Year Wait for Housing May Be Over
MESSINA, Italy — The little girl climbed over the metal roofs of the shacks, gave chase to a rat as…
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An Experiment to Stop Online Abuse Falls Short in Germany
Scrolling through her social media feed, Laura Dornheim is regularly stopped cold by a new blast of abuse aimed at…