World
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Sydney roars back to life as pubs and stores open after three months.
SYDNEY, Australia — With excitement and caution, Sydney stepped out of lockdown Monday after more than 100 days of Delta-diminished…
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‘This Drop Came So Quickly’: Shrinking Schools Add to Hong Kong Exodus
HONG KONG — Long before the school year began, Chim Hon Ming, a primary school principal in Hong Kong, knew…
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Agony and Ecstasy on the Scottish Archipelago of St. Kilda
For the first hour or so, the water was relatively calm. After departing from the small fishing village of Stein…
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Your Monday Briefing
Silhouettes in London representing women killed by police officers.Credit...Tolga Akmen/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesBritain debates making ...
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They Were Promised a New Home. Then They Tried to Escape It.
DHAKA, Bangladesh — Its name translates into “floating island,” and for up to 100,000 desperate war refugees, the low-slung landmass…
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Austrian Political Scandal Leaves Europe’s Conservatives in Need of New Path
BERLIN — When Sebastian Kurz first became chancellor of Austria the whole of Europe sat up. Only 31, he had…
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Your Monday Briefing
Good morning. We’re covering Singapore’s testy reopening, mounting tensions over Taiwan and China’s fraught custody battles. People walked in an…
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‘What Have We Done With Democracy?’ A Decade On, Arab Spring Gains Wither
TUNIS, Tunisia — For roughly three months after Tunisians toppled their dictator in January 2011 in an eruption of protest…
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Iraqis’ Frustration Over Broken Promises Keeps Voter Turnout Low
BAGHDAD — Iraqis voted Sunday in parliamentary elections meant to herald sweeping change to a dysfunctional political system that has…
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After Killings, U.K. Asks: Should Misogyny Be a Hate Crime?
LONDON — As anger grew in Britain last week over the justice system’s approach to violence against women, the public…