World
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Electricity Is Restored in Lebanon, as Army Supplies Emergency Fuel
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Lebanon’s sputtering national electricity grid went back online on Sunday after the army provided emergency fuel supplies…
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Where Parents Have Abducted Their Own Children in a Bid for Custody
The men and women wrestled Wang Jianna to the ground. Holding down her legs and shoulders, they pried her 6-month-old…
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Brazil’s Covid-19 death toll passes 600,000.
RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil surpassed the grim landmark of more than 600,000 Covid-19 deaths this week, making its death…
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Bolshoi Performer Is Killed in Onstage Accident
A performer was killed during an opera at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow on Saturday when there was an accident…
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Canadian Admits Fabricating Terrorism Tale Detailed in New York Times Podcast
OTTAWA — A Canadian man admitted in court on Friday that he made up tales about serving as an Islamic…
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Populist Leader of Czech Republic Narrowly Defeated in Election
PRAGUE — In a blow to Europe’s once surging populist politicians, the prime minister of the Czech Republic, a pugnacious…
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‘I Never Believed That Would Happen’: After 20 Years of War, an Abrupt End
KABUL, Afghanistan — By the time Ghulam Maroof Rashid’s 50th birthday passed, he had spent more than one-third of his…
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La derecha de España ve una oportunidad en el debate sobre la Conquista
MADRID — En una carta a los obispos mexicanos el mes pasado, el papa Francisco hizo un llamado para reflexionar…
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A Language Bill Deepens a Culture Clash in Quebec
MONTREAL — Since Aude Le Dubé opened an English-only bookshop in Montreal last year, she has had several unwelcome guests…
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In Debate Over Conquistadors 500 Years Ago, Spanish Right Sees an Opportunity
MADRID — In a letter to Mexican bishops last month, Pope Francis called for a revisiting of the country’s history,…