World
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Ukraine’s Parliament Passes Bill Allowing Some Convicts to Serve in the Army
The measure, which must still be signed into law, echoes a practice used by Russia, which has drafted tens of…
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Turning Point or Breaking Point? Biden’s Pause on Weapons Tests Ties to Israel
President Biden hopes the decision to withhold the delivery of 3,500 bombs will prompt Israel to change course in its…
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What We Know About the Weapons the U.S. Sends to Israel
President Biden has paused a shipment of bombs to Israel to prevent them from being used in the assault on…
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Biden Pressures Israel to Reach a Cease-Fire in Gaza, Straining Ties
The president’s threat to withhold some weapons unless the Israelis also limit civilian casualties and increase humanitarian aid has widened…
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Pete McCloskey, Republican Who Tried to Unseat Nixon, Is Dead at 96
A liberal, antiwar California congressman, he had defeated Shirley Temple Black in a special election before launching a long-shot bid…
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The Words That Defined This Week in Donald J. Trump’s Trial
Stormy Daniels, Hope Hicks and the defendant himself uttered memorable phrases in the last week of testimony.
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Britain to Expel Russian Defense Attaché and Close Some Diplomatic Sites
The British home secretary, James Cleverly, accused Russia’s foreign intelligence service of a pattern of “malign activity” in Britain and…
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Images of a Brazilian City Underwater
Anderson da Silva Pantaleão was at the snack bar he owns last Friday when clay-colored water began filling the streets…
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Dick Rutan, Who Flew Around the World Without Refueling, Dies at 85
His nine-day voyage, in a plane designed by his brother that resembled a child’s glider but had wings longer than…
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An Inside Look at the Student Takeover of Columbia’s Hamilton Hall
Mariano Torres, a maintenance worker at Columbia University, was cleaning on the third floor of Hamilton Hall in his signature…