World
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Police Shoot Man With Ax Before Euro 2024 Match in Germany
The shooting took place in Hamburg, in an area packed with thousands of soccer fans, and hours before the Netherlands…
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A Brief History of Iran’s Hostage Swapping
Since the 1979 revolution, Iran has made detaining foreigners and dual nationals a centerpiece of its foreign policy, trading them…
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Inside the Chechen Units Helping to Fight Russia’s War
Russia’s fighters are waging bloody battles in Ukraine’s east to add to its captured territory. Moscow supports this war effort…
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Reimagining Bloomsday for Molly, and All Women
To help honor 100 years of James Joyce’s “Ulysses,” an all-women Irish festival refocuses the annual re-enactment of the novel’s…
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For Campus Protesters in Brussels, Familiar Methods, but Different Outcomes
Pro-Palestinian student activists at one Belgian university have borrowed from the U.S. playbook of encampments and slogans. The results, however,…
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China’s Lust for Durian Is Creating Fortunes in Southeast Asia
Before he started a company 15 years ago selling the world’s smelliest fruit, Eric Chan had a well-paying job writing…
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On Eid al-Adha, Gazans Mark Another Somber Holiday Amid War
The Muslim holiday involves slaughtering an animal for food for loved ones and the needy, but many in Gaza are…
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The Greens Are Dead. Long Live the Greens!
Europe’s climate change-minded parties performed poorly in the European Union elections. Is the once ambitious European green movement over, or…
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The Tasty New Challenge to Venezuela’s Autocrats: ‘Freedom Empanadas’
A car pulled up recently outside a modest restaurant in the state of Guárico in Venezuela’s sprawling savanna. The driver…
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Las ‘empanadas de la libertad’: un inesperado desafío al gobierno venezolano
[Estamos en WhatsApp. Empieza a seguirnos ahora] Hace poco, un automóvil se detuvo frente a un modesto restaurante en el…