World
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Hundreds Feared Dead in Papua New Guinea Landslide
Nearly 4,000 people live in villages that were engulfed, a local official said. Unstable debris was complicating search and rescue…
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Xi Jinping’s Recipe for Total Control: An Army of Eyes and Ears
Reviving a Mao-era surveillance campaign, the authorities are tracking residents, schoolchildren and businesses to forestall any potential unrest.
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Sometimes U.S. and U.K. Politics Seem in Lock Step. Not This Year.
In 2016, Britain voted for Brexit and America for Trump, heralding a populist wave. Both countries face pivotal elections this…
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Top U.N. Court Decision Adds to Israel’s Growing Isolation
In 2011, a former Israeli prime minister, Ehud Barak, warned that Israel faced a “diplomatic-political tsunami” of censure if its…
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World Court Orders Israel to Halt Its Military Offensive Into Rafah
The International Court of Justice has no means to enforce its order in the Gazan city, but the ruling added…
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Menendez Judge Bars Some Prosecution Evidence in Bribery Trial
The ruling could undermine prosecutors’ ability to prove certain elements of the bribery case against Senator Robert Menendez, a New…
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John Koerner, Bluesman Who Inspired a Young Bob Dylan, Dies at 85
A spindly guitarist nicknamed Spider, Mr. Koerner was Mr. Dylan’s first friend in the scruffy world of Minneapolis bohemia where…
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La CIJ ordena que Israel pare la ofensiva contra Rafah
El fallo de la Corte Internacional de Justicia agrava el aislamiento internacional de Israel, pero el tribunal carece de poderes…
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Fred Roos, Casting Director and Coppola Collaborator, Dies at 89
Widely considered to have the best eye for talent in Hollywood, he shared the best-picture Oscar with Francis Ford Coppola…
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U.A.W. Seeks a New Election at Mercedes-Benz Plants in Alabama
The union, which lost an organizing vote at two factories last week, argued to federal officials that the automaker had…