World
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Brittney Griner Swap Puts Spotlight on Americans in Russia
Westerners in Russia have to weigh the risks of living and working in the country against professional and financial opportunities…
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His Estate Has 3 Swimming Pools and a Stable. He Says He’s Not Rich.
AL KHOR, Qatar — Every afternoon, Muhammad Al Misned leaves his office in Doha, the Qatari capital, jumps into his…
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China’s Looming ‘Tsunami’ of Covid Cases Will Test Its Hospitals
To conserve resources for the severely ill, the government is urging residents not to seek help unless necessary. But the…
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Spat Over Patriot Missiles Reveals Deepening Rifts in Europe Over Ukraine
Relations between Warsaw and Berlin, never warm, have deteriorated since the start of the Ukraine war, damaging unity in both…
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A Chatty Putin’s Underlying Message: I’m Still in Charge
In a string of appearances, it wasn’t so much what the Russian leader said, much of it false, as it…
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Joseph Kittinger, a Record-Setter High in the Skies, Dies at 94
He soared in a balloon to 102,800 feet and, with parachutes, plunged in a free fall for 16 miles, helping…
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Russia and Iran are strengthening their defense partnership, the Biden administration warns.
The Biden administration said on Friday that Russia and Iran were strengthening their military ties into a “full-fledged defense partnership,”…
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Eric Allison, Prison Reporter Who Knew the Beat All Too Well, Dies at 79
A career criminal in England for nearly a half-century, he was hired by The Guardian to report on injustices in…
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Netanyahu Cabinet Choice Has Criminal Convictions, Delaying a Government
Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing bloc won Israel’s general election last month. But several issues, including his cabinet choices, have complicated the…
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NATO’s secretary general warns that a ‘full blown war’ with Russia is ‘a real possibility.’
NATO’s secretary general warned on Friday that Russia’s war in Ukraine could expand into a wider war with the Atlantic…