World
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The World Got Diamonds. A Mining Town Got Buried in Sludge.
JAGERSFONTEIN, South Africa — The dirt wall holding in mucky waste from diamond mining grew over the years to resemble…
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Major Covid Holdouts in Asia Drop Border Restrictions
HONG KONG — After two and a half years of tight pandemic controls, some of Asia’s last holdouts are finally…
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U.K. Government Goes Full Tilt on Tax Cuts and Free-Market Economics
LONDON — Prime Minister Liz Truss of Britain on Friday gambled that a hefty dose of tax cuts, deregulation and…
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In Myanmar, Grief and Fury After an Attack on a School
It was the noon hour, and children were playing outside the school, squeezing in their last few minutes of fun…
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In Vienna, Taking to the Hills for Wine
Though Vienna’s vineyards are within city limits, they can feel a world away. Among the rows of grapes on the…
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Where Online Hate Speech Can Bring the Police to Your Door
When the police pounded the door before dawn at a home in northwest Germany, a bleary-eyed young man in his…
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In Melbourne, a Sky-High Drama Takes Hold
The Australia Letter is a weekly newsletter from our Australia bureau. Sign up to get it by email. This week’s…
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Your Friday Briefing
Volunteers at a food bank in London.Credit...Mary Turner for The New York TimesA global campaign to crush inflation Central banks…
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Why New York Is Resorting to Tents to House Surge of Migrants
As migrants from Latin America poured into New York City this spring, the city tried to make space for them…
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Ukraine War Comes Home to Russians as Putin Imposes Draft
A day after President Vladimir V. Putin announced a call-up that could sweep 300,000 civilians into military service, thousands of…