World
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Of Barbecues and Men: A Summer Storm Brews Over Virility in France
PARIS — It’s “la rentrée” in France, the back-to-school, return-to-normal month after the vacations that is often marked by renewed…
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Rishi Sunak was seen as Boris Johnson’s likely successor. Then the campaign began.
CARDIFF, Wales — Earlier this summer, Rishi Sunak, the former chancellor of the Exchequer, seemed well-placed to become Britain’s next…
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In Shift, Israel Says Journalist Was Most Likely Shot by Israeli Soldier
JERUSALEM — The Israeli Army on Monday acknowledged for the first time that Shireen Abu Akleh, a Palestinian-American journalist killed…
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Strong Earthquake Shakes Southwestern China
BEIJING — A strong earthquake shook a mountainous, steep-sloped area in southwestern China shortly after noon on Monday, and China’s…
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Suicide Attack Hits Russian Embassy in Afghanistan, Killing 2 Employees
A suicide bomber attacked the Russian Embassy in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, on Monday and killed two employees, the Russian Foreign…
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The candidates sought to channel an icon of the right: Margaret Thatcher.
LONDON — When Rishi Sunak kicked off his campaign for leader of Britain’s Conservative Party and prime minister in July,…
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With Boris Johnson’s departure, Ukraine loses a friend.
LONDON — Prime Minister Boris Johnson may be a polarizing figure in Britain, where his long association with scandal forced…
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A frightening economic picture awaits the new prime minister.
For the past eight weeks through the Conservative Party’s leadership contest, the severity of Britain’s economic troubles only worsened. The…
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As U.K. Prime Minister, Truss Faces Hard Times and Johnson’s Ghost
LONDON — In 1994, a passionate 19-year-old Oxford student, Elizabeth Truss, called for a referendum to abolish the British monarchy,…
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Liz Truss has offered tax cuts, but stayed quiet on efforts to tackle a mounting economic crisis.
Once a student activist for a smaller, centrist party, the Liberal Democrats, Ms. Truss, 47, campaigned for Britain to remain…