World
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South Korea Breaks Record for World’s Lowest Fertility Rate, Again
South Korea broke its own record for the world’s lowest total fertility rate last year, census data showed on Wednesday,…
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Churchill Portrait Disappears in Art Heist in Canada
It is among the most famous photographic images of a statesman. Winston Churchill, the British prime minister, glowers, hand on…
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‘It’s My Tradition Too’: A Town’s Centuries-Old Passion Play Evolves
OBERAMMERGAU, Germany — This is a town of wild-haired men. Their locks are scruffy, scraggly; tousled for the boys, and…
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A prominent Russian critic of the war is detained after speaking out.
Police officers in masks and camouflage on Wednesday stormed the home of Yevgeny Roizman, perhaps the most vocal critic of…
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Can an Iconic Italian Wool Survive a Changing Economy?
SOCI, Italy — For centuries, this remote and verdant valley in the heart of Tuscany has been known for its…
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On the eve of Ukraine’s Independence Day, Zelensky vows to take back Crimea.
He spoke with the same resoluteness and composure as he has almost every day for the last six months, the…
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India, a Dairy Titan, Studies How to Keep Milk Flowing in a Hotter World
KARNAL, India — Inside a shed in the northern Indian state of Haryana, the sound of flutes floated softly from…
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What Does a Dancing Body Feel Like in Ukraine? ‘I Am a Gun.’
Anna Vinogradova, an independent dance artist living in Kyiv, doesn’t carry a gun. She’s not even particularly patriotic, she said.…
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Greek Party Islands Chill Out
It was around the time that the ferry eased itself into the port of Ios, an island in the Greek…
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A New Generation of Voters Will Test Angola’s Longtime Governing Party
LUANDA, Angola — A new generation of Angolans, many disillusioned with their country’s political system and corruption, will vote for…