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Saudi Arabia, Lagging on Women’s Rights, Is to Lead U.N. Women’s Forum
Saudi Arabia will chair a United Nations commission on women, bringing condemnation from human rights groups, which said the kingdom…
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Fighting Rages Around Two Gaza Hospitals as Pressure on Israel Rises
Israeli forces are battling to retake areas they had already seized, showing the militants’ resilience, as critics call for less…
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8-Year-Old Survives Bus Crash That Kills 45 People
The bus, which was carrying people to an Easter church service, went off a bridge in South Africa and plunged…
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‘Cataclysmic Situation’ in Haiti Leaves 1,500 Dead in Gang Violence
The United Nations on Thursday said poor governance and increasing levels of gang violence had brought state institutions “close to…
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Friday Briefing: Sam Bankman-Fried Gets 25 Years
Plus, three video game adventures for the weekend.
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Robert Moskowitz, Abstract Painter of New York’s Skyscrapers, Dies at 88
He depicted the Empire State Building, the Flatiron Building and, most indelibly, the World Trade Center. Those paintings took on…
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Vernor Vinge, Innovative Science Fiction Novelist, Dies at 79
He conceived an early version of cyberspace and predicted the “technological singularity,” a tipping point at which machines would become…
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U.K. Backsliding on Civil and Political Protections, U.N. Rights Body Says
A human rights committee that examined a range of concerns called on Britain to abandon its controversial plan to send…
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Linda Bean, an L.L. Bean Heir and a Conservative Donor, Dies at 82
A granddaughter of the celebrated Maine brand’s founder, she set out as an entrepreneur in her mid-60s and used her…
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Taiwan’s Top Diplomat Says U.S. Aid to Ukraine Is Critical for Deterring China
Foreign Minister Joseph Wu said in an interview that a Russian victory could embolden China to move against Taiwan and…
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