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Quake Death Toll Passes 15,000 in Turkey and Syria as Desperation Builds
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John
on February 2023
In Rural Ukraine, a Mobile Clinic Provides Medicine and Hope
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John
on February 2023
Syrian Refugees Who Died in Turkey Earthquake Are Returned Home
A man on the Syrian side of the Bab al-Hawa border crossing carries the body of a relative killed in Turkey.
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John
on February 2023
What’s a Japanese Mobster to Do in Retirement? Join a Softball Team.
Yuji Ryuzaki, foreground, with other members of the Ryuyukai softball team at a game in suburban Tokyo last year.
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John
on February 2023
Greece Moves to Block Extreme-Right Party as Election Nears
Ilias Kasidiaris, the founder of National Party — Greeks, during a protest against Turkey in Athens, Greece, in 2018.
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John
on February 2023
Élisabeth Borne, France’s Prime Minister, on Her Harrowing Story
France’s prime minister, Élisabeth Borne, in December in her office in Paris.
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John
on February 2023
‘Troubling’ Race Disparity Is Found in U.K. Prosecution Decisions
The Royal Courts of Justice in London. The figures support what civil rights groups and ethnic minority residents have said for years: that Black people face disproportionately harsh treatment.
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John
on February 2023
Britain Pledges to Train Ukraine’s Pilots, Signaling That Warplanes Could Come Next
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine in Kyiv, the country’s capital, last week.
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John
on February 2023
Lost Letters by Mary, Queen of Scots, Uncovered by Code Breakers
Mary, Queen of Scots, fled Scotland after being forced to abdicate in 1567 but then spent 19 years as a prisoner in England.
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John
on February 2023
China Sends Spy Balloons Over Military Sites Worldwide, U.S. Officials Say
A photograph provided by the U.S. Navy showing sailors recovering the Chinese balloon in the waters off South Carolina on Sunday.
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John
on February 2023
After the Quake: Photos and Videos From Turkey and Syria
Rescue workers removing the rubble from a collapsed house in Iskenderun, Turkey.
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John
on February 2023
Turks and Syrians Abroad Rally to Help Their Homelands After Earthquake
Members of the Turkish community in Berlin collected bags and boxes with warm clothes and other goods on Tuesday to support victims of the deadly earthquake in Turkey.
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John
on February 2023
2 Children Killed After Bus Driver Crashes Into Day Care Near Montreal
Two children were killed and six others were injured when a driver crashed a bus into a day care center in Laval, Quebec, outside Montreal.
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John
on February 2023
Your Thursday Briefing
Two neighboring families sharing a tent in Antakya, Turkey.
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John
on February 2023
An Underground Hospital in Syria Fills With Quake Victims
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John
on February 2023
Turkey-Syria Earthquake: Millions Await Aid While Suffering Cold and Grief
Rescue workers digging in the rubble of a collapsed house on Wednesday in Iskenderun, Turkey.
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John
on February 2023
Visiting U.K. and France, Zelensky Pleads for Jets and Weapons for Ukraine
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak of Britain visiting a military facility to meet Ukrainian soldiers being trained to use Challenger 2 tanks on Wednesday in Dorset, England.
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John
on February 2023
Christian Atsu Still Missing After Turkey Earthquake Despite Reports, Club Says
Christian Atsu in Newcastle, Britain, in 2020.
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John
on February 2023
Why the Odds Are Stacked Against a Promising New Covid Drug
A Covid patient was ushered into an ambulance in Brazil, one of two countries that held clinical trials of 2,000 patients for the pegylated interferon lambda injection.
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John
on February 2023
Your Thursday Briefing: Frustration Mounts in Turkey
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan tours the site of destroyed buildings during his visit to the city of Kahramanmaras in southeast Turkey on Wednesday.
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John
on February 2023
Putin Likely Approved Missile System Used to Down Flight MH17, Inquiry Says
Local workers transport a piece of wreckage from Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 at the site of the plane crash in eastern Ukraine in 2014.
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John
on February 2023
Twitter Was Blocked in Turkey After Earthquake, Internet-Monitoring Group Says
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John
on February 2023
State of Uncertainty
President Joe Biden delivering his State of the Union address.
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John
on February 2023
China’s Bid to Improve Food Production? Giant Towers of Pigs.
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John
on February 2023
Zelensky thanks Britain during his second overseas trip since Russia’s invasion.
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine in Kyiv, the country’s capital, last week.
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John
on February 2023
Grieving Turkish Diaspora Rallies to Support Turkey Earthquake Victims
Members of the Turkish Australian community in Melbourne, Australia, packing tents, blankets and sleeping bags to be shipped to earthquake victims in Turkey.
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John
on February 2023
Your Wednesday Briefing
Rescue workers at a collapsed building in Malatya, Turkey, on Tuesday.
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John
on February 2023
Biden Focuses on Domestic Issues in State of the Union Despite Global Tensions
Oksana Markarova, the Ukrainian ambassador, was a guest at the State of the Union address, as she was last year, but President Biden mentioned Ukraine only briefly this time.
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John
on February 2023
After Spy Balloon Clash, U.S.-China Tensions Loom Over Biden’s Speech
President Biden has taken economic and military steps aimed at limiting China.
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John
on February 2023
Videos Show Desperate Search for Survivors Near Quake’s Epicenter in Turkey
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John
on February 2023
After Spy Balloon Incident, China Rejects Pentagon’s Request to Speak
The balloon after it was downed on Saturday. Navy divers are trying to recover its sensors and other surveillance equipment.
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John
on February 2023
Felipe Calderón, Former Mexican President, Accused of Supporting Sinaloa Cartel
Felipe Calderón during an interview with The New York Times at his office in 2011, when he was the president of Mexico.
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John
on February 2023
Russia Pays a Bloody Price for Small Gains in Eastern Ukraine
A billboard with an image of a Russian service member and a slogan reading “Glory to the Heroes of Russia!” in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Monday.
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John
on February 2023
Baby Born in Rubble of Turkey-Syria Earthquake is One of Many Child Victims
A baby girl who was born under the rubble caused by an earthquake received treatment at a children’s hospital in the town of Afrin, Aleppo province, Syria, on Tuesday.
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John
on February 2023
Mukarram Jah, Heir to an Opulent Throne He Abandoned, Dies at 89
Mr. Jah with Princess Esra, center, at Chowmahalla Palace in Hyderabad in 1967, the year he was crowned nizam.
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John
on February 2023
Turkey and Syria Earthquake Death Toll Tops 7,700 As Rescuers Fight Weather
Rescue workers carrying Salih Polat, 27, from a collapsed building in Malatya, on Tuesday.
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John
on February 2023
Joy and Heartache Follow Earthquake Rescue in Turkish City of Gaziantep
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John
on February 2023
Your Wednesday Briefing: Quake’s Death Toll Soars
After an intensive search, rescue workers saved Vacit Amuri, a 3-year-old girl from a Syrian family, from a collapsed building on Tuesday.
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John
on February 2023
At Cooper Union, a Russian Design Show Caught in a Political Crossfire
Anna Bokov, an assistant adjunct professor, outside Cooper Union, in a neighborhood known as Little Ukraine. Her exhibition about a century-old Moscow design school was postponed when an article raised questions about its timing. On Monday, the school reinstated the show.
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John
on February 2023
As Sunak Tries to Move Ahead, He’s Haunted by Prime Ministers Past
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak of Britain shuffled his cabinet on Tuesday.
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John
on February 2023
3 E.U. Countries Plan to Get Some Leopard 1 Tanks to Ukraine ‘Within Months’
Leopard 1 A5 tanks in a production facility in Germany.
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John
on February 2023
Erdogan’s Response to Turkey’s Earthquake Could Determine His Re-Election
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey in Ankara in January.
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John
on February 2023
Pentagon Lifts Trump-Era Ban on Release of Guantánamo Prisoners’ Art
The prisoner Mohammed Ahmed Ghulam Rabbani painted this scene at Guantánamo Bay and gave it to a lawyer before the Trump administration banned all such releases in 2017. Mr. Rabbani, who is one of 20 prisoners eligible for transfer, wants to take with him all the paintings he has at the prison when he is repatriated to Pakistan.
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John
on February 2023
The Sole Border Crossing for U.N. Aid From Turkey to Syria Is Blocked
Mourning victims of the earthquake in Jandaris, a town in the opposition-held part of Aleppo Province, in Syria on Tuesday.
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John
on February 2023
David Carrick Is Sentenced to Life for Rape and Sexual Abuse
Activists gathering for a protest outside Southwark Crown Court in London on Monday during the sentencing trial of David Carrick, a former police officer.
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John
on February 2023
Searching for Survivors
Searching for survivors in Adana, Turkey, this morning.
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John
on February 2023
China Tries to Play Down Balloon Dispute With Censorship and Memes
Outside the Foreign Ministry in Beijing on Monday.
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John
on February 2023
In a First, South Korea Is Ordered to Compensate a Vietnam War Victim
A memorial site marks the area in Vietnam where South Korean marines were accused of killing more than 70 unarmed Vietnamese civilians in 1968.
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John
on February 2023
This Cystic Fibrosis Drug Is a ‘Miracle’ but These Families Can’t Get It
Shwetha Sree, left, with her 5-year-old son Vihaan, who has cystic fibrosis. He would be eligible for Vertex’s drug on his 6th birthday were he to live in the U.S.
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John
on February 2023
How Deepfake Videos Are Used to Spread Disinformation
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John
on February 2023
Turkey Earthquake: Time Is Running Out to Find Survivors
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John
on February 2023
The Quest to Find Rectangles in a Square
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John
on February 2023
One Turkish Apartment Tower Collapsed in The Earthquake, While Those Around It Did Not
Emergency personnel during a search and rescue operation at the site of a collapsed building in Adana, Turkey, on Tuesday.
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John
on February 2023
The U.S. aid agency deploys two search and rescue teams to Turkey.
Members of the Los Angeles County Fire Department preparing for deployment to Turkey on Monday.
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John
on February 2023
Zelensky Could Leave Ukraine to Visit EU Leaders in Brussels
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine at a meeting with European Union leaders in Kyiv on Friday.
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John
on February 2023
These Are the Deadliest Earthquakes of the 21st Century
A woman walking through Port-au-Prince in 2010 after a 7.0 quake hit Haiti, killing over 200,000 people.
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John
on February 2023
How Russia Is Surviving the Tightening Grip on Its Oil Revenue
An oil tanker in Novorossiysk, Russia, in October. Russia is facing a gradual ratcheting up of Western oil sanctions.
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John
on February 2023