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Turkey Is Likely to Clear the Way for Finland to Join NATO
Ukrainian soldiers using an armored vehicle taken from Russian forces, in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, on Wednesday.
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on March 2023
Russia Detains Wall Street Journal Reporter, Accusing Him of Espionage
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on March 2023
A Shepherd, a Cook, a Palace Chef: Making Food With Less Under the Taliban
Amanullah, the pulao master at a popular restaurant in Kabul, preparing to serve the morning’s first customers last month. Since the Taliban took over, what people eat has changed.
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John
on March 2023
Tokyo Olympics Scandal Fouls Hopes for a Sapporo Winter Games
The Sapporo Teine ski resort, which was a venue for the 1972 Winter Games.
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John
on March 2023
Mexico Investigates Migrant Center Fire Deaths as Homicide Case
Migrants spent the night outside of a detention center where at least 38 people died in a fire this week in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico.
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John
on March 2023
Ukrainians Directing Soldiers From a Hidden Hub See Bakhmut Going Their Way
The military operations of a major Ukrainian battle group defending the city of Bakhmut from an unnamed location in eastern Ukraine.
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John
on March 2023
Even as U.S. Beckons, European Leaders Head to Beijing
Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany, fourth chair on the right side, met with China’s premier, Li Keqiang, fifth chair on the left, in November in Beijing.
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John
on March 2023
Modi Tightens Grip on India’s Democracy, Wielding the Judiciary
The Congress party leader, Rahul Gandhi, in New Delhi on Saturday after his disqualification as a member of Parliament.
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John
on March 2023
Philippines Ferry Fire Kills at Least 28
A Philippine Coast Guard vessel was deployed to fight the fire on Wednesday night.
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John
on March 2023
How Anti-Israel Protests Cost Indonesia a FIFA Soccer Championship
Banners for the Indonesia 2023 FIFA Under-20 World Cup football tournament in Jakarta on Thursday.
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John
on March 2023
Pope Francis Hospitalized for Respiratory Infection
Pope Francis blessing guests during his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square on Wednesday morning.
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John
on March 2023
What to Know About Protests Over Israel’s Judiciary Overhaul Plan
Protesters blocking a highway in Tel Aviv on Sunday.
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John
on March 2023
Amsterdam Has a Message for Male British Tourists: ‘Stay Away’
A campaign from Amsterdam is aimed at “nuisance tourists” who are planning to “go nuts,” according to the city’s announcement.
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John
on March 2023
The Biggest Battle in Ukraine
Ukrainian military on the street of Bakhmut in December 2022.
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John
on March 2023
Ukraine Goes Dark: NASA Images Drive Home a Nation’s Anguish
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John
on March 2023
Your Thursday Briefing
A team from the International Atomic Energy Agency visited the plant yesterday.
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John
on March 2023
Biden’s Confrontation With Netanyahu Had Been Brewing for Years
Proposed changes to Israel’s judiciary have divided the country and ignited huge protests.
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John
on March 2023
Soldiers Massing Near Ukrainian Nuclear Plant, U.N. Official Warns
The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant as seen from the city of Nikopol in 2022.
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John
on March 2023
Supreme Court Considers a Mercenary’s Confession and the Confrontation Clause
Justices of the Supreme Court heard arguments in a case stemming from a murder for hire in the Philippines in 2012.
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John
on March 2023
Your Thursday Briefing: How Modi Wields Power
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that those who had accused him of subverting India’s institutions were engaged in a “conspiracy” intended to “finish off the credibility” of those institutions.
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John
on March 2023
Putin’s top security adviser holds talks with India’s prime minister as Moscow seeks closer ties.
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John
on March 2023
Israeli Crisis Shows How Protests Can, and Can’t, Force Change
A protest against the Israeli government’s proposed judicial overhaul outside Parliament on Monday.
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John
on March 2023
AstraZeneca’s Covid Vaccine May Have Posed a Higher Heart Risk for Young Women, Study Shows
Preparing a dose of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine at a temporary site in the City Hall of Hull in northeast England.
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John
on March 2023
Yang Bing-yi, Founder of Dumpling Empire Din Tai Fung, Dies at 96
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John
on March 2023
Vanuatu Strikes a Blow for Climate Justice
Damage from cyclone Kevin in Port Villa, Vanuatu, this month, in an image taken from social media video.
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John
on March 2023
DNA Confirms Oral History of Swahili People
The ruins of Gede, a medieval Swahili coastal settlement in Kenya where researchers are now searching for the remains of less well-to-do Swahili people.
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John
on March 2023
King Charles Arrives in Germany for First State Visit as Monarch
King Charles III and Camilla, the queen consort, standing with President Frank-Walter Steinmeier of Germany and his wife, Elke Büdenbender, at the Brandenburg Gate on Wednesday.
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John
on March 2023
Ukraine Says It Will Use Legal Means to Evict Orthodox Pro-Russia Monks
Priests and monks loaded cars and trucks before a threatened government eviction at the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra monastery on Tuesday.
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John
on March 2023
Obamacare Keeps Winning
Governor Roy Cooper during a bill signing to expand Medicaid coverage in Raleigh on Monday.
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John
on March 2023
How Ukraine’s Battered Steel Industry Galvanized Its War Effort
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John
on March 2023
The Yankees Cap Goes Viral in Brazil: ‘Is It Basketball?’
A large selection of counterfeit Yankees caps on display at a stand in Rio de Janeiro.
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John
on March 2023
The Incredible Challenge of Counting Every Global Birth and Death
Dr. Diana Hidalgo, left, and Dr. Paola Rosero delivering a newborn girl in Mocoa, Colombia.
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John
on March 2023
U.S.-Israel Tensions Over Judicial Overhaul Burst Into Open
Amid tensions with Israel, President Biden told reporters that he was “very concerned” about the events there.
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John
on March 2023
Taiwan’s President Heads to the U.S., Bracing for China’s Retaliation
President Tsai Ing-wen of Taiwan. She has sought to promote Taiwan’s position as a thriving democracy in Asia and shore up its security and economic ties with the United States.
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John
on March 2023
The head of the U.N.’s nuclear watchdog arrives at Ukraine’s embattled Zaporizhzhia plant.
Rafael Mariano Grossi, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, after visiting the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in September.
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John
on March 2023
Your Wednesday Briefing
Gennadiy Yudin, a police officer, trying to persuade an Avdiivka resident to evacuate on Monday.
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John
on March 2023
Junta Disbands Aung San Suu Kyi’s Political Party in Myanmar
A flag of the National League for Democracy in Yangon, Myanmar, on Feb. 1, 2021, when the military seized power.
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John
on March 2023
Some Ukrainians Refuse to Leave Avdiivka Despite Russian Bombardment
Collecting wood in Avdiivka, Ukraine, this month. In the last few weeks, Russia has intensified its bombardment of Avdiivka and outlying villages.
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John
on March 2023
Kamala Harris, at Former Slave Port in Ghana, Ties Past to Present
“This continent, of course, has a special significance for me personally, as the first Black vice president,” Ms. Harris said.
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John
on March 2023
Your Wednesday Briefing: China’s Billions in Bailouts
Sri Lanka, which received financing from China for construction in Colombo in 2018, is among the debt-ridden countries receiving emergency loans from Beijing.
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John
on March 2023
Russian Girl Sent to Orphanage After Father Criticizes War
Mr. Moskalyov in a Russian courtroom on Monday, the day before he escaped from house arrest.
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John
on March 2023
Lawmakers Rebuke Biden for Bypassing Congress in Trade Deal With Japan
Representative Richard E. Neal of Massachusetts, the Democratic ranking member of the Ways and Means Committee, left, called the deal “unacceptable” in a joint statement on Tuesday.
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John
on March 2023
Biden’s Defense of Global Democracies Is Tested by Political Turmoil
President Biden has said that “democracies have become stronger, not weaker” during his tenure.
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John
on March 2023
2 Killed in Knife Attack at Ismaili Center in Lisbon, Portugal
Police officers outside the Ismaili Center in Lisbon after an attack on Tuesday. “The Ismaili community is shocked and saddened by this incident,” it said in a statement.
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John
on March 2023
King Charles Will Travel to Germany for First Visit as Monarch
King Charles III greeted well-wishers at an event in London last week. He begins his first state visit as monarch on Wednesday.
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John
on March 2023
Behind Protests’ Fury in Israel, Fear of a Quiet Slide From Democracy
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John
on March 2023
Russian Father Flees Before Conviction That May Leave His Daughter in Orphanage
Aleksei Moskalyov looking out from a window of his apartment in Yefremov, Russia, about 150 miles south of Moscow, last week.
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John
on March 2023
Belarus Says It’s Willing to Host Russian Nuclear Weapons
Belarusian and Russian flags at a joint military exercises training site near Asipovichy, Belarus, shortly before Russia invaded Ukraine last year.
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John
on March 2023
With Judicial Overhaul on Hold, Israeli Negotiators Seek Compromise
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whose judicial overhaul plan has prompted severe unrest and tensions with Washington, in the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem on Monday.
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John
on March 2023
At Least 38 Killed in Fire at Mexico Migration Center Near U.S. Border
A fire broke out at a government-run migrant detention facility in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, on Monday night, killing dozens of migrants who were inside.
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John
on March 2023
A Win for Israel’s Protesters
Demonstrators in Jerusalem yesterday.
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John
on March 2023
Royal Fakes: King Charles Impersonators Take Center Stage
Ian Lieber, left, and Charles Haslett both impersonate King Charles III and have seen increased interest in their services.
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John
on March 2023
Torture and Turmoil at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Plant: An Insider’s Account
The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant as seen from across the Dnipro River from the Ukrainian town of Nikopol last summer.
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John
on March 2023
How to Lift the Fog of War in Ukraine? Try These Playing Cards.
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John
on March 2023
France Fears Pensions Protest Standoff Is Getting More Violent
A protest in Marseille, southeastern France, on Tuesday. The latest demonstrations in France against the president’s pension measure were not as widely attended as those last week.
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John
on March 2023
Elusive ‘Einstein’ Solves a Longstanding Math Problem
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John
on March 2023
The I.O.C. defers discussion on whether Russian and Belarusian athletes will compete in the 2024 Olympics.
Protesting a proposal to allow Russian athletes to return to the Olympics in front of the I.O.C. headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Saturday.
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John
on March 2023
Your Tuesday Briefing
Watching Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech from a store in Tel Aviv on Monday.
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John
on March 2023
U.S. and Japan Reach Deal on Battery Minerals
Katherine Tai, the U.S. trade representative, is expected to sign the agreement on Tuesday.
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John
on March 2023
Netanyahu Attempts Another Juggling Act, Maybe His Toughest Yet
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delayed his plans for a judicial overhaul on Monday.
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John
on March 2023