World
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Amid Flames and Gunfire, They Were Evicted From Where They Called Home
DHOLPUR, India — Ahmad Ali watched helplessly as the police set his home on fire. They swarmed into his village,…
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Your Monday Briefing
We’re covering the kidnapping of missionaries in Haiti and the debate over the future of military conscription in South Korea.…
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Town Rattled by Bow-and-Arrow Killings Ponders Terrorism and Mental Illness
KONGSBERG, Norway — A few years ago, a nervous Danish man walked into a mosque in this placid Scandinavian town,…
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Fake Polls and Tabloid Coverage on Demand: The Dark Side of Sebastian Kurz
VIENNA — It seemed like a miracle. For years, Austria’s conservative party had languished far behind its rivals. Then in…
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What is Christian Aid Ministries and what does it do in Haiti?
Christian Aid Ministries, the charity whose workers were kidnapped in Haiti on Saturday, has a long history of working in…
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Gang suspected in kidnapping of missionaries is among the country’s most dangerous.
The gang that the police say kidnapped 17 missionaries and their family members in Haiti on Saturday is among the…
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Police Search for Motive in British Lawmaker’s Killing
LONDON — The police searched for answers on Sunday about what might have motivated a 25-year-old British man of Somali…
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Tunisians Recall Revolution Reluctantly, if at All: ‘It Just Faded Away’
LE KRAM, Tunisia — When part of one of Tunisia’s only monuments to its 2011 revolution disappeared earlier this year,…
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Bringing Attention to the Maori Language, One Song at a Time
In August, Lorde released her third album, “Solar Power.” Three weeks later, she put out an EP called “Te Ao…
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How a Stunning Lagoon in Spain Turned Into ‘Green Soup’
LA MANGA, Spain — The Mar Menor, a saltwater lagoon on the coast of southeastern Spain, was long renowned for…