World
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Squid Game Ahead? No, Just Directions, British Police Explain
LONDON — A highway road sign in England featuring symbols similar to ones that appear in the hit Netflix series…
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‘Adapt or Die,’ U.K. Environment Agency Warns on Climate Change
LONDON — The British Environment Agency on Wednesday urged world leaders to take decisive action to combat climate change, issuing…
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This Pristine Beach Is One of Japan’s Last. Soon It Will Be Filled With Concrete.
KATOKU, Japan — Standing on its mountain-fringed beach, there is no hint that the Japanese village of Katoku even exists.…
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Walking an Adventure Playground
The view from the eastern shore of Slovenia’s Lake Bohinj on a recent afternoon was the picture of Alpine summer…
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China’s Power Problems Expose a Strategic Weakness
SHANGHAI — A bread company can’t get all the power it needs for its bakeries. A chemicals supplier for some…
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Amid U.S.-China Chill, Harvard Moves a Top Language Program to Taiwan
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Harvard University will move a popular Chinese-language program to Taipei from Beijing amid a broad chill in…
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Your Wednesday Briefing
A temporary morgue in Birmingham, England, in April.Credit...Andrew Testa for The New York TimesA damning report on Britain’s virus response…
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The U.S. will open the Canada and Mexico borders for fully vaccinated travelers.
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration will lift travel restrictions at the land borders with Canada and Mexico starting in November…
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E.U. Pledges $1.15 Billion in Afghan Aid as U.S. Talks to Taliban
WASHINGTON — World leaders met virtually on Tuesday to discuss ways of preventing an economic and humanitarian disaster in Afghanistan,…
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Paddy Moloney, Irish Piper Who Led the Chieftains, Dies at 83
Paddy Moloney, the playful but disciplined frontman and bagpiper of the Chieftains, a band that was at the forefront of…