World
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The Vibrant Resilience of Castelluccio di Norcia
I do not like lamb. And yet, I had been thinking about the “agnello scottadito alla brace” for five long…
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Oedipus Takes to the Stages in Berlin
BERLIN — “The city reeks with death in her streets,” the chorus laments in Sophocles’ “Oedipus Rex.” Thebes is in…
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Ex-Principal of Australian School to Stand Trial on Sexual Abuse Charges
MELBOURNE, Australia — An Australian court ruled on Thursday that a former principal of an ultra-Orthodox Jewish girls’ school must…
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In Sicily Slums, a 113-Year Wait for Housing May Be Over
MESSINA, Italy — The little girl climbed over the metal roofs of the shacks, gave chase to a rat as…
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An Experiment to Stop Online Abuse Falls Short in Germany
Scrolling through her social media feed, Laura Dornheim is regularly stopped cold by a new blast of abuse aimed at…
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Your Thursday Briefing
President Biden addressing the panel.Credit...Doug Mills/The New York Times‘An all-hands-on-deck crisis’ Speaking at a virtual Covid-19 summit ...
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Days Before Germans Vote, Merkel Is Where She Didn’t Want to Be: On the Stump
STRALSUND, Germany — Only days before Germans cast their ballots for a new Parliament and with it a new government…
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At Covid Summit, Biden Sets Ambitious Goals for Vaccinating the World
WASHINGTON — President Biden, declaring the coronavirus an “all-hands-on-deck crisis,” set out ambitious goals on Wednesday for ending the ...
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Biden Pushes Deterrent Border Policy After Promising ‘Humane’ Approach
WASHINGTON — The images could have come straight from former President Donald J. Trump’s immigration playbook: mounted Border Patrol agents…
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The U.S. Is Lifting Travel Restrictions for Visitors. What Do the New Rules Mean?
On Monday, the White House announced that come November, it will lift the ban on most travelers from the European…