World
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India Opens Its Highest Military Ranks to Women After Lengthy Fight
NEW DELHI — India’s Supreme Court on Wednesday opened the door for women to pursue military careers at the highest…
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China Says It Won’t Build New Coal Plants Abroad. What Does That Mean?
Xi Jinping, China’s top leader, said on Tuesday that his country would stop building coal-burning power plants overseas, a major…
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Beyond Evergrande’s Troubles, a Slowing Chinese Economy
BEIJING — Global markets have watched anxiously as a huge and deeply indebted Chinese property company flirts with default, fearing…
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Top Adviser to Ukrainian President Targeted in Assassination Attempt
KYIV, Ukraine — A top adviser to President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine was shot at on Wednesday while being driven…
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Pressure Grows on U.S. Companies to Share Covid Vaccine Technology
As President Biden convenes heads of state for a Covid-19 summit on Wednesday, pressure is growing on American drug companies…
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Barcelona Takes on Airbnb
It’s been a busy summer for Lucas Ezequiel Hernández, a 29-year-old designer who lives with his brother in central Barcelona.…
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1921: Deadly Chemical Works Explosion in Germany
Credit...International Herald Tribune(Special to the Herald.) MAINZ, Wednesday. — More than one thousand people were killed and several thousands ...
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Your Wednesday Briefing
President Biden addressed the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday.Credit...Doug Mills/The New York TimesAt the U.N., Biden calls for diplomacy In…
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Germany’s Far Right Is Nowhere in the Election. But It’s ‘Here to Stay.’
BERLIN — They promised they would “hunt” the elites. They questioned the need for a Holocaust memorial in Berlin and…
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Earthquake Hits Southeast Australia
MELBOURNE, Australia — An earthquake of 5.8 magnitude hit southeast Australia on Wednesday morning, collapsing the walls of buildings in…