Your Thursday Briefing
We’re covering Japan’s next prime minister and the ripple effects of Vietnam’s factory closures. Fumio Kishida, the former foreign minister, is …
Month: October 2021
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In Week of Words, It Often Seemed Like the Divided Nations
They all spoke about unity, shared values and the common enemies Covid-19 and climate change. But in speeches this past week by dozens of leaders …
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Gas Shortages Awaken Britain to Some Crucial Workers: Truck Drivers
LONDON — For more than three decades David Carden drove across England’s Midlands, transporting tens of thousands of liters of fuel from holding …
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U.K. Labour Party Leader Makes a Firm Push to the Political Center
BRIGHTON, England — After days of internal discord, Britain’s main opposition leader, Keir Starmer, ended the Labour Party’s annual conference on …
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Amid Tensions With U.S., Erdogan Praises Ties with Russia
MOSCOW — Relations between President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the Biden administration may be frayed, but on Wednesday the Turkish leader made …
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French Court Convicts Magazine Over Racist Portrayal of Black Lawmaker
PARIS — A court in Paris on Wednesday found a conservative French magazine guilty under French hate speech laws of making racist insults over a …
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Daintree Forest in Australia Is Returned to Indigenous Owners
The Daintree Rainforest in Australia — a world-famous travel destination and, at an estimated 180 million years old, one of the world’s oldest …
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#DoNotTouchMyClothes: Afghan Women Protest Taliban Restrictions on Rights
This summer, Bahar Jalali watched anxiously as the United States withdrew its military from Afghanistan and the Taliban began to reassert control …
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Reduced to Rubble, an Afghan Village Struggles to Rebuild
ARZO, Afghanistan — When Muhammad Akram Sharifi returned to the village he was forced to flee over a year ago, he was devastated. The mosque, the …
