World
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A Fast-Growing Network of Conservative Groups Is Fueling a Surge in Book Bans
Some groups are new, some are longstanding. Some are local, others national. Over the past two years, they have become…
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A Timeline of China’s Advancements in Spaceflight
July 19, 1964 China successfully launches its first biological experiment to the edge of space: a rocket carrying eight white…
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Ukraine says it struck a hotel where members of Russia’s Wagner security force had gathered.
A Ukrainian rocket attack on a hotel in the east of the country killed members of the Wagner Group, a…
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Can Australia Save a Rare Reptile by Moving It to a Cooler Place?
An experiment to preserve the western swamp tortoise is the latest flash point in a debate over how far humans…
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In a Wary Arctic, Norway Starts to See Russian Spies Everywhere
Other European countries are too, blurring the line between vigilance and paranoia.
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A Gunman Kills 3 in Rome, Shocking the City
A man opened fire during a condominium meeting killing three women and wounding four people, shocking a country not accustomed…
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Police Seek 18-Year-Old Man After Teen Girl Is Fatally Stabbed in Harlem
Saniyah Lawrence, 16, was found in an apartment, mortally wounded after an argument. She was one of a series of…
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Putin won’t hold a news conference that has been a December tradition.
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia will not hold his marathon December news conference this year, breaking with an annual…
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As Protests Rage, Iran Executes Another Man, This Time in Public
Majidreza Rahnavard was hanged after being accused of killing two members of a paramilitary force in the northeastern city of…
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Scott Stringer Sues for Defamation Over Sexual Assault Claim
Mr. Stringer, the former New York City comptroller, said that a woman’s claims of sexual assault were lies and caused…