World
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Hilary Mantel, Prize-Winning Author of Historical Fiction, Dies at 70
Hilary Mantel, the British author of “Wolf Hall,” “Bring Up the Bodies” and “The Mirror and the Light,” her trilogy…
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The World Got Diamonds. A Mining Town Got Buried in Sludge.
JAGERSFONTEIN, South Africa — The dirt wall holding in mucky waste from diamond mining grew over the years to resemble…
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Major Covid Holdouts in Asia Drop Border Restrictions
HONG KONG — After two and a half years of tight pandemic controls, some of Asia’s last holdouts are finally…
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Supreme Court Says Alabama Can Kill Prisoner With Method He Fears
The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that Alabama could kill a death row prisoner by lethal injection despite his assertion…
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U.K. Government Goes Full Tilt on Tax Cuts and Free-Market Economics
LONDON — Prime Minister Liz Truss of Britain on Friday gambled that a hefty dose of tax cuts, deregulation and…
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In Myanmar, Grief and Fury After an Attack on a School
It was the noon hour, and children were playing outside the school, squeezing in their last few minutes of fun…
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In Vienna, Taking to the Hills for Wine
Though Vienna’s vineyards are within city limits, they can feel a world away. Among the rows of grapes on the…
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Where Online Hate Speech Can Bring the Police to Your Door
When the police pounded the door before dawn at a home in northwest Germany, a bleary-eyed young man in his…
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Jury Rules Against Project Veritas in Lawsuit
WASHINGTON — A jury in a federal civil case on Thursday found that Project Veritas, a conservative group known for…
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A.C.L.U. Says Immigration Detention Facility Should Be Shut Down
WASHINGTON — The American Civil Liberties Union is calling on the Biden administration to close one of its privately run…