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Middle East Crisis: Blinken Will Travel to Mideast Again as Cease-Fire Talks Restart
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken said in Manila on Monday that he would visit Saudi Arabia and Egypt this week.
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John
on March 2024
Afghanistan’s Drought in Photos: Barren Fields and Empty Stomachs
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John
on March 2024
Hong Kong Adopts Sweeping Security Laws, Bowing to Beijing
Senior Hong Kong officials, including John Lee, center, at a January news conference about Article 23 legislation, as the new package of security laws is known.
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John
on March 2024
2nd Photo by Princess Kate Is Flagged as Edited Amid Scrutiny of U.K. Royals
Catherine, Princess of Wales, has been at the center of a maelstrom of speculation in Britain and elsewhere.
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John
on March 2024
What to Know About Hong Kong’s Article 23 Legislation
Pro-democracy activists at a candlelight vigil at a downtown Hong Kong park in 2003. Public pressure that year forced city leaders to back down on a package of security laws known as Article 23 legislation.
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John
on March 2024
How Anti-Immigrant Anger Has Divided a Small Irish Town
Maria Phelan, right, chatting last month with locals at a protest camp outside the Racket Hall Hotel in Roscrea, Ireland. Demonstrators have gathered there since January to protest the housing of immigrants in their town.
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John
on March 2024
Senegal’s 2024 Election: What to Know
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John
on March 2024
Israel Faces Tough Balancing Act on Russia and the West
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, with President Vladimir V. Putin in Jerusalem in 2020. Mr. Putin has been a vocal critic of Israel over its war in Gaza.
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John
on March 2024
Putin Urges Russians to Unite on Ukraine War
Thousands of Russians gathered on Red Square in Moscow on Monday, a day after Vladimir V. Putin was declared the winner of a stage-managed presidential election.
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John
on March 2024
Putin’s Orchestrated Election Leaves Russians With No Other Choices
Voters at a polling station in Moscow on Sunday, as part of a protest against President Vladimir V. Putin.
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John
on March 2024
Gambia Votes to Overturn Landmark Ban on Female Genital Cutting
Protesters outside the National Assembly in the capital of Gambia on Monday hold signs asking legislators not to repeal the law banning female genital cutting.
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John
on March 2024
Pakistani Airstrikes in Afghanistan Kill at Least 8, Taliban Officials Say
Security officials searching vehicles in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on Monday following the strikes by Pakistan.
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John
on March 2024
Haiti’s Hospitals Survived Cholera and Covid. Gangs Are Closing Them.
An older woman was carried off the street this month in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, where gang violence has forced the closure of more than half of the city’s medical facilities.
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John
on March 2024
Who Australia Caught When It Went Looking for Chinese Spies
Di Sanh Duong at his warehouse in December in Melbourne, Australia.
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John
on March 2024
Shohei Ohtani Drives Huge Ticket Demand Across MLB
Shohei Ohtani joined the Los Angeles Dodgers this off-season, signing a 10-year, $700 million contract.
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John
on March 2024
The M.L.B. Season Opens in South Korea. Here’s What to Know.
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John
on March 2024
Ohtani Makes South Korean Fans Forget Rivalry With Japan
Shohei Ohtani during an exhibition game at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on Sunday.
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John
on March 2024
Walter Massey, a Physicist With a Higher Calling
Walter Massey outside his home in Chicago’s Hyde Park. “I’m a physicist,” he said. “And I don’t say, ‘I used to be.’”
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John
on March 2024
Tuesday Briefing
Putin stated that the war in Ukraine will continue to dominate his rule in front of thousands of Russians at Red Square in Moscow on Monday.
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John
on March 2024
All but 7 Countries on Earth Have Air Pollution Above WHO Standard
Dhaka in Bangladesh is consistently ranked one of the world’s most polluted cities.
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John
on March 2024
Canada Lawmakers Back Motion Meant to Help Bring Peace to Gaza
A rally to call for a cease-fire in Gaza in Ottawa, Canada, this month.
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John
on March 2024
Israel Raids Al-Shifa Hospital Again; Netanyahu to Send Team for Talks in D.C.
Palestinian children waiting in line last month in Beit Lahia, Gaza, for food provided by donors.
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John
on March 2024
Tuesday Briefing: Putin’s Victory Spectacle
Russian incumbent President Vladimir Putin addresses the crowd at a rally in Red Square in Moscow on Monday.
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John
on March 2024
Who Was Marwan Issa, the Hamas Commander Killed by Israel?
There are few photos of Marwan Issa, the senior-most Hamas leader killed by Israel since the start of the war. An official in the group’s military wing, he kept a low profile.
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John
on March 2024
Pandemic Lockdowns Had Varied Effects on Wildlife
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John
on March 2024
Israeli Negotiators Head to Qatar for Cease-Fire Talks, Officials Say
In Tel Aviv this month, people held photos of a hostage believed to have been taken during the Hamas-led attacks on Israel on Oct. 7. Some Israelis say their government is not doing enough to secure the captives’ release.
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John
on March 2024
Famine Is ‘Imminent’ in Northern Gaza, Report Warns
Palestinian children waiting in line for food provided by donors in Deir al Balah, Gaza, in February.
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John
on March 2024
In Seoul, Blinken Warns of Disinformation Threat to Democracies
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke about threats to global security posed by A.I.-generated disinformation at the Summit for Democracy in Seoul on Monday.
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John
on March 2024
Monday Briefing
President Vladimir Putin said the election results reflected “internal consolidation” that would allow Russia to “act effectively at the front line” in Ukraine.
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John
on March 2024
Storing Renewable Energy, One Balloon at a Time
A carbon dioxide storage prototype built by Energy Dome in Ottana, Sardinia.
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John
on March 2024
What Meltdown? Crypto Comes Roaring Back in the Philippines.
Customers at an internet cafe in Quezon City, Philippines, can play games that reward players with cryptocurrency tokens.
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John
on March 2024
Five Takeaways From Putin’s Win in Russia
President Vladimir Putin said the election results reflected “internal consolidation” that would let Russia “act effectively at the front line” in Ukraine.
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John
on March 2024
Steve Harley, ‘Make Me Smile’ Singer, Dies at 73
Steve Harley formed the band Cockney Rebel in the early 1970s.
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John
on March 2024
Putin Wins Russian Presidential Election
A presidential election poster in Moscow on Sunday.
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John
on March 2024
Netanyahu Rejects Schumer Call for Israeli Election
An Israeli tank moving near the border with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel on Sunday.
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John
on March 2024
Putin Breaks Silence on Navalny’s Death, Calling It an ‘Unfortunate Incident’
On Sunday, Mr. Putin made his first public remarks about Aleksei A. Navalny’s death.
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John
on March 2024
Monday Briefing: Putin Extends His Rule
Voters lined up outside a polling station in Moscow at noon on Sunday, part of a protest against Vladimir Putin.
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John
on March 2024
Niger Orders American Troops to Leave Its Territory
American and Nigerien flags at an air base in Agadez, Niger. The Biden administration formally acknowledged last October what most countries had already concluded: that the military takeover in Niger last July was a coup.
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John
on March 2024
Navalny’s Widow Votes in Berlin
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John
on March 2024
Gaza Aid Chef, José Andrés, Calls for Israel-Hamas Cease-Fire
World Central Kitchen is the only aid group that has successfully delivered aid directly to Gaza by sea.
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John
on March 2024
Russia Says It Shot Down Ukrainian Drones, Debris Caused Oil Refinery Fire
Damage on Sunday in Belgorod, Russia.
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John
on March 2024
Long Lines of Russian Voters Signal Discontent With Putin’s Tenure
Voters lined up outside a polling station in Moscow on Sunday.
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John
on March 2024
Iceland Volcano Erupts in Plumes of Fire With Little Notice
Lava flowed from a volcanic eruption on the Reykjanes Peninsula in southwestern Iceland on Saturday, in a handout photograph released by the Icelandic Coast Guard.
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John
on March 2024
Russians Know Putin Will Be Re-Elected, but Many Worry What Comes Next
Some Russian voters are concerned that President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia may introduce new economic measures after the voting.
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John
on March 2024
Gaza Receives First Sea-Borne Aid Amid Fears About Security and Malnutrition
The Open Arms ship towing a barge loaded with food off the coast of Gaza on Friday. The supplies were successfully offloaded for distribution in the territory.
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John
on March 2024
Rebellious Russians Stage Daring Attacks From Ukraine on Russian Soil
Russian soldiers who are fighting for Ukraine gather in a farmhouse on Thursday near the Russian border as they prepare for an assault.
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John
on March 2024
U.N. Documents More Than 24 Attacks on Gazans Waiting for Aid Since January
Palestinians who were wounded by Israeli gunfire while waiting for aid, according to health officials, rest on beds at Al Shifa hospital in Gaza this month.
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John
on March 2024
In Paris, the Olympics Clean Up Their Act
Construction in Place de la Concorde.
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John
on March 2024
India’s 2024 Multiphase Election: What to Know
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John
on March 2024
In Search of Spring
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John
on March 2024
A Financial Crisis May Jeopardize Local News in Most of Atlantic Canada
A lender has asked a court to dissolve Atlantic Canada’s leading news media company.
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John
on March 2024
In Occupied Ukraine, Soldiers and Poll Workers Collect Votes for Putin
Members of a local election commission, accompanied by a soldier, prepared a mobile polling station for early voting in the Russian-controlled Donetsk region of Ukraine on Thursday.
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John
on March 2024
Chile’s Deadliest Wildfire Is Said to Have Been Made Worse by a Lack of Water
Ariel Orellana with a photo of his sister, Anastasia, who was killed in the fire, along with their mother. Forensic experts identified her remains a week after the fire.
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John
on March 2024
Gazans Struggle to Celebrate Ramadan: ‘Practically Fasting for Months’
A Palestinian family in Deir al Balah in the central Gaza Strip prepared on Monday to break fast on the first day of Ramadan in the ruins of their family house.
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John
on March 2024
For Ytasha Womack, the Afrofuture is Now
Ytasha Womack, a screenwriter on “Niyah and the Multiverse,” currently playing at the Adler Planetarium in Chicago, is the author of numerous works including “Black Panther: A Cultural Exploration.”
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John
on March 2024
Was He Secretly Working for China? This Is What He Told Us.
Di Sanh Duong in December at his office in Melbourne, Australia.
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John
on March 2024
What the Philippines Is Doing About South China Sea Tensions
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. of the Philippines and Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany this past week at the chancellery in Berlin.
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John
on March 2024
Court Temporarily Halts S.E.C.’s New Climate Rules
The rules have been challenged by industry as too restrictive, but also by environmentalists as not strong enough.
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John
on March 2024
Iran and U.S. Held Secret Talks on Proxy Attacks and Cease-Fire
A Houthi soldier in Sana, Yemen, on Friday, at a protest against the United States and Israel. Houthi attacks have been disrupting Red Sea shipping since the start of the war in Gaza.
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John
on March 2024