World
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In San Francisco, Democrats Are at War With Themselves Over Crime
SAN FRANCISCO — As the former chair of the San Francisco Democratic Party, Mary Jung has a long list of liberal bona fides, including her early ...
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Dozens Killed and Hundreds Burned in Bangladesh Depot Disaster
DHAKA, Bangladesh — At least 39 people were killed and hundreds more suffered burns when a fire at a container depot in Bangladesh set off a ...
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‘From Russia With Love’: A Putin Ally Mines Gold and Plays Favorites in Sudan
AL-IBEDIYYA, Sudan — In a scorched, gold-rich area 200 miles north of the Sudanese capital, where fortunes spring from desert-hewn rock, a ...
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New Zealand’s Biodiversity Crisis Prompts Extreme Measures
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — The volunteer clambered down the cliffs, progressing along a series of knots on a thin rope as he made his perilous way ...
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North Korea Launches a Volley of Short-Range Missiles
SEOUL — North Korea launched a barrage of short-range ballistic missiles toward the waters off its east coast on Sunday, a day after the ...
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Ukraine aims to restart soccer leagues on its own soil in August.
Even as the war in their country continues, Ukrainian soccer officials are planning to restart the soccer season in August, hoping that the ...
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Don’t Referee Every Schoolyard Conflict. Help Kids Learn to Solve Them on Their Own.
Most days when I pick my two daughters up from elementary school, they happily bound out the door — another day of high-spirited chatter about ...
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We Can’t Be Ukraine Hawks Forever
Sure, it works in practice, but does it work in theory? Over the years I’ve heard this parody of academic pomposity put in the lips of various ...
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The Imperial Fictions Behind the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee
“I declare before you all that my whole life whether it be long or short shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great imperial ...
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How Ordering a Pint of Guinness Might Explain Economics
Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s push to give renewed prominence to the old imperial system of weights and measures in the United Kingdom is ...