World
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Macron to Face Le Pen for President as French Gravitate Toward Extremes
PARIS — President Emmanuel Macron will face Marine Le Pen, the French far-right leader, in the runoff of France’s presidential elections ...
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Macron’s pursuit of a high-tech economy stirs pre-election resentment.
A start-up boom in France was a core objective for Emmanuel Macron, a young leader elected president five years ago as a restless disrupter ...
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Jordan Mooney, an Avatar of Punk Style, Dies at 66
Jordan Mooney, better known as simply Jordan, a glowering, beehived Valkyrie in rubber and spiked heels who became an avatar of punk style when ...
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‘Cabaret,’ Starring Eddie Redmayne, Sweeps Olivier Awards
LONDON — A revival of “Cabaret” that has been the talk of London’s theater world since opening in December, on Sunday swept the Olivier Awards ...
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The Conservative College That’s Expanding to Charter Schools
With only 1,500 students on a small-town campus in southern Michigan, Hillsdale College is far from the power corridors of government and top ...
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On the Border, Buying Clothes by the Pound at Ropa Usada Shops
McALLEN, Texas — A mountain of clothes swallowed half of Juani Lira’s petite body, from the waist down. But the 67-year-old did not seem to mind ...
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A Popular British Politician Falls From Grace Over a Tax Scandal
LONDON — Just two months ago, Rishi Sunak, a popular, fast-rising British politician who serves as chancellor of the Exchequer, looked like a ...
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An Australia Homecoming, Mixed With Yearning and Trepidation
SYDNEY, Australia — The tangy smell of eucalyptus leaves lining the streets. A casual friendliness even from strangers. Ten types of Asian ...
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Why Calls for War Crimes Justice Over Ukraine Face Long Odds
This past week, as Ukrainian forces retook the town of Bucha to find its streets littered with the bodies of bound and shot civilians, and as ...
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Woman in Texas Charged With Murder in Connection With ‘Self-Induced Abortion’
A South Texas sheriff’s official said on Saturday that a 26-year-old woman had been indicted on a murder charge in connection with the “death of ...