Politics
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Ivory Coast Wants a Bigger Bite of the Cocoa Business
GRAND-BASSAM, Ivory Coast — The worker carefully peeled the husks from the cocoa beans to keep them from breaking, then…
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Shelling at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant Is Raising Fears of an Accident. Here’s a Look at the Risks.
KYIV, Ukraine — When Russian forces seized control of Europe’s largest nuclear power plant in early March, a fierce gun…
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American Lawyer Is Released From Detention in U.A.E.
Asim Ghafoor, an American lawyer detained in the United Arab Emirates since mid-July, was released early Saturday, concluding an effort by ...
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Southern Baptist Convention Says It Faces Federal Investigation for Sexual Abuse
The leadership of the Southern Baptist Convention, the country’s largest Protestant denomination, said on Friday that the church was under…
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A Victory for Biden, and a Bet on America’s Future
WASHINGTON — He promised a new social safety net. He pledged to develop a robust plan to fight global warming.…
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Detective Expected to Plead Guilty Over Warrant in Breonna Taylor Raid
A police detective in Louisville, Ky., is expected to plead guilty to conspiring to mislead a judge in order to…
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Kenya on Edge as Media’s Election Tally Suddenly Stops
NAIROBI, Kenya — As results poured in from Kenya’s cliffhanger presidential election, patrons at a restaurant in Eldoret, 150 miles…
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Russian attack in eastern Ukraine kills 2 civilians, regional military leader says.
A Russian attack on the city of Kramatorsk in eastern Ukraine early Friday left two civilians dead, 13 others injured,…
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El verano turbulento que cambió el mundo
Agosto de 2021 comenzó con mal agüero en Afganistán Los estadounidenses y sus aliados abandonaban el país, acabando por fin…
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Why are Russia and Turkey growing so close? Putin needs allies, and Erdogan needs bolstering.
BRUSSELS — Turkey’s mercurial president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, is in political difficulty before elections next year, with his economy imploding…