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Xi Visits Europe, Seeking Strategic Opportunity
The Chinese leader has carefully chosen three countries — France, Serbia and Hungary — that to varying degrees embrace Beijing’s…
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His Skull Was Taken From Congo as a War Trophy. Will Belgium Finally Return It?
For decades, Belgium failed to return the remains of hundreds of people taken by force from former colonies. A draft…
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Just How Dangerous Is Europe’s Rising Far Right?
Jordan Bardella, 28, is the new face of the far right in France. Measured, clean-cut and raised in the hardscrabble…
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Barbara O. Jones, Actress Who Brought Black Cinema to Life, Dies at 82
Her arresting roles in movies like “Bush Mama” and “Daughters of the Dust” helped shape a generation of independent filmmakers.
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Charges Against a Congressman Lay Bare Foreign Government Influence Attempts
Federal prosecutors say Representative Henry Cuellar tried to shape policy for Azerbaijan in exchange for bribes. The country has spent…
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Parts of Gaza in ‘Full-Blown Famine,’ U.N. Aid Official Says
Cindy McCain, the director of the World Food Program, said starvation is entrenched in northern Gaza and is “moving its…
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Canadian Arrests Highlight Alleged Gang Role in India’s Intelligence Operations
India’s external spy agency, the Research and Analysis Wing, has long been accused of tapping into criminal networks to carry…
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Here Come a Trillion Cicadas. The Midwest is Abuzz.
As the third graders of Cumberland Elementary in the Chicago suburbs colored, clipped and glued paper to make cicadas with…
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What Medical Stories Do We Trust?
Let me tell you a medical story; you decide what you make of it. A person has a routine medical…
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The Columbia Protests Made the Same Mistake the Civil Rights Movement Did
Last week I wrote about the protests that had come to dominate my professional home, Columbia University, and make headlines…