Saturday, August 31, 2024

India’s Doctors Are Overworked and Feeling Unsafe

Grueling shifts, abuse from the public and subpar security are nothing new to medical workers in India, where a ghastly killing has put a spotlight on their plight.

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Israel Says It Has Recovered More Bodies in Gaza

The Israeli military asked the public not to speculate, but many Israelis assumed the announcement referred to dead hostages. The news amplified calls for a cease-fire and hostage-release deal.

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Eiffel Tower Will Keep Olympic Rings Permanently, Mayor Says

“I want the two to remain married,” Mayor Anne Hidalgo of Paris said in a newspaper interview.

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Hvaldimir the ‘Spy’ Whale Is Found Dead in Norwegian Waters

The beluga whale, who was first spotted in 2019 wearing what looked like a camera harness, was seen floating in Norwegian waters on Saturday.

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Friday, August 30, 2024

The Debate in Singapore About the New Statue of Raffles

The tribute to Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, who is considered the founder of Singapore, has raised questions about how the wealthy city-state perceives its history.

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Putin Makes First Visit to I.C.C. Member State Since Arrest Warrant

The Russian president will travel to Mongolia in his first trip to an I.C.C. member state since the court issued a warrant for his arrest in 2023.

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Gaza Faces Polio Threat After 11 Months of War

Starting Sunday, the Israeli military and Hamas will observe brief, staggered pauses in fighting to allow 640,000 Gazan children to be vaccinated, U.N. officials said.

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Thursday, August 29, 2024

Friday Briefing: A Defining Harris Interview

Plus, a picnic battle on Italy’s beaches.

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Honduras Says It Will End Extradition Treaty With United States

Honduran leaders were angered after the U.S. ambassador to the country criticized the defense minister and a top general. The extradition treaty, over a century old, has been used to extradite dozens of politicians, including a former president.

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Telegram Founder Pavel Durov’s Indictment Thrusts Encryption Into the Spotlight

The criminal charges against Pavel Durov, Telegram’s founder, raised concerns in Silicon Valley about encryption and the app’s approach to privacy and security.

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Wednesday, August 28, 2024

C.I.A. Warning Helped Thwart ISIS Attack at Taylor Swift Concert in Vienna

The agency provided information about several suspects that led to arrests, the deputy director said.

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A 4-Year-Old Boy Breaks a 3,500-Year-Old Jar at an Israeli Museum

The child, who had been visiting the Hecht Museum in Haifa, wanted to know what was in the jar, his father said. He and his family have been invited to return when the artifact is restored.

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Tuesday, August 27, 2024

Wednesday Briefing: A Look at Harris’s Polling Lead

Plus, looking for love in Shanghai.

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At an Israeli Hospital, Rescued Hostage Tells of His Ordeal

Farhan al-Qadi, who was recovering in a medical center in southern Israel, told relatives and friends he had spent much of his captivity in darkness.

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Trump Campaign Stokes China Fears to Lure Michigan Voters

JD Vance, the Republican vice-presidential nominee, waded into a fight over plans by Gotion, a Chinese battery plant, to build a factory in Michigan.

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Hostage’s Release Shines a Spotlight on Israel’s Bedouins

The Bedouins of the Negev desert suffered painful losses on Oct. 7, but less attention has been focused on their plight than on some of the other victims of the Hamas-led attack.

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Monday, August 26, 2024

Israel Averts All-Out War With Hezbollah, but Regional Conflicts Grind On

Relief that an eruption of violence across the border between Israel and Lebanon has been contained is tempered by a lack of progress in ending the fighting in Gaza.

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Israel’s conflicts with Hezbollah and Hamas grind on, despite an apparent de-escalation.

Relief that an eruption of violence across the border between Israel and Lebanon has been contained is tempered by a lack of progress in ending the fighting in Gaza.

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How Pavel Durov, Telegram’s Founder, Went From Russia’s Mark Zuckerberg to Wanted Man

Pavel Durov’s anti-establishment streak helped him create one of the world’s biggest online platforms, which emphasizes free speech. It also put a target on his back.

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Sunday, August 25, 2024

Fox Hunters in the U.K. Want Protected Status Under Discrimination Law

A lobbying group is preparing a bid to define hunting with animals as a protected belief. Many experts have questions.

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Iceland Ice Wall Collapse: 1 Tourist Is Dead and 2 Are Trapped

The tourists were part of a group exploring a glacier in southeastern Iceland when an ice canyon wall collapsed. A fourth tourist was rescued, officials said.

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Monday Briefing: Israel and Hezbollah Exchange Major Attacks

Plus, DMZ honey.

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Saturday, August 24, 2024

Here’s a timeline of recent strikes and retaliations in the region.

Tensions in the Middle East had been high for weeks before Israel and Hezbollah began a more intense series of cross-border attacks early Sunday.

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U.S. Moves Naval Forces Closer to Israel

American officials are sending a signal to Iran and its allies, in the form of two aircraft carrier groups and an attack submarine.

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In France, Amine Kessaci Strives to Empower Multicultural Areas

As a teenager, Amine Kessaci confronted Emmanuel Macron, founded an environmental group and lost a brother to drug violence. At 20, he almost won a National Assembly seat.

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Friday, August 23, 2024

Israel Presses for Gaza Border Presence as Part of Cease-Fire Deal

Mediators in truce negotiations, including the C.I.A. director and President Biden’s Middle East envoy, are seeking a summit next week to keep the struggling talks alive.

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Sudan’s Military Spurns Cease-Fire Talks in Switzerland

American-led mediators secured famine relief for needy areas. But with Sudan’s military failing to attend, a cease-fire was far out of reach.

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U.S. Tightens Technology Controls to Target Russian War Machine

The Biden administration announced new penalties on shell companies and suppliers that were feeding Russia’s war against Ukraine.

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Thursday, August 22, 2024

Autopsies of Israeli Hostages Recovered From Gaza Reveal Bullets, Families Say

The revelation raised new questions about how the hostages were killed while in captivity.

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Diamond Found in Botswana Is World’s 2nd-Largest Ever at 2,492 Carats

The diamond was unearthed using new technology, and miners hope it will bring back luster to a struggling industry.

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Wednesday, August 21, 2024

Israel and Hezbollah Trade Cross-Border Strikes

The strikes, in eastern Lebanon and the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, underscored how months of talks have failed to stop either the war in Gaza or the related conflict along the Lebanese border.

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Andy Kim, Who Cleaned the Capitol After Jan. 6, Will Address the Convention

The likely next senator from New Jersey said he would deliver a message about the importance of service and participation to safeguard democracy.

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Thursday Briefing: Russia Says Ukraine Aimed Drones at Moscow

Plus, China’s “road-trip auntie.”

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Pakistan Arrests Man Over Disinformation That Helped Spur U.K. Riots

Local police sources indicated that the arrest was made at the request of the British authorities, although there was no official confirmation.

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Tuesday, August 20, 2024

U.S. Push for Gaza Cease-Fire Falls Short on Key Points, Officials Say

Israeli and Hamas officials have downplayed the idea that a deal could be imminent, saying that mediators’ efforts have not resolved major disputes.

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Wednesday Briefing: The U.S.’s Secret Nuclear Strategy

Plus, Ukraine’s women take over the work force.

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Biden Approved Secret Nuclear Weapons Strategy Focusing on China

In a classified document approved in March, the president ordered U.S. forces to prepare for possible coordinated nuclear confrontations with Russia, China and North Korea.

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Monday, August 19, 2024

Nicaragua Shutters 1,500 NGOs, Many of Them Churches

The government of President Daniel Ortega revoked the legal status of hundreds of evangelical groups as part of its crackdown on institutions that do not bow to its authority.

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Hamas and Islamic Jihad Claim Responsibility for Tel Aviv Bombing

The two groups described the attack as a suicide bombing, but an Israeli statement did not. If confirmed, it would be the first suicide bombing in Israel in roughly eight years.

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Palestinian militants claim a suicide bombing in Tel Aviv, and other news.



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A Crackdown in Kuwait After a Fatal Fire Is Hurting Migrant Laborers

After the blaze killed 49 migrant workers, a government crackdown focused on building violations — bypassing deeper problems that leave migrants with low wages and unsafe housing across the oil-rich Gulf.

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Sunday, August 18, 2024

Sparing the Horse, Brussels Warms Up to the Electric Carriage

The city’s last horse-drawn carriage operator says business is good since making the switch, placing the Belgian capital in the vanguard of a global change.

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Monday Briefing: The Democratic National Convention

Plus, the dark side of Shen Yun

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Has Power Moderated Giorgia Meloni? Not to Italy’s Same-Sex Parents.

Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has mostly shown a pragmatic streak abroad. But at home, her government is plunging many gay families into panic.

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Saturday, August 17, 2024

Attack by Israeli Settlers in West Bank Sends Palestinians Fleeing

Residents of the village in the Israeli-occupied West Bank say one Palestinian man was killed by rampaging settlers. Israel’s military confirmed the village was attacked.

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Friday, August 16, 2024

U.S., Egypt and Qatar Say Gaza Cease-Fire Talks Will Resume Next Week

Top officials from the U.S., Israel, Egypt and Qatar ended two days of talks in Doha aimed at trying to resolve remaining disagreements between Israel and Hamas.

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The UN Calls for a Temporary Truce to Fight Polio in Gaza

Secretary General António Guterres’s public comments came just before Gazan health authorities announced the first case of the disease in the enclave in many years.

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Mpox Case in Sweden Sets Off Concerns of Wider Spread in Europe

Experts expect more cases to surface in European countries because of frequent travel to and from Africa, with the threat of contracting the disease raised from “very low” to “low.”

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New Zealand Diplomat Is Victim of Armed Robbery, Paris Authorities Say

The Paris prosecutor’s office said that the diplomat had been struck in the face with the butt of a pistol. The robbery took place in Paris’s affluent 7th arrondissement.

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Thursday, August 15, 2024

Gaza Cease-Fire Talks Resume, but Hopes Are Muted Amid Fears of Wider War

Negotiators met in Qatar for the latest round of negotiations on a deal that would end the fighting and perhaps reduce escalating regional tensions, but Hamas did not send representatives.

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Friday Briefing: Ukraine Takes a Russian Town

Plus, with one room, Brazil confronts its racist past.

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Sudan’s Military Reopens Border Crossing for Aid to Famine Zone

Accused of blocking food aid for its starving people, Sudan’s military announced it would reopen the main border crossing with Chad, which it had closed for six months to U.N. relief trucks.

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Yulia Navalnaya Disputes Russian Report on Cause of Husband’s Death

The Russian authorities said Aleksei A. Navalny had died of a grab bag of diseases, including heart arrhythmia triggered by hypertension.

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Wednesday, August 14, 2024

Rabbi Shmuel Butman, 81, a Brooklyn Voice of Ultra-Orthodox Jews, Is Dead

He was the public face of the Chabad-Lubavitch sect during the Crown Heights riots in 1991 and for decades lit its giant menorah in Manhattan every Hanukkah.

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Mpox Outbreak: What to Know About Symptoms and Risks

The World Health Organization declared a global health emergency over an outbreak that has spread to more than a dozen African countries.

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Tuesday, August 13, 2024

On the 75th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions, the war in Gaza resonates.



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Tanzania Arrests 520 People in Mass Opposition Crackdown

The clampdown came after the police banned a youth rally and pointed to the anti-government protests that have swept neighboring Kenya in recent months.

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Monday, August 12, 2024

Netanyahu Slams Gallant for Questioning the Goal of ‘Total Victory’ in Gaza



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Tuesday Briefing: Putin Lashes Out Over Incursion

Plus, A.I. is helping piece together an ancient epic.

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Why Iran Has Waited to Retaliate Against Israel for Hamas Leader’s Killing

Tehran is under pressure to avenge the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, but analysts said it is balancing multiple factors as it weighs a response.

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Sunday, August 11, 2024

The Filipinos Living in the Shadow of China’s Military Might

More than 200 civilian settlers on a contested island in the South China Sea find themselves on the frontier of a possible conflict with China.

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Tom Cruise Pulls Off a Stunt at Closing Ceremony

Cruise, one of Hollywood’s most well-known movie stars, rappelled down into the Stade de France, and the crowd of Olympians went wild as Paris handed over to the next Summer Games, in Los Angeles.

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Monday Briefing: Israel Widens Evacuation Orders

Plus, house calls for nomads.

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Saturday, August 10, 2024

What Caused a Plane to Fall From the Sky in Brazil?

Officials are investigating potential causes of a plane crash that killed 62 people near São Paulo. Using videos and other clues, aviation experts have formed theories.

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U.S. men’s basketball was tested. Stephen Curry had the answer.

A flurry of Stephen Curry 3-pointers helped the United States survive a French challenge and win a fifth straight gold medal.

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The B-boys and B-girls of breaking put a new spin on the Summer Games.

The first Olympic breaking competition received energetic response from those in attendance, but the sport’s future in the Games remained unclear.

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Friday, August 9, 2024

Bangladesh Puts Its Eggs in One Economic Basket. Now, a Reckoning.

Garment exports lifted the country to new heights. But overreliance on that industry also helped bring down Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

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Israel Launches Another Offensive in Gaza’s South Amid Push for Truce

The United States, Egypt and Qatar are trying to restart peace talks between Hamas and Israel, while Israel carries on its operation in Gaza and braces for attacks by Iran and Hezbollah.

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Imane Khelif Tunes Out the Distractions to Win Gold

Khelif weathered two weeks of distractions, breezing to the gold medal in women’s boxing.

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B-Girl Raygun, an Australian Professor, Turned Breaking on Its Head

Rachael Gunn, known as B-girl Raygun, displayed some … unique moves as she competed in a field with breakers half her age. The judges and the internet were underwhelmed.

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Thursday, August 8, 2024

Every 4 Years, Timmy McCarthy Gives Ireland a Reason to Watch Basketball

While the Irish have no team in the Olympic tournament, Timmy McCarthy’s eccentric, enthusiastic commentary has earned him his own fervent fan base.

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Taylor Swift Fans Commiserate in Vienna After Concerts Are Canceled

Taylor Swift fans from around the world grappled with disappointment and fear after a terrorism plot derailed the Vienna dates of the Eras Tour.

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Wednesday, August 7, 2024

Arab and Western Nations Urge Restraint as Israel-Iran Tensions Simmer

Trying to head off a Middle East war, several countries are pressing Iran to temper its retaliation for the assassination of a Hamas leader in Tehran.

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Thursday Briefing: Antiracism Protesters Gather in Britain

Plus, China’s quest for Olympic gold shifts gears.

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For These Olympians, the Bling Is the Thing

Athletes at the Paris Olympics have been sporting some seriously high-wattage accessories. Here are nine of our favorites.

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Tuesday, August 6, 2024

Who Is Yahya Sinwar, Hamas’s New Political Leader?

Mr. Sinwar, one of the main architects of the Oct. 7 Hamas-led attack on Israel, has spent decades with the militant group, working his way to the top of its leadership.

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Wednesday Briefing: Harris Picked a Running Mate

Plus, how breaking made it to the Olympics.

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Bangladesh’s Leader Fled Just Ahead of an Angry Crowd, Urged by Family to Go

As masses of people converged, angry at the killing of protesters, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina insisted that she could hold on, which military leaders said would mean spilling far more blood.

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Monday, August 5, 2024

Facing Mass Protests, Bangladesh Leader Quits, Setting Up Power Struggle

Demonstrators defied a curfew, expecting another in a series of bloody crackdowns, but instead Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fled.

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Boxing Officials Offer Little Clarity on Olympic Eligibility Dispute

Two Olympians whose eligibility to compete as women at the Paris Games has come under scrutiny will fight for medals on Tuesday.

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Sunday, August 4, 2024

Monday Briefing

Kamala Harris’s search for a running mate.

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Japan Needs Foreign Workers. It’s Just Not Sure It Wants Them to Stay.

Foreign employees have become much more visible in Japan. But policies designed only for short-term stays may hurt the country in the global competition for labor.

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Monday Briefing: A Tense Wait in Israel

Plus, philanthropy with a dark twist.

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Saturday, August 3, 2024

St. Lucia gets its first gold medal, thanks to the world’s fastest woman.

Julien Alfred beat Sha’Carri Richardson of the United States by 15-hundredths of a second to win St. Lucia’s first Olympic medal.

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Killing of Hamas Leader Creates a New Rift Between the U.S. and Israel

President Biden has expressed concern that the circumstances of the assassination have thrown cease-fire talks into doubt, but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel rejects that idea, officials say.

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Friday, August 2, 2024

Maduro Could Remain Venezuela’s President No Matter What Voters Decided

The Biden administration recognized the autocrat’s rival as the winner of Sunday’s election in Venezuela. Yet President Maduro shows no sign of being willing to leave office.

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Russian Dissident Says He Was Traded Against His Will in Inmate Swap

Ilya Yashin, one of Russia’s most prominent opposition politicians, said he appreciated his freedom, but told his jailers he did not want it if it meant going into involuntary exile.

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Ippon! Teddy Riner thrills home crowd to grab Olympic gold in judo.

Facing the No. 1-seeded judoka in the +100kg weight class, Kim Minjong of South Korea, Riner won his sixth Olympic medal.

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Thursday, August 1, 2024

Hezbollah Leader Threatens Retaliation Against Israel After Airstrike Near Beirut

Nasrallah delivered a televised address at the funeral of a Hezbollah commander who was killed in an Israeli strike in suburban Beirut.

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Pakistanis Rise Up Against Ruling Elite as Misery Multiplies

Unrest over a range of economic and security issues threatens to deepen the political turmoil that has plagued Pakistan for years.

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