World
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Police Officer Sentenced to Life in Prison for Murder of Sarah Everard
LONDON — The police officer who pleaded guilty to the abduction, rape and murder of Sarah Everard — a 33-year-old…
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After Knife Attack, New Zealand Criminalizes Terror Plotting
New Zealand politicians on Thursday passed a law that makes plotting a terrorist attack a crime, addressing a legal loophole…
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Yale Says Its Vinland Map, Once Called a Medieval Treasure, Is Fake
Doubts crept in around Greenland, which looked so good it was frankly suspicious, and questions soon spread all over the…
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Ex-President Sarkozy Convicted of Campaign Spending Violations
PARIS — A French court on Thursday convicted Nicolas Sarkozy, the former president, on charges that he illegally financed his…
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Your Thursday Briefing
The U.S. government will shut down at midnight if Congress fails to act.Credit...T.J. Kirkpatrick for The New York TimesDivisions among…
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Prison Riot in Ecuador Leaves More Than 100 Inmates Dead
More than 100 inmates have died in the latest clash in one of Ecuador’s prisons, the president said late Wednesday,…
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Health officials are buying millions of vaccines for Latin America.
The Pan American Health Organization has struck a deal with the Chinese manufacturer Sinovac to purchase millions of Covid-19 vaccines…
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China Plans ‘Closed-Loop’ Bubble for Winter Olympics
The International Olympic Committee on Wednesday released a preliminary set of health protocols for the upcoming Winter Games in Beijing…
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Talk of Iraq Recognizing Israel Prompts Threats of Arrest or Death
BAGHDAD — A conference last Friday in Iraq’s Kurdistan Region looked routine enough, with speakers at a satin-draped table in…
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Talk of Iraq Recognizing Israel Prompts Threats of Arrest or Death
BAGHDAD — A conference last Friday in Iraq’s Kurdistan Region looked routine enough, with speakers at a satin-draped table in…