World
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‘Everyday Is Doomsday’: New Limits Give Chinese E-Gamers Whiplash
China’s video game industry is booming. But it sure doesn’t feel that way to Stone Shi, a game designer in…
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Known for Feuding With Immigrants, a TV Star Wants to Run a Town Many Call Home
AMADORA, Portugal — She is a former TV commentator whose penchant for provocation has won her fame, or at least…
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New York weighs using the National Guard to replace unvaccinated health care workers.
Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York is considering calling in the National Guard and recruiting medical professionals from other states…
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Icelanders Vote in Volatile Election With Climate in Mind
REYKJAVIK, Iceland — Icelanders were voting Saturday in a general election dominated by climate change, with an unprecedented number of…
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North Korea Dangles Hopes for Summit and End-of-War Declaration
SEOUL — North Korea would consider holding a summit meeting with South Korea and declaring an official end to the…
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In Reversal, Israel’s New Government Engages With Palestinian Authority
JERUSALEM — One night last month, a top Israeli minister traveled the winding roads of the occupied West Bank to…
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To Get Back Arrested Executive, China Uses a Hardball Tactic: Seizing Foreigners
In a rapid-fire climax to a 1,030-day standoff, China prepared to welcome home a company executive whose arrest in Canada…
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U.K.’s Migrant Boat Dispute Has Eyes Fixed on the Channel
FOLKESTONE, England — Using high-powered binoculars and a telescope, three volunteers from a humanitarian monitoring group stood on the Kent…
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To Get Back Arrested Executive, China Uses a Hardball Tactic: Seizing Foreigners
In a rapid-fire climax to a 1,030-day standoff, China prepared to welcome home a company executive whose arrest in Canada…
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Wole Soyinka Is Not Going Anywhere
ABEOKUTA, Nigeria — Wole Soyinka the firebrand activist is always getting Wole Soyinka the writer into trouble. Like the time…