World
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Latest North Korean Offensive: Dumping Trash on South Korea From the Sky
The South Korean military said on Wednesday that it found hundreds of balloons carrying garbage from North Korea.
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Logging in Canada’s Most Famous National Park to Save It From Wildfires
The loggers’ work was unmistakable. Flanked by dense forests, the mile-long, 81-acre expanse of land on the mountainside had been…
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A Border Runs Through Their Families. Now It’s a Front Line.
When Valentina’s small town in Russia came under heavy bombardment in March by Ukrainian forces, her daughter Alla, who lives…
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So Close to Sicily, So Far From the Crowds
For years I had been hearing about the island of Pantelleria, the craggy, hard-to-get-to Eden with middle-of-nowhere tranquillity that sits…
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How to Escape the Olympics in Paris This Summer
Even if you’re visiting for the Games, you may want to take a cultural break like a local.
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Wednesday Briefing
We’re covering closing arguments in Donald Trump’s trial and Election Day in South Africa.
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A Show That Makes Young Japanese Pine for the ‘Inappropriate’ 1980s
A surprise television hit, now on Netflix, has people talking about what Japan has lost with today’s changed sensibilities.
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South Africa’s Black Elites Sour on the President They Championed
In pivotal elections on Wednesday, President Cyril Ramaphosa and his African National Congress party are struggling to keep the support…
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Can South Africa’s Opposition Parties Break Through?
A record 51 parties are competing to unseat the long-ruling African National Congress in the national election on Wednesday. Here’s…
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Hold the French Fries! Paris Olympics Chart a New Gastronomic Course.
The environment will come first as France tries to revitalize the global image of its cuisine.