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Finland Clears Last Hurdle to Join NATO, Reshaping Balance of Power
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John
on March 2023
In Arrest of US Reporter, Russia Doubles Down on Isolation From West
A photograph released by Russian state media of President Vladimir V. Putin on Monday. The Kremlin left little doubt that Mr. Putin had personally approved the arrest of a Wall Street Journal journalist.
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John
on March 2023
Under the Taliban, Afghanistan Is Trying to Make Due With Less
Amanullah, the pulao master at a popular restaurant in Kabul, preparing to serve the morning’s first customers last month. Since the Taliban took over, what people eat has changed.
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John
on March 2023
Days After Netanyahu Fired Him, Israel’s Defense Minister Is Still on the Job
Yoav Gallant, the Israeli defense minister, was fired on Sunday but has remained in his post because he did not receive a notification letter.
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John
on March 2023
At Least 35 Are Killed in India When a Temple’s Well Cover Collapses
An accident victim was carried toward an ambulance at the site of the disaster on Thursday in Indore, India.
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John
on March 2023
Vatican Repudiates ‘Doctrine of Discovery,’ Used as Justification for Colonization
Pope Francis meeting with Indigenous leaders during his trip in Canada, last year.
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John
on March 2023
Macron, Trying to Move Past Pension Fury, Announces Water Plan
President Emmanuel Macron of France in Savines-le-Lac on Thursday.
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John
on March 2023
Bankers Are Convicted of Allowing a Putin Ally to Deposit Millions in Swiss Accounts
Outside a court in Zurich this month during the Gazprombank case.
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John
on March 2023
Police Missteps Contributed to Canada’s Deadliest Shooting Rampage, Inquiry Says
A memorial service for an officer killed in the line of duty during a mass shooting in April 2020 in rural Nova Scotia. A commission investigating the killings found a litany of missteps that contributed to the death toll.
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John
on March 2023
Russia Detains Wall Street Journal Reporter, Accusing Him of Espionage
Mr. Gershkovich has worked for The Journal in Moscow since January 2022.
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John
on March 2023
Bolsonaro Returns to Brazil, Ending Self-Imposed Exile
Jair Bolsonaro, the former president of Brazil, waving to supporters outside the Liberal Party’s headquarters in Brasília on Thursday.
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John
on March 2023
Why This Colombian Town Still Celebrates Christmas in February
Dancing during Christmas celebrations in Quinamayó, Colombia, last month.
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John
on March 2023
Pope ‘Gradually Improving’ After First Night in the Hospital
Pope Francis was helped to a car after a weekly audience in St. Peter’s Square on Wednesday. He was later taken to a hospital for treatment for a respiratory infection, the Vatican said.
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John
on March 2023
Ukrainians in a Hidden Command Post See Bakhmut Going Their Way
The military operations of a major Ukrainian battle group defending the city of Bakhmut from an unnamed location in eastern Ukraine.
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John
on March 2023
French Anger at Macron Seeps Into Bordeaux
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John
on March 2023
Trump Indictment Is a First for the U.S. but Not for Other Nations
Former President Donald J. Trump in March. The United States has been an outlier in its reluctance to charge a former leader, until now.
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John
on March 2023
For Ukrainian Convicts, a Strange Odyssey Through Russian Prisons
From left, Anatoly Korin, Ruslan Osadchiy and Aidana Fedosik in Tbilisi, Georgia, last month. Ms. Fedosik helped Mr. Korin and Mr. Osadchiy — who were shipped from a Ukrainian prison to a Russian one, before eventually being released — return to Ukraine.
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John
on March 2023
In Taiwan’s Waters, a Hunt for Tiny, Wriggling ‘Gold’
Fishing for glass eels along the Lanyang River in Yilan County in northeastern Taiwan.
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John
on March 2023
Your Friday Briefing
Donald Trump has created an aura of legal invincibility that the indictment threatens to puncture.
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John
on March 2023
Turkey Approves Finland’s NATO Membership, a Defeat for Putin
President Sauli Niinisto of Finland and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey met in Ankara earlier this month.
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John
on March 2023
In Berlin, King Charles Lauds Germany’s Support for Ukraine
King Charles III of Britain, front center, after delivering a speech at the Bundestag in Berlin on Thursday.
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John
on March 2023
Five Arrested in Migration Center Fire That Left 39 Dead in Mexico
Asylum-seeking migrants, mostly from Venezuela, crossing the Rio Grande into the United States on Wednesday, two days after at least 39 migrants died in a fire at a detention center in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico.
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John
on March 2023
6 U.S. Service Members Suffered Traumatic Brain Injuries in Syria Attacks
Brig. Gen. Patrick S. Ryder, the Pentagon spokesman, said eight militants were killed in a retaliatory U.S. airstrike in Syria last week.
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John
on March 2023
Your Friday Briefing: Trump Indicted
The indictment kicks off a new and volatile phase in Donald Trump’s post-presidential life.
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John
on March 2023
Kushner Firm Got Hundreds of Millions From 2 Persian Gulf Nations
Jared Kushner attending the Future Investment Initiative conference in Saudi Arabia last year. Mr. Kushner’s private equity firm has received investments from Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.
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John
on March 2023
U.S. Puts Sanctions on Man Accused of Working on Russia-North Korea Arms Deal
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John
on March 2023
A.I., Brain Scans and Cameras: The Spread of Police Surveillance Tech
Dubai’s police run next-generation surveillance systems from a headquarters north of the city’s downtown skyscrapers and malls.
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John
on March 2023
Studies Link Common Childhood Viruses to Rare Hepatitis Cases
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John
on March 2023
Sailboat Crew Rescued After Hitting Whale in Pacific Ocean
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John
on March 2023
A Mexican Grandmother Finds the Right Recipe for Culinary Stardom
Bradley Coss and his mother, Cruz Ortiz, watch Doña Ángela’s YouTube cooking videos from their home in El Paso. “You can see in my mom the genuine joy it brings her to watch those videos.” Mr. Coss said.
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John
on March 2023
The Biggest Battle in Ukraine
Ukrainian military on the street of Bakhmut in December 2022.
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John
on March 2023
Ukraine Goes Dark: NASA Images Drive Home a Nation’s Anguish
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John
on March 2023
Your Thursday Briefing
A team from the International Atomic Energy Agency visited the plant yesterday.
Posted by
John
on March 2023
Philippines Ferry Fire Kills at Least 28
A Philippine Coast Guard vessel was deployed to fight the fire on Wednesday night.
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John
on March 2023
Mexico Investigates Migrant Center Fire Deaths as Homicide Case
Migrants spent the night outside of a detention center where at least 38 people died in a fire this week in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico.
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John
on March 2023
Biden’s Confrontation With Netanyahu Had Been Brewing for Years
Proposed changes to Israel’s judiciary have divided the country and ignited huge protests.
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John
on March 2023
Soldiers Massing Near Ukrainian Nuclear Plant, U.N. Official Warns
The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant as seen from the city of Nikopol in 2022.
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John
on March 2023
Supreme Court Considers a Mercenary’s Confession and the Confrontation Clause
Justices of the Supreme Court heard arguments in a case stemming from a murder for hire in the Philippines in 2012.
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John
on March 2023
Your Thursday Briefing: How Modi Wields Power
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that those who had accused him of subverting India’s institutions were engaged in a “conspiracy” intended to “finish off the credibility” of those institutions.
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John
on March 2023
Putin’s top security adviser holds talks with India’s prime minister as Moscow seeks closer ties.
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John
on March 2023
Modi Tightens Grip on India’s Democracy, Wielding the Judiciary
The Congress party leader, Rahul Gandhi, in New Delhi on Saturday after his disqualification as a member of Parliament.
Posted by
John
on March 2023
Amsterdam Has a Message for Male British Tourists: ‘Stay Away’
A campaign from Amsterdam is aimed at “nuisance tourists” who are planning to “go nuts,” according to the city’s announcement.
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John
on March 2023
Israeli Crisis Shows How Protests Can, and Can’t, Force Change
A protest against the Israeli government’s proposed judicial overhaul outside Parliament on Monday.
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John
on March 2023
How Anti-Israel Protests Cost Indonesia a FIFA Soccer Championship
Banners for the Indonesia 2023 FIFA Under-20 World Cup football tournament in Jakarta on Thursday.
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John
on March 2023
AstraZeneca’s Covid Vaccine May Have Posed a Higher Heart Risk for Young Women, Study Shows
Preparing a dose of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine at a temporary site in the City Hall of Hull in northeast England.
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John
on March 2023
Yang Bing-yi, Founder of Dumpling Empire Din Tai Fung, Dies at 96
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John
on March 2023
Pope Francis Hospitalized for Respiratory Infection
Pope Francis blessing guests during his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square on Wednesday morning.
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John
on March 2023
Even as U.S. Beckons, European Leaders Head to Beijing
Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany, fourth chair on the right side, met with China’s premier, Li Keqiang, fifth chair on the left, in November in Beijing.
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John
on March 2023
Vanuatu Strikes a Blow for Climate Justice
Damage from cyclone Kevin in Port Villa, Vanuatu, this month, in an image taken from social media video.
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John
on March 2023
DNA Confirms Oral History of Swahili People
The ruins of Gede, a medieval Swahili coastal settlement in Kenya where researchers are now searching for the remains of less well-to-do Swahili people.
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John
on March 2023
King Charles Arrives in Germany for First State Visit as Monarch
King Charles III and Camilla, the queen consort, standing with President Frank-Walter Steinmeier of Germany and his wife, Elke Büdenbender, at the Brandenburg Gate on Wednesday.
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John
on March 2023
Ukraine Says It Will Use Legal Means to Evict Orthodox Pro-Russia Monks
Priests and monks loaded cars and trucks before a threatened government eviction at the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra monastery on Tuesday.
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John
on March 2023
Obamacare Keeps Winning
Governor Roy Cooper during a bill signing to expand Medicaid coverage in Raleigh on Monday.
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John
on March 2023
How Ukraine’s Battered Steel Industry Galvanized Its War Effort
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John
on March 2023
The Yankees Cap Goes Viral in Brazil: ‘Is It Basketball?’
A large selection of counterfeit Yankees caps on display at a stand in Rio de Janeiro.
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John
on March 2023
The Incredible Challenge of Counting Every Global Birth and Death
Dr. Diana Hidalgo, left, and Dr. Paola Rosero delivering a newborn girl in Mocoa, Colombia.
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John
on March 2023
U.S.-Israel Tensions Over Judicial Overhaul Burst Into Open
Amid tensions with Israel, President Biden told reporters that he was “very concerned” about the events there.
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John
on March 2023
Taiwan’s President Heads to the U.S., Bracing for China’s Retaliation
President Tsai Ing-wen of Taiwan. She has sought to promote Taiwan’s position as a thriving democracy in Asia and shore up its security and economic ties with the United States.
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John
on March 2023
The head of the U.N.’s nuclear watchdog arrives at Ukraine’s embattled Zaporizhzhia plant.
Rafael Mariano Grossi, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, after visiting the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in September.
Posted by
John
on March 2023