World
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The Gold Medalist Starring in India’s Olympic Dreams
The boy grew heavy on the milk, cream and butter of his grandmother’s doting. By age 13, Neeraj Chopra weighed nearly 190 pounds, making him one of the biggest boys in his tiny farming village. His father and uncles urged him to join a gym to lose ...
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When Pakistan Tightened a Border, Thousands of Lives Were Upended
Traders in Chaman have done business in Afghanistan for generations, but that stopped when officials made it much harder to cross.
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In Georgia’s Depressed Heartland, Pining for the Soviet Past
While most Georgians support closer integration with Western Europe, many people in industrial areas that collapsed along with Communism in the 1990s express nostalgia for the old Soviet prosperity.
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Una pareja que intentaba cruzar el Atlántico fue encontrada muerta en Canadá
James Brett Clibbery y Sarah Justine Packwood habían salido de Nueva Escocia el 11 de junio con destino a las Azores. Las autoridades recuperaron restos que se cree que son suyos a principios de este mes.
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A Senator Will Preside at Netanyahu’s Speech to Congress After Harris Declines
Vice President Kamala Harris has declined to preside on Wednesday when Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel is scheduled to address a joint meeting of Congress, staying away from a gathering that is likely to highlight the deep divisions among ...
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Israel Orders New Evacuation in Gaza as Aid Workers Say Bombing Kills Dozens
Israeli forces said they struck dozens of sites in Khan Younis where Hamas operated and fired rockets, and they shrunk the ‘humanitarian zone’ where civilians were told to flee.
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China is hosting talks between the two main Palestinian factions, but expectations are low.
Top officials from Hamas and Fatah, the two rival Palestinian factions, are meeting in Beijing this week as China seeks to show it is playing a bigger role in diplomacy in the Middle East. But expectations for any substantial progress are low ...
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Tuesday Briefing: Support Builds for Kamala Harris
Plus, the head of the Secret Service testified before Congress about the assassination attempt on Donald Trump.
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A U.K. Deportation Plan Cost $900 Million. Only Four People Left.
Britain’s last Conservative government spent almost a billion dollars on its controversial plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda, the newly appointed minister for immigration said Monday.
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Russia Sentences Alsu Kurmasheva, American Editor, to a Penal Colony
Ms. Kurmasheva, a Russian American working for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, had been charged in relation to an antiwar book she edited.