World
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Brittany Was Once Barren Ground for France’s Far Right. No More.
The region along the northwest coast has few immigrants and little crime or unemployment, but the far right National Rally…
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‘It’s Frightening’: Democratic Voters Worried by Biden’s Struggles in Debate
Democrats found President Biden’s performance disconcerting, while Republicans were in a jubilant mood. Swing voters were flummoxed.
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Volcanoes, Vines, Freedom: Exploring Gay-Friendly Lanzarote
“Lanzarote is a place of secrets and mysteries,” the Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar once said of the place he used…
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Napoleon’s Loot: When the World Decided Stolen Art Should Go Back
As museums encounter increasing claims on their collections, experts say much of the debate hearkens back to 1815, when the…
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Time Traveling Through London With an Impressionist Painter
In the early 1870s, an émigré painter watched from a railway footbridge as a steam engine left a station on…
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U.S. Allies Watch the Debate With Shaking Heads and a Question: What Now?
Across Asia, there was little talk about winning, and more concern about American stability — both domestically and on crucial…
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7.2-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Off Peru
Peruvian authorities issued a tsunami alert after the quake struck off the coast of the southern region of Arequipa.
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No Appendix, No Problem. Australia’s Remote Doctors Tell All.
Being the only physician around for hundreds of miles isn’t always bad. “It’s quite liberating to be like, ‘I’m the…
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Friday Briefing
Biden stumbled in the first 2024 debate.
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Biden to Protect Hundreds of Thousands of Haitians From Deportation
The plan giving temporary protected status to people from the Caribbean island who arrived after November 2022 comes amid a…