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E.U. Scores Major Legal Victory Against Google
Global efforts to crimp the power of the world’s largest technology companies scored an important legal victory on Wednesday when…
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Britain’s Inflation Rate Slows Slightly to 9.9 Percent
Consumer prices in Britain rose 9.9 percent in August from a year earlier, a slight easing of the inflation rate…
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Irene Papas, Actress in ‘Zorba the Greek’ and Greek Tragedies, Dies at 96
Irene Papas, a Greek actress who starred in films like “Z,” “Zorba the Greek” and “The Guns of Navarone” but…
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China’s Covert Offensive Is Here. Are Democracies Ready?
In my three-decade career with Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service, China was never seen as a major threat. If we lost…
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A 10-Year-Old Refugee Has Met a Million People. How Will New York Welcome Her?
Little Amal, a 10-year-old Syrian girl, left the Syrian-Turkish border in July 2021. She journeyed throughout Europe and met a…
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‘Disaster Mode’: Emergency Rooms Across Canada Close Amid Crisis
One night in March, an understaffed hospital in Red Lake, a tiny town in northwestern Ontario, took the drastic step…
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A Uyghur Author and Translator Were Detained. Now, Their Novel Speaks For Them.
Perhat Tursun was eager for his novel, “The Backstreets,” to come out in the United States. It would be the…
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Hermès Bags and Millions in Cash: The Fall of Malaysia’s Najib Razak
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia —The former prime minister of Malaysia, Najib Razak, arrived in a black sport utility vehicle and was…
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They Translated ‘Hamilton’ Into German. Was It Easy? Nein.
HAMBURG, Germany — “Hamilton” is a mouthful, even in English. Forty-seven songs; more than 20,000 words; fast-paced lyrics, abundant wordplay…
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Braving the Winds on a Greek Isle
We arrived in Tinos at night and the wind hit us full blast. It was hard to breathe, like when…