World
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Australian Floral Designs That, at Long Last, Embrace Australian Flora
For a floral designer, Australia’s geographic isolation is a complicated legacy. The country’s native plants, like its fauna, are unique…
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Italy Votes Sunday. Here’s What You Need to Know.
ROME — Italians vote on Sunday for the first time in almost five years in national elections that will usher…
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Giorgia Meloni Could Be the First Woman to Lead Italy. Not All Women Are Happy.
ROME — Being a woman, and mother, has been central to the political pitch of Giorgia Meloni, the hard-right politician…
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Alone in a New World With Vast Open Space, and Sheep
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Democratic-Allied Group Pours $60 Million Into State Legislative Races
A Democratic-aligned group is investing nearly $60 million in state legislative races in five states, a significant sum in an…
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When Whales Are Stranded, a Race Against Time Begins
MELBOURNE, Australia — As the sad scene now playing out on an Australian beach attests, rescuing an animal larger than…
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Hilary Mantel, Prize-Winning Author of Historical Fiction, Dies at 70
Hilary Mantel, the British author of “Wolf Hall,” “Bring Up the Bodies” and “The Mirror and the Light,” her trilogy…
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The World Got Diamonds. A Mining Town Got Buried in Sludge.
JAGERSFONTEIN, South Africa — The dirt wall holding in mucky waste from diamond mining grew over the years to resemble…
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Major Covid Holdouts in Asia Drop Border Restrictions
HONG KONG — After two and a half years of tight pandemic controls, some of Asia’s last holdouts are finally…
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Supreme Court Says Alabama Can Kill Prisoner With Method He Fears
The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that Alabama could kill a death row prisoner by lethal injection despite his assertion…