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They Ran for a Better Life, Straight Into a Wildfire
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John
on October 2023
Antakya, Turkey, Struggles to Recover From Earthquake
Central Antakya last month. Buildings set for demolition will soon add to a carpet of rubble and empty lots.
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John
on October 2023
Four Seconds to Impact: On the Front Line With Ukraine’s Snipers
A sniper in the Da Vinci Wolves battalion storing one of his rifles before heading east.
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John
on October 2023
Trailing in Polls, U.K.’s Conservatives Look to Unleash the ‘Real Rishi’ Sunak
Facing a big deficit in the polls, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will hope to redefine himself at the Conservative Party conference, which starts on Sunday.
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John
on October 2023
At Least 13 Killed in Nightclub Fire in Spain
Firefighters outside the Teatre nightclub on Sunday in Murcia, Spain.
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John
on October 2023
Serbia’s Aleksandar Vucic Rejects Kosovo Troop Buildup Claims
Standing guard on Wednesday near a monastery in northern Kosovo, near the border with Serbia, days after a shootout.
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John
on October 2023
Turkey Strikes Kurdish Rebels After Suicide Attack in Ankara
Securing an area of Ankara, the capital, after an explosion on Sunday. It was not immediately clear who the attackers were, or if they belonged to a larger group.
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John
on October 2023
Ukraine Downplays Uncertainty Over U.S. Support After Funding Bill Passes With No Aid
President Biden with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine last month at the White House.
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John
on October 2023
Russia-Leaning Populist Party Ekes Out Win in Slovakia Vote
Robert Fico, a former Slovak prime minister whose party garnered 23 percent, has vowed to stop aid to Ukraine.
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John
on October 2023
The Hottest New Accessory in Niger? A Russian Flag.
Supporters of Niger’s ruling junta holding a Russian flag at the start of a protest called to fight for the country’s freedom and push back against foreign interference in Niamey, Niger, in August.
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John
on October 2023
Hunting Contest Reveals Rifts Over Invasive Species in New Zealand
Beau Moriarty with his 3-year-old son, Max, hunting in Waiau on the South Island of New Zealand.
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John
on October 2023
Ukraine’s War of Drones Runs Into an Obstacle: China
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John
on October 2023
Modi’s Hindu Nationalism Stokes Tension in Indian Diaspora
Hindu-first policies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India and his increasing intolerance of scrutiny have spilled over into Indian communities worldwide, experts say.
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John
on October 2023
Iraq Wedding Fire’s Death Toll Rises, as Investigators Point to Safety Violations
A funeral on Friday for people who died in a fire at a wedding hall this past week in northern Iraq.
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John
on October 2023
Grizzly Bear Kills 2 People at Banff National Park in Canada
Park authorities in Canada said they received an alert from inside Banff National Park in Alberta, where two people were found dead.
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John
on October 2023
Slovakia Appears Set to Join the Putin Sympathizers After Election
Robert Fico, center, in Bratislava, Slovakia, on Sunday, has said he will “not send a single cartridge” of ammunition to Ukraine.
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John
on October 2023
Monday Briefing: U.S. Aid to Ukraine Is Uncertain
President Biden and Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House last month.
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John
on October 2023
In Poland, Supporters of Opposition March in Warsaw Ahead of Key Election
A huge crowd gathered in Warsaw on Sunday in a display of antigovernment sentiment ahead of an election this month.
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John
on October 2023
Senate Democrat Threatens to Block a Chunk of Military Aid to Egypt
Senator Ben Cardin replaced Senator Robert Menendez as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
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John
on October 2023
Why Is the U.S. Telling Serbia to Move Troops From the Kosovo Border?
A Kosovar police officer standing guard on Wednesday near a monastery in northern Kosovo, about 10 miles from the border with Serbia, days after violence there involving Serbian gunmen.
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John
on October 2023
A New Speaker for Canada After a Misstep That ‘Deeply Embarrassed Parliament’
Anthony Rota, the former speaker of the House of Commons, in Parliament in Ottawa on Monday.
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John
on October 2023
On Anniversary of Illegal Annexation, Russia Strikes Ukrainian Region It Claims as Its Own
Ukrainian marines during training exercises last month in the Vuhledar area.
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John
on October 2023
In an Israeli Oasis, a Model for Peace, if Messy and Imperfect
The Oasis of Peace, a small village in Israel where an evenly split number of Arab and Jewish families live side by side.
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John
on October 2023
Where German Cars Falter, E-Bikes Gain in Power
A bicyclist test-riding the Audi e-bike at the mobility fair in Munich this month. The fair is a rebrand of what was Germany’s largest auto show.
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John
on October 2023
In Maldives Election, Mohamed Muizzu Defeats President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih
People arriving to vote on Saturday in Malé City, Maldives, where President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih faced Mohamed Muizzu, the capital’s mayor, in a runoff.
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John
on October 2023
Slovakia’s Election Could Echo in Ukraine. Here’s What to Expect.
A televised debate before the Slovak parliamentary elections in Bratislava last week.
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John
on October 2023
What I’m Reading: Apples, Private Actors and Marina Abramovic
Marina Abramovic during the launch of her exhibit at the Royal Academy of Arts in London this month.
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John
on October 2023
WSJ Reporter Evan Gershkovich’s Russian Detainment Reaches 6 Months
Ella Milman and Mikhail Gershkovich, the parents of Evan Gershkovich, in Midtown Manhattan on Thursday.
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John
on October 2023
Police Investigate About 100 Suicides Linked To Canadian Man
Ashtyn Prosser, right, died by suicide one month before his 20th birthday.
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John
on October 2023
Ajax and the Fragile Business of Champions League Soccer
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John
on October 2023
Putin Meets With Former Wagner Deputy Troshev
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John
on October 2023
UEFA Opens a Door to Russia’s Return in Soccer, and Faces a Backlash
Russia, in red, facing Germany in a UEFA under-17 qualifier in October 2021. Six months later, Russian teams were banned from European soccer.
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John
on October 2023
Bombing Kills at Least 52 at a Religious Gathering in Pakistan
Volunteers carrying a victim to a hospital after a bombing on Friday in Mastung, a district in Balochistan Province, Pakistan.
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John
on October 2023
Armenia Finds Itself Cast Adrift in a Tough Neighborhood
The Yerablur Military Memorial Cemetery in Yerevan, Armenia, the burial place of many of the thousands of Armenian soldiers who died during the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
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John
on October 2023
A Sri Lankan Baker’s Baguette Conquers France
Tharshan Selvarajah, this year’s winner of the “Grand Prize of the Traditional French Baguette,” at his bakery in Paris, in September.
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John
on October 2023
In Izium, Ukraine, Fear Remains a Year After Russian Retreat
War crimes investigators in Izium, Ukraine, examining the site of a residential building where people had been sheltering when it was bombed last year.
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John
on October 2023
A Statue Draped With Snakes? In Italy, It Happens Every Year.
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John
on October 2023
How Palantir Became a Front-Runner for the UK’s Multimillion-Dollar NHS Contract
The intensive care unit at the Homerton hospital in London last year. The pandemic intensified already heavy strains on Britain’s health care system.
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John
on October 2023
Why Doesn’t Australia Have Better Trains?
A commuter train in Sydney in March.
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John
on October 2023
A U.S. Army hospital has quietly started admitting troops wounded in Ukraine.
Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, the U.S. Army’s flagship medical center in Germany, in 2021.
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John
on October 2023
U.A.E. Talks Peace in Sudan War, but Secretly Backs One Side
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John
on October 2023
Friday Briefing
The mostly deserted village of Bohorodychne, Ukraine.
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John
on October 2023
An Invasive Mosquito Threatens Catastrophe in Africa
Tamirat Debele, who was diagnosed with malaria, received treatment at the Goro Health Center in Dire Dawa.
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John
on October 2023
Mosquitoes Are a Growing Public Health Threat, Reversing Years of Progress
Dan Neliba, a health worker at the Amukura Health Centre in Busia County, Kenya, collected a blood sample from Emmanuel Amyorit, 7, to screen for malaria parasites as part of a monthly monitoring program there.
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John
on October 2023
The Gamble: Can Genetically Modified Mosquitoes End Disease?
A female Anopheles mosquito, marked with fluorescent powder, under a microscope in a field laboratory on the island of Príncipe. Only female mosquitoes bite humans, and thus spread disease.
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John
on October 2023
One Village, Two Houses — and a New Tactic to Win the War on Mosquitoes
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John
on October 2023
Swiss Court Acquits Belarusian in Opposition Leaders’ Disappearance
Yuri Harauski, left, a former member of the Belarusian special security forces, during a break from his trial this month in St. Gallen, Switzerland.
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John
on October 2023
Western Leaders Urge Arms Manufacturing in Ukraine
The NATO secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg, with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine in Kyiv on Thursday.
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John
on October 2023
Friday Briefing: New Trouble for China Evergrande
China Evergrande collapsed two years ago under $300 billion in debt.
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John
on October 2023
Yom Kippur Prayers Split Israelis in Tel Aviv
Streets in Jerusalem were empty of cars on Monday in observance of the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur.
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John
on October 2023
Beloved Sycamore Gap Tree Is Felled at Hadrian’s Wall in Britain
The felled tree at Sycamore Gap, beside Hadrian’s Wall, on Thursday. The authorities said they had arrested a teenager and a man in connection with what they described as an act of vandalism.
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John
on October 2023
U.K.’s Ofcom Investigates GB News Channel After Laurence Fox Rant
Laurence Fox, an actor turned right-wing pundit, in London in March.
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John
on October 2023
Rotterdam Shootings Leave 3 Dead, Dutch Police Say
Police officers at the Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
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John
on October 2023
Gifts, Gadgets and Greece: Inside a Huawei Lobbying Campaign
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John
on October 2023
Chinese Activist Camps Out at Airport in Taiwan in Bid for Asylum
The Chinese activist Chen Siming at Taoyuan International Airport’s transit lounge in Taipei, where he’s been staying, in hopes of gaining asylum in the West.
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John
on October 2023
Nagorno-Karabakh Government Says It Will Disband
Refugees fleeing Nagorno-Karabakh arrived in the border village of Kornidzor, Armenia, on Monday.
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John
on October 2023
What to Know About the 2023 Nobel Prizes
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John
on October 2023
North Korea May Have Seen Little Benefit in Keeping Travis King
News coverage of North Korea’s deportation of Pvt. Travis King on a TV screen in a Seoul train station on Thursday.
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John
on October 2023