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Ursula von der Leyen Seeks Second Term as Top E.U. Official
[ad_1] “Who do I call if I want to call Europe?” The answer to the famous question — attributed to Henry Kissinger, but probably apocryphal — has been easier to answer over the past four years than ever before: You call Ursula von der Leyen. President of the European Commission since 2019, Ms. von der Leyen has emerged as the…
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What to Know About the U.N. Court Hearings on Israeli Occupation
[ad_1] The International Court of Justice will hear arguments from more than 50 countries this week on the legality of Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories. It is the first time the world’s highest court has been asked to give an advisory opinion on the issue, which has been the subject of years of debates and resolutions at the United Nations.…
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A Stunned Russian Opposition in Exile Considers a Future Without Navalny
[ad_1] The death of Aleksei A. Navalny, Russia’s main opposition leader, has stunned Russian dissidents. But it is also spurring some hope that in its desperate moment, the opposition to President Vladimir V. Putin will be able to unite like never before. Doing so will be a challenge, given the often aloof approach of Mr. Navalny’s movement and the disparate…
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Shaken by Grisly Killings of Women, Activists in Africa Demand Change
[ad_1] A wave of gruesome killings of women across several African countries in recent weeks has prompted outrage and indignation, triggered a wave of protests and precipitated calls for governments to take decisive action against gender-based violence. Kenyans were shocked when 31 women were killed in January after they were beaten, strangled or beheaded, activists and police said. In Somalia,…
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Let Tesla Expand? Three German Teens Have a Few Thoughts.
[ad_1] Tesla’s hulking assembly plant outside Berlin, which opened two years ago in a community known for its forests and lakes, still rubs many residents the wrong way. They worry it threatens the quality of their water and air, and has disrupted the peacefulness that drew them to the area. Steffen Schorcht, 63, who lives across the freeway from the…
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Monday Briefing – The New York Times
[ad_1] What Aleksei Navalny’s death means Aleksei Navalny, Russia’s most prominent opposition leader, died on Friday in a penal colony. He was 47. Navalny’s body has not been released to his family, and the cause of death remains unclear. Navalny was the Kremlin’s fiercest critic. He publicly denounced the corruption he saw at the core of President Vladimir Putin’s political…
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Thousands Rally in Tel Aviv Against the Israeli Government
[ad_1] Demonstrators expressed their anger toward Benjamin Netanyahu and his government and called for immediate elections, in one of the country’s largest protests since the start of the Israel-Hamas war. [ad_2] Source link
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Dozens Killed in Papua New Guinea After Clashes Between Tribes
[ad_1] At least 53 people were killed in fighting in the remote highlands of Papua New Guinea, where deadly violence between more than a dozen tribal groups has been escalating, a senior security official said. George Kakas, the Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary acting superintendent, told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation that the death toll from the incident in Enga Province…
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Hungary Snubs U.S. Senators Pushing for Sweden’s Entry Into NATO
[ad_1] Hungary, the last holdout blocking Sweden’s entry into NATO, thumbed its nose over the weekend at the United States, declining to meet with a bipartisan delegation of senators who had come to press the government of Prime Minister Viktor Orban to swiftly approve the Nordic nation’s entry into the military alliance. The snub, which Senator Chris Murphy, Democrat of…
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Overwhelmed by War, Another Gazan Hospital Is Declared ‘Not Functional’
[ad_1] The largest medical facility still managing to function in wartime Gaza is now a hospital in little more than name only, the head of the World Health Organization said on Sunday. After a week of siege by the Israeli military, there are only about 20 critically ill patients left at Nasser Hospital — but even that is too many…
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