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North Korean Missile Was an ICBM, South Says
[ad_1] North Korea launched an intercontinental ballistic missile off its east coast on Monday, its first long-range missile test since July, the South Korean military said. The missile was fired from near Pyongyang, the North Korean capital, South Korean military officials said. They said they were analyzing data from the test to determine what type of ICBM it was. North…
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Serbia’s Leader Tightens Grip on Power in General Election, Early Results Show
[ad_1] President Aleksandar Vucic, Serbia’s strongman leader and Russia’s closest ally in Europe, tightened his decade-long grip on power on Sunday with what preliminary results indicated was a big win for his governing party in a snap general election. Like all previous elections in the deeply polarized Balkan nation, Sunday’s poll was marred by reports of voting irregularities and complaints…
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Chile Rejects Conservative Constitution – The New York Times
[ad_1] Chileans on Sunday rejected a new constitution that would have pulled the country to the right, likely ending a turbulent four-year process to replace their national charter with little to show for it. Nearly 56 percent of voters rejected the proposed text, with 96 percent of the votes counted. It is the second time in 16 months that Chile,…
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AfD’s Tim Lochner Is Elected City Mayor of Pirna in Germany
[ad_1] Voters in Eastern Germany on Sunday for the first time elected a far-right city mayor, a reflection of the surging popularity of the nationalist party Alternative for Germany, or AfD. Tim Lochner, 53, an independent backed by the party, will lead Pirna, a city of 38,000 people in the state of Saxony, where the party was recently labeled an…
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Monday Briefing: U.S. to Push Israel to Scale Back
[ad_1] Israel vows to fight on as the U.S. calls for restraint Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel vowed to “fight to the end” in Gaza as anguish continued to spread over the killings of three hostages last week. The hostages were accidentally shot by the Israeli military as they were waving a white flag, and their deaths have raised…
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Ukrainian Marines on ‘Suicide Mission’ in Crossing the Dnipro River
[ad_1] There was a faint tremor in the marine’s voice as he recounted the murderous fighting on the east bank of the Dnipro River, where he was wounded recently. “We were sitting in the water at night and we were shelled by everything,” the marine, Maksym, said. “My comrades were dying in front of my eyes.” For two months, Ukraine’s…
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Guy Stern, Who Fled Germany and Then Interrogated Nazis, Dies at 101
[ad_1] Guy Stern, who fled rising antisemitism in Nazi Germany at 15 for a new life in the United States but returned to Europe during World War II as a member of a military intelligence program that trained him to interrogate prisoners of war, died on Dec. 7 in West Bloomfield, Mich. He was 101. His death, at a hospital,…
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Netanyahu Vows to Keep Fighting in Gaza After Hostage Deaths
[ad_1] Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed on Sunday to keep fighting in Gaza, even as anguish over the Israeli military’s accidental killings of three hostages in the enclave raised new questions about how his government is prosecuting the war. Mr. Netanyahu began a government meeting in Tel Aviv on Sunday by reading from a letter that he said came from…
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Miss Universe Is Latest Target of Nicaragua Government Crackdown
[ad_1] It all began with a beauty pageant. There were multiple outfit changes, from evening gowns to bathing suits to national costumes. There were behind-the-scenes looks at the contestants’ lives. There were question-and-answer periods. And by the end of the 2023 Miss Universe competition last month, Sheynnis Palacios of Nicaragua emerged victorious. People celebrated in Nicaragua’s streets, singing the national…
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7 Months Inside an Online Scam Labor Camp
[ad_1] Neo Lu had been looking forward to starting his lucrative new job as a translator. But from the moment he arrived, he knew something was off. He hadn’t been hired. He had been kidnapped and forced to work for an abusive online scam operation. Only by understanding how it worked could he hope to escape. He had been promised…
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