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A Back Door to Taylor Swift’s Australia Tickets? Not if You’re in Australia.
[ad_1] The Australia Letter is a weekly newsletter from our Australia bureau. Sign up to get it by email. This week’s issue is written by Natasha Frost, a reporter with the Australia bureau. Australian Swifties cannot purchase tickets to the Sydney or Melbourne dates of Taylor Swift’s “Eras Tour” for love nor money — unless they leave the country. Seeking…
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Exactly How Much Life is on Earth?
[ad_1] What’s in a number? According to a recent calculation by a team of biologists and geologists, there are a more living cells on Earth — a million trillion trillion, or 10^30 in math notation, a 1 followed by 30 zeros — than there are stars in the universe or grains of sand on our planet. Which makes a certain…
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Sikh Assassination Plot in NY Bolsters Canada’s Accusations Against India
[ad_1] When Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada accused the Indian government in September of being behind the killing of a Canadian Sikh activist near Vancouver, there was fierce denial, skepticism and muted support. India vehemently denied the accusations and forced out 41 Canadian diplomats. Canada’s allies, including the United States, said little, concerned about offending an increasingly important counterweight…
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Return to Haiti of a Coup Leader Raises Concerns of More Turmoil
[ad_1] Guy Philippe, the former Haitian police commander, politician and rebel who staged a coup against his country’s then-president in 2004 and served six years in a U.S. federal prison for money laundering, was deported to Haiti on Thursday, according to one of his attorneys in Haiti, Emmanuel Jeanty. The return of Mr. Philippe, 55, has fueled concerns that he…
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Biden’s Bond With Modi, India’s Leader, Is Tested by Alleged Plot
[ad_1] On a rainy night in June, President Biden toasted President Narendra Modi of India during a state dinner at the White House, celebrating “two great friends, and two great powers” — a gesture of flattery for a leader he has enlisted to help the United States check China’s ambition and counter Russia’s aggression. According to the White House, the…
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Blinken Urges Israel to Reduce Civilian Deaths as More Hostages Are Freed
[ad_1] As Hamas released more hostages on Thursday under a fragile truce deal, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met with Israeli leaders and urged them to take concrete steps to reduce civilian deaths before the military resumed an expected offensive against Hamas in Gaza. Mr. Blinken said he had made clear to Israeli leaders the “imperative” of a “clear…
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What We Know About the Israeli Hostages Hamas Released on Thursday
[ad_1] Hamas freed another group of eight Israeli hostages on Thursday, including dual nationals from Mexico, Russia and Uruguay. Hours later, the Israeli Prison Service announced the release of 30 Palestinian prisoners and detainees. It was the seventh consecutive day of releases of Israeli hostages from Gaza and Palestinians from Israeli prisons under the truce, which had been renewed early…
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Alistair Darling, Guiding Hand in Britain’s Financial Crisis, Dies at 70
[ad_1] Alistair Darling, a British lawmaker and cabinet minister who played a leading role in his country’s response to the 2008 global financial crisis, rescuing troubled banks with huge injections of public money that staved off a broader economic collapse, died on Thursday at a hospital in Edinburgh. He was 70. The cause was cancer, his family said. Mr. Darling…
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A Timeline of Plots Against Sikh Activists, According to Canada and the U.S.
[ad_1] Federal prosecutors in the United States announced this week that they had charged an Indian national in a murder-for-hire scheme that targeted a Sikh activist in New York. The plot was foiled, they said, but it further complicated the delicate diplomatic relations between the United States, Canada and India. President Biden has sought to strengthen ties with India’s prime…
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Why Some Korean Basketball Players Love the Bank Shot
[ad_1] As the basketball player steps to the free-throw line, the crowd watches in hushed anticipation. With one sweeping motion, he bounces the ball off the backboard and through the net. Wait, he banked it in? On purpose? The fans erupt in celebration. The shot is no fluke — just another free throw, South Korean style. The free throw is…
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