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Aleksei Navalny, Russian Opposition Leader, Dies in Prison at 47
[ad_1] Aleksei A. Navalny, an anticorruption activist who for more than a decade led the political opposition in President Vladimir V. Putin’s Russia while enduring arrests, assaults and a near-fatal poisoning, died Friday in a Russian prison, according to Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service. He was 47. The prison authorities said that Mr. Navalny lost consciousness on Friday after taking a…
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A Third Political Ally of Hungary’s Prime Minister Is Forced to Resign
[ad_1] A snowballing scandal in Hungary over the pardoning of a man convicted of covering up pedophilia in a children’s home forced the third resignation in a week on Friday of an important political ally of the country’s authoritarian prime minister, Viktor Orban. The departure of Zoltan Balog, a former government minister, from the leadership of the Hungarian Reformed Church…
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Israel Was Behind Attacks on Major Gas Pipelines in Iran, Officials Say
[ad_1] Israel carried out covert attacks on two major natural gas pipelines inside Iran this week, disrupting the flow of heat and cooking gas to provinces with millions of people, according to two Western officials and a military strategist affiliated with Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps. The strikes represent a notable shift in the shadow war that Israel and Iran have…
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Aleksei Navalny, Russian Opposition Leader, Dies in Prison at 47
[ad_1] Aleksei A. Navalny, an anticorruption activist who for more than a decade led the political opposition in President Vladimir V. Putin’s Russia while enduring arrests, assaults and a near-fatal poisoning, died Friday in a Russian prison, according to Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service. He was 47. The prison authorities said that Mr. Navalny lost consciousness on Friday after taking a…
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Architect Embraces Indigenous Worldview in Australian Designs
[ad_1] Jefa Greenaway will never forget the first time he heard his father’s voice. It was in 2017, when he was watching a documentary about Indigenous Australians’ fight to be recognized in the country’s Constitution. “It was poignant, surreal,” Mr. Greenaway recalled. “In one word: emotional.” In the film, his father, Bert Groves, an Indigenous man and a civil rights…
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Aleksei Navalny’s Wife Makes Dramatic Appearance After Reports of His Death
[ad_1] Just hours after her husband was reported dead, Yulia Navalnaya made a dramatic, surprise appearance at a gathering of world leaders in Munich on Friday. Taking the stage, she denounced President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia and vowed that he and his circle “will be brought to justice.” The diplomats and political leaders at the Munich Security Conference were…
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In Big Election Year, A.I.’s Architects Move Against Its Misuse
[ad_1] Artificial intelligence companies have been at the vanguard of developing the transformative technology. Now they are also racing to set limits on how A.I. is used in a year stacked with major elections around the world. Last month, OpenAI, the maker of the ChatGPT chatbot, said it was working to prevent abuse of its tools in elections, partly by…
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Zelensky and Other EU Leaders React to Word of Aleksei Navalny’s Death
[ad_1] Word of Aleksei A. Navalny’s death drew condemnation from across Europe on Friday, with leaders holding Russia’s government, and specifically President Vladimir V. Putin, responsible for the demise of the imprisoned Russian dissident. President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, who was in Germany on Friday for the Munich Security Conference, said that Mr. Navalny “was killed by Putin, like thousands…
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Kylian Mbappé, P.S.G. and the Dangers of a Loveless Marriage
[ad_1] This time, Kylian Mbappé means it. The reports on Thursday of his decision to leave Paris St.-Germain, his hometown team, might have carried with them an unmistakable sense of déjà vu. They might, uniformly, have carried not a single direct quote from anyone involved, ensuring that all sides have precious room to maneuver should the situation change in the…
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Netanyahu Condemns B’nei Re’em Shooting That Killed Two Israelis
[ad_1] At least two people were killed and four others wounded when a gunman opened fire at a bustling intersection in central Israel on Friday afternoon, the Israeli authorities said. Avi Bitton, an Israeli police commander, said that the attack took place at a bus stop near the town of B’nei Re’em at around 12:30 p.m. The gunman was shot…
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