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Rebels Gain Ground from Military Junta in Myanmar
[ad_1] An alliance of rebel forces in war-torn Myanmar has taken several key towns from the country’s military regime in recent weeks, the most successful challenge to the junta that seized power in a coup in 2021 and the latest evidence of how overstretched the military has become. The early successes of the alliance’s campaign, which began in Shan State…
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How Tropical Parakeets Took Over Brussels
[ad_1] In the lively Brussels neighborhood of Flagey, you can be sure of two things: People will be lined up for fries at Frit Flagey, and pigeons will be nearby, pecking at scraps. Just a few hundred yards away, around dusk, a scene unfolds that feels distinctly less Belgian. Hundreds of electric green parakeets, more commonly associated with the tropics…
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Colombia Wants to Recover the San José’s Shipwreck’s Billions
[ad_1] When the San José made its final voyage from Seville, Spain, to the Americas in 1706, the Spanish galleon was considered to be one of the most complex machines ever built. But in an instant, the armed cargo vessel went from a brilliant example of nautical architecture to what treasure hunters would come to consider the Holy Grail of…
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International Olympic Committee Says It Was Target of Elaborate ‘Fake News’
[ad_1] The International Olympic Committee issued an unusual statement on Thursday saying it had been targeted by “fake news posts” that it said contained “defamatory content, a fake narrative and false information.” The elaborate campaign included manufactured quotations from I.O.C. representatives, fake news stories citing those fabricated comments and even a Netflix-style documentary series released online and narrated by a…
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Korean President’s Battle Against ‘Fake News’ Alarms Critics
[ad_1] Allies of President Yoon Suk Yeol are attacking what they see as an existential threat to South Korea, and they are mincing few words. The head of Mr. Yoon’s party has called for the death sentence for a case of “high treason.” The culture ministry has vowed to root out what it called an “organized and dirty” conspiracy to…
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Friday Briefing – The New York Times
[ad_1] Israeli forces face a deadline in the Gaza Strip The Israeli military has limited time to carry out its operations in the Gaza Strip before anger among Arabs in the region and global frustration over the rising civilian death toll constrain Israel’s goal of eradicating Hamas, U.S. officials said this week. Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime minister of Israel, has…
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Hungary Fires Museum Director in Crackdown on L.G.B.T.Q. Depictions
[ad_1] When a far-right member of Hungary’s Parliament invited the media three years ago to watch her shred a book of fairy tales that included a gay Cinderella, only one reporter showed up. But what began as lonely, crank campaign against “homosexual propaganda” by a fringe nationalist legislator, Dora Duro, has snowballed into a national movement led by the government…
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What Does ‘From the River to the Sea’ Mean?
[ad_1] The slogan reflects the geography of that original claim: Israel spans the narrow stretch of land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea. But the phrase’s popularity persisted even as territorial claims shifted, after the P.L.O. entered peace negotiations in the 1990s, formally recognizing Israel’s right to exist and coming to governance through the creation of the Palestinian…
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Crocodile Bites Man. Man Bites Back.
[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 based in Melbourne. It was a story that seemed almost too Australian to be true: The incredible tale of a crocodile attack, foiled by the gnashing of the victim’s jaws. Around…
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Friday Briefing: Israel Expands Pauses in Combat
[ad_1] Israel expands pauses in combat Israel has agreed to put in place regular daily four-hour pauses in its relentless assault on Hamas in selected areas of northern Gaza to allow civilians to flee, a White House spokesman said. The agreement is the culmination of days of pressure from President Biden as the casualty toll in Gaza mounts. A senior…
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