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Japanese Talk Show Host Blazed Trails for Her Gender, and Now, for Her Longevity
[ad_1] Pushing a walker through a television studio in central Tokyo earlier this week, Tetsuko Kuroyanagi slowly climbed three steps onto a sound stage with the help of an assistant who settled her into a creamy beige Empire armchair. A stylist removed the custom-made sturdy boots on her feet and slipped on a pair of high-heeled mules. A makeup artist…
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Polish Truckers Lift Border Blockade With Ukraine
[ad_1] Polish truckers have lifted their blockade of checkpoints on the border with Ukraine after reaching an agreement with their government, putting an end for now to a two-month protest that has delayed tons of goods from reaching Europe and strained the Ukrainian economy. Under the agreement, reached on Tuesday afternoon, the truckers will suspend the blockade while they hold…
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Kenyan Cult Leader Will Face 191 Charges of Child Murder
[ad_1] A Kenyan judge on Wednesday said that a doomsday cult leader who the authorities say directed his followers to starve themselves must undergo a mental health evaluation before prosecutors formally charge him with the murders of 191 children. The charges relate to the discovery last April of mass graves in the Shakahola Forest of southeastern Kenya, where hundreds of…
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Israeli Women Fight on Front Line in Gaza, a First
[ad_1] When Capt. Amit Busi gets a chance to sleep, she does so with her boots on — and in a shared tent in an improvised Israeli military post in northern Gaza. There she commands a company of 83 soldiers, nearly half of them men. It is one of several mixed-gender units fighting in Gaza, where female combat soldiers and…
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Macron Shifts Rightward, and Charts a New Course
[ad_1] The political ideology known as “Macronism” has always been about action, even agitation, at least in verbal form. Emmanuel Macron burst onto the scene in 2017 promising a “revolution.” Since then, over more than six years as France’s president, he has embraced a “refoundation” and renamed his political party “Renaissance.” Now, he’s calling for civic “rearmament.” It is perhaps…
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Friday Briefing – The New York Times
[ad_1] Netanyahu cast doubt on a two-state solution Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, appeared to rule out a postwar peace process that would lead to the establishment of a sovereign Palestinian state, rebuffing calls from the U.S. to start working toward that ultimate goal. He vowed not to compromise on the goal of “total victory” over Hamas and urged the…
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Where Are People Going This Year?
[ad_1] Popular spots from years past are still favorites, but 2023’s crowds and heat waves are sparking interest in alternative destinations. [ad_2] Source link
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Protests Erupt in Russia Over Prison Term for Minority Rights Activist
[ad_1] Video from Russian state media showed protesters and the police clashing after the sentencing of Fail Alsynov, an advocate for minority rights, to four years in prison on charges that he incited ethnic discord and discredited the Russian army. [ad_2] Source link
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Protests in Russia Put Spotlight on Wartime Ethnic Grievances
[ad_1] The trial of a minority rights activist in Russia this week sparked one of the biggest outbreaks of social unrest in the country since the start of the war in Ukraine, highlighting the strain the conflict has imposed on Russia’s complex ethnic relations. Hundreds of protesters clashed with the police on Wednesday in the provincial town of Baymak, near…
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Friday Briefing: Pakistan Retaliates With Strikes in Iran
[ad_1] Pakistan retaliated with strikes inside Iran Pakistan announced yesterday that it had carried out strikes against what it said were terrorist hide-outs in Iran. A day earlier, Iran hit what it called militant camps in Pakistan. The military exchange is the latest example of an expanding set of hostilities connected to the Israel-Hamas war. Pakistan indicated yesterday that it…
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