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As Development Alters Greek Islands’ Nature and Culture, Locals Push Back
[ad_1] With a deluge of foreign visitors fueling seemingly nonstop development on once pristine Greek islands, local residents and officials are beginning to fight back, moving to curb a wave of construction that has started to cause water shortages and is altering the islands’ unique cultural identity. Tourism is crucial in Greece, accounting for a fifth of the country’s economic…
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Monday Briefing – The New York Times
[ad_1] 100 days of war in Gaza The war in Gaza has entered its 100th day. Since Hamas led its deadly Oct. 7 assault on Israel, more than 23,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza and most of the enclave’s population has been displaced by the Israeli military’s war, according to Gazan health officials. More than 120 hostages are believed…
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Congressional Leaders Unveil Stopgap Bill to Head Off Shutdown
[ad_1] Congressional leaders unveiled stopgap legislation on Sunday to avert a partial government shutdown, teeing up a race to pass the bipartisan spending deal into law before a deadline at the end of the week. The bill, which came out of a spending deal negotiated by Speaker Mike Johnson and Senator Chuck Schumer, the majority leader, would temporarily extend funding…
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Nicaragua Frees Jailed Catholic Bishop and Other Clergymen
[ad_1] The Nicaraguan authorities said on Sunday that they had released 19 clergymen who had been jailed and handed them over to the Vatican, the latest development in the autocratic government’s longstanding persecution of the Roman Catholic Church. Among those set free was Bishop Rolando Álvarez, one of the most prominent critics of the government left in Nicaragua, who had…
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Guatemala’s Presidential Inauguration is Delayed, Flaring Tempers
[ad_1] Opponents of the anticorruption crusader Bernardo Arévalo delayed his inauguration as president of Guatemala on Sunday, ratcheting political tensions higher in Central America’s most populous country. Confusion around the transition of power emerged shortly after Guatemala’s highest court on Sunday allowed conservative members of Congress opposed to Mr. Arévalo to maintain their leadership of the chamber. After that ruling,…
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U.S. and Iran Wage a Proxy War
[ad_1] For all the fears of an outbreak of fighting in the Middle East that could draw the United States, Israel and Iran into direct combat, a curious feature of the conflict so far is the care taken — in both Tehran and Washington — to avoid putting their forces into direct contact. No one knows how long that will…
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Monday Briefing: Houthis Hold Firm After Strikes
[ad_1] Houthis hold firm after U.S. strikes After U.S.-led strikes against Houthi-controlled sites in Yemen on Thursday and Friday, U.S. officials said that the militia had retained about three-quarters of its ability to target ships transiting the Red Sea. The airstrikes damaged or destroyed about 90 percent of their targets. But much of the Houthis’ offensive capability is mounted on…
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Why Taiwan’s Election Matters to the World
[ad_1] Taiwan’s election on Saturday has big implications not only for the 23 million people who live on the island, but also for China’s superpower rivalry with the United States. Voters chose as their next president Lai Ching-te, the current vice president, who has vowed to continue his party’s policy of protecting the island’s sovereignty. The vote is a rebuke…
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Lava From a Volcano in Iceland Reaches Town
[ad_1] A volcano in Iceland erupted after hundreds of earthquakes struck the Reykjanes Peninsula, spewing lava into Grindavik, a small fishing town about 30 miles southwest of the country’s capital. [ad_2] Source link
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At Least 5 People Die Trying to Cross Icy English Channel
[ad_1] At least five people died in icy waters off a beach in northern France early Sunday as they tried to traverse the English Channel to Britain, the latest in a string of tragedies in recent years that have underlined the inability of governments on both sides of the waterway to deter attempts of the perilous crossing. The people were…
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