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One Man’s Mission to Revive an Indigenous Language in Argentina
[ad_1] As a boy, Blas Omar Jaime spent many afternoons learning about his ancestors. Over yerba mate and torta fritas, his mother, Ederlinda Miguelina Yelón, passed along the knowledge she had stored in Chaná, a throaty language spoken by barely moving the lips or tongue. The Chaná are an Indigenous people in Argentina and Uruguay whose lives were intertwined with…
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Much of Houthis’ Offensive Capability Remains Intact After U.S.-led Airstrikes
[ad_1] The United States-led airstrikes on Thursday and Friday against sites in Yemen controlled by the Houthi militia damaged or destroyed about 90 percent of the targets struck, but the group retained about three-quarters of its ability to fire missiles and drones at ships transiting the Red Sea, two U.S. officials said on Saturday. The damage estimates are the first…
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Ecuador’s Attorney General Took on Drug Gangs. Then Chaos Broke Out.
[ad_1] Just weeks before Ecuador descended into chaos, with prison riots, two escaped criminal kingpins and the brief siege of a television station, the country’s top prosecutor launched a major operation aimed at rooting out narco-corruption at the highest levels of government. The investigation, called “Caso Metastasis,” led to raids across Ecuador and more than 30 arrests. Among those charged…
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Taiwan Will Stand on the ‘Side of Democracy,’ Its President-Elect Says
[ad_1] In footage published by Taiwan’s Democratic Progressive Party, Lai Ching-te, the island’s president-elect, called for Taiwanese citizens to come together and pledged to uphold Taiwan’s values. [ad_2] Source link
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China Failed to Sway Taiwan’s Election. What Happens Now?
[ad_1] China’s leader, Xi Jinping, has tied his country’s great power status to a singular promise: unifying the motherland with Taiwan, which the Chinese Communist Party sees as sacred, lost territory. A few weeks ago, Mr. Xi called this a “historical inevitability.” But Taiwan’s election on Saturday, handing the presidency to a party that promotes the island’s separate identity for…
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Lloyd Austin Confronts the Perils of Being a Private Man in a Public Job
[ad_1] For three years, President Biden has been just fine with the private nature of his media-shy, introverted defense secretary, Lloyd J. Austin III. But in failing to inform the president that he required surgery for prostate cancer, and that he later had to return to the hospital suffering from severe complications, Mr. Austin, 70, has not only attracted more…
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A Russian Dissident’s Fraught Path to Canadian Citizenship
[ad_1] When Maria Kartasheva appeared at a Canadian citizenship ceremony last June, she thought she would be cutting up her permanent resident card and taking an oath. Instead, officials blocked her from participating, saying that her criminal charges in Russia, for criticizing the war in Ukraine, might disqualify her from citizenship. On Tuesday afternoon, she finally took her oath in…
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U.N. Warns Gaza Is Heading for Famine as Specter of Wider War Looms
[ad_1] The twin specters of a widening regional war and intensified suffering of civilians loomed over the Middle East on Saturday as the Iran-backed Houthi militia in Yemen threatened to respond to American airstrikes, and a senior U.N. official warned of a “horrific” humanitarian crisis in Gaza that he said was hurtling toward famine. An American missile strike, launched from…
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Antihero Worship – The New York Times
[ad_1] The Emmy Awards are on Monday, after being postponed four months because of Hollywood’s labor disputes. I’m tuning in to see the actors and creators of “The White Lotus” and “Succession” walk the red carpet in fancy dress, after which they will, with any luck, make some witty or inspiring speeches when they win their awards. These are two…
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Russia Regains Upper Hand in Ukraine’s East as Kyiv’s Troops Flag
[ad_1] The Ukrainian soldier stared at the Russian tank. It was destroyed over a year ago in the country’s east and now sat far from the front line. He shrugged and cut into its rusted hull with a gas torch. The soldier was not there for the tank’s engine or turret or treads. Those had already been salvaged. He was…
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