World
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Wednesday Briefing
We’re covering closing arguments in Donald Trump’s trial and Election Day in South Africa.
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A Show That Makes Young Japanese Pine for the ‘Inappropriate’ 1980s
A surprise television hit, now on Netflix, has people talking about what Japan has lost with today’s changed sensibilities.
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South Africa’s Black Elites Sour on the President They Championed
In pivotal elections on Wednesday, President Cyril Ramaphosa and his African National Congress party are struggling to keep the support…
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Can South Africa’s Opposition Parties Break Through?
A record 51 parties are competing to unseat the long-ruling African National Congress in the national election on Wednesday. Here’s…
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Hold the French Fries! Paris Olympics Chart a New Gastronomic Course.
The environment will come first as France tries to revitalize the global image of its cuisine.
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Ancient Skull With Brain Cancer Preserves Clues to Egyptian Medicine
Cuts in the cranium, which is more than 4,000 years old, hint that people in the ancient civilization attempted to…
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U.S. Pier for Gaza Aid Damaged by Rough Seas
The temporary pier that the U.S. military constructed and put in place to provide much-needed humanitarian aid for Gaza has…
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Briefly Open to a Fair-Looking Election, Venezuela Reverses Course Again
Officials rescinded an invitation to E.U. observers for the presidential vote in July, in another sign that Nicolás Maduro is…
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I.M.F. Is Upbeat on China’s Growth but Questions Industrial Policy
Surging exports and factory investment are buoying China’s output, but the housing market faces serious troubles and industrial policies may…
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Menendez Jurors Hear Audio and See Texts From Seized Phones
Prosecutors introduced private messages between Senator Robert Menendez and his future wife to show what they say was the start…