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‘Patriots’: A play about 1990s Russia debuts on Broadway
The intersection of billionaires and politics is the topic of a new play, “Patriots,” by Peter Morgan, the writer of “The ...
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Israel’s military intelligence chief Aharon Haliva resigns
The head of military intelligence for Israel, Aharon Haliva, has resigned, saying his directorate failed to alert the ...
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Bird flu spreads to mammals, including US dairy cows and sea lions in South America
Since 2020, avian flu has been tearing through bird populations across the globe — even being detected in Antarctica’s penguins. This month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported ...
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The Chinatown that has no Asian grocery store
Washington DC once had a thriving Chinatown that was home to thousands of Chinese people. Today, gentrification has pushed most Asians out to the suburbs. There’s not even a full-sized Chinese grocery ...
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Ecuadorians endorse tough new security measures to combat gangs
Ecuadorians voting in a referendum this weekend gave President Daniel Noboa new powers to crack down on increasingly violent drug gangs. But some remain wary that their president’s zeal to combat drug ...
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ByteDance faces scrutiy in US and Europe
Over the weekend, the US House of Representatives passed a measure to ban the social media app TikTok in the US, unless its parent company ByteDance sells its ownership stake. Meanwhile, European ...
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Jewish voices silenced in Berlin to guard against antisemitism
Judische Stimme (Jewish Voice), is calling for protests in Berlin after a German bank froze its account. The bank has demanded the names and addresses of all the leftist Jewish organization’s members, ...
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US House passes funding package for Ukraine
The US House of Representatives passed another spending package worth $61 billion for Ukraine over the weekend. The World’s Daniel Ofman speaks with host Carolyn Beeler from Riga, Latvia, about what ...
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Israel’s military intelligence chief resigns
Aharon Haliva, the head of military intelligence for Israel, says that his directorate failed to alert the military and nation in time to prevent Hamas’s attack on Oct. 7. He is the first senior ...
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Migrants say crossing Mexico has become increasingly challenging
Mexican authorities have increased efforts to impede the transit of migrants arriving at the southern US border in response ...
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‘I’ll go for the American dream’: After struggling to get legal status in Colombia, many Venezuelan migrants are heading to the US
For years, Colombia has been the main destination for Venezuelans escaping their nation’s humanitarian crisis. But that’s ...
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US urges restraint and deescalation as Israel and Iran trade attacks
Israel carried out another attack on Iran, this time on the city of Isfahan. It follows Iran’s firing of hundreds of drones ...