World
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Soccer’s Governing Body Delays Vote on Palestinian Call to Bar Israel
FIFA, soccer’s global governing body, on Friday postponed a decision to temporarily suspend Israel over its actions during the conflict…
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Cartoon of Palestinian Boy Inspires, Years After Creator’s Murder
When pro-Palestinian student protesters took over Hamilton Hall at Columbia University last month and renamed it “Hind’s Hall,” the banner…
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Israel Resists Grand Bargain as U.S. and Saudis Work on Security Pact
President Biden is pushing for a broad deal that would get Israel to approve a Palestinian nation in return for…
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‘Taking Venice’: The Strange Story of the U.S. Government and a Painter
The documentary offers a glimpse of how the arts were treated very differently in midcentury America.
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When an Eel Takes a Bite, Then an Octopus Might Lose an Arm but Take an Eye
Videos filmed by divers show that choking, blinding and sacrificing limbs are all in the cephalopods’ repertoire.
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Putin’s China Visit Highlights Military Ties That Worry the West
The Russian leader visited an institute in Harbin known for defense research. President Xi Jinping saw him off with a…
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Attack on Crimea Hits Power Plant
Schools were closed across the city of Sevastopol, which is home to some of Russia’s naval fleet. The government said…
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The Premier League’s Asterisk Season
As it concludes an epic title race, soccer’s richest competition is a picture of health on the field. Away from…
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The Kiwi Makes a Startling but Careful Comeback
At a sanctuary on New Zealand’s North Island, the long-endangered flightless birds have grown so much in number that they…
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Friday Briefing
Slovakia’s divided politics.