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Afghan Uyghurs Fear Deportation as Taliban Cozy Up to China

Ibrahim’s parents fled political turmoil in China for Afghanistan more than 50 years ago. At that time, Mao Zedong had…

Here’s What’s Behind Europe’s Surging Energy Prices

Soaring natural gas prices have roiled Britain and the rest of Europe, leading to price spikes in the cost of…

An Uncomfortable Question in France: Are We Still a Great Power?

PARIS — Beneath France’s angry outbursts about a secretive “knife-in-the-back”American deal to provide nuclear-powered submarines to Australia ...

In a setback for Apple, the European Union seeks a common charger for all phones.

The European Union unveiled plans on Thursday to make USB-C connectors the standard charging port for all smartphones, tablets and…

Days Before Germans Vote, Merkel Is Where She Didn’t Want to Be: On the Stump

STRALSUND, Germany — Only days before Germans cast their ballots for a new Parliament and with it a new government…

Has Covid Cost Australia Its Love for Freedom?

SYDNEY, Australia — In the war against the coronavirus’s Delta variant, few if any democracies have demanded as much of…

Readers Aren’t Into Sports? The Best-Seller List Says Otherwise.

SLAM DUNK This week’s batch of new best sellers includes two very different titles involving athletics. On the nonfiction side…

The Vibrant Resilience of Castelluccio di Norcia

I do not like lamb. And yet, I had been thinking about the “agnello scottadito alla brace” for five long…

Oedipus Takes to the Stages in Berlin

BERLIN — “The city reeks with death in her streets,” the chorus laments in Sophocles’ “Oedipus Rex.” Thebes is in…

Ex-Principal of Australian School to Stand Trial on Sexual Abuse Charges

MELBOURNE, Australia — An Australian court ruled on Thursday that a former principal of an ultra-Orthodox Jewish girls’ school must…

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