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Police Officer Sentenced to Life in Prison for Murder of Sarah Everard

LONDON — The police officer who pleaded guilty to the abduction, rape and murder of Sarah Everard — a 33-year-old…

After Knife Attack, New Zealand Criminalizes Terror Plotting

New Zealand politicians on Thursday passed a law that makes plotting a terrorist attack a crime, addressing a legal loophole…

Yale Says Its Vinland Map, Once Called a Medieval Treasure, Is Fake

Doubts crept in around Greenland, which looked so good it was frankly suspicious, and questions soon spread all over the…

Ex-President Sarkozy Convicted of Campaign Spending Violations

PARIS — A French court on Thursday convicted Nicolas Sarkozy, the former president, on charges that he illegally financed his…

Your Thursday Briefing

The U.S. government will shut down at midnight if Congress fails to act.Credit...T.J. Kirkpatrick for The New York TimesDivisions among…

Prison Riot in Ecuador Leaves More Than 100 Inmates Dead

More than 100 inmates have died in the latest clash in one of Ecuador’s prisons, the president said late Wednesday,…

Health officials are buying millions of vaccines for Latin America.

The Pan American Health Organization has struck a deal with the Chinese manufacturer Sinovac to purchase millions of Covid-19 vaccines…

China Plans ‘Closed-Loop’ Bubble for Winter Olympics

The International Olympic Committee on Wednesday released a preliminary set of health protocols for the upcoming Winter Games in Beijing…

French Court Convicts Magazine Over Racist Portrayal of Black Lawmaker

PARIS — A court in Paris on Wednesday found a conservative French magazine guilty under French hate speech laws of…

Daintree Forest in Australia Is Returned to Indigenous Owners

The Daintree Rainforest in Australia — a world-famous travel destination and, at an estimated 180 million years old, one of…

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