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Volkswagen’s truck unit warns that the chip crisis will undercut sales.

Volkswagen’s truck unit is facing “severe difficulties” in buying semiconductors that are weighing on sales at a time when demand…

India Opens Its Highest Military Ranks to Women After Lengthy Fight

NEW DELHI — India’s Supreme Court on Wednesday opened the door for women to pursue military careers at the highest…

China Says It Won’t Build New Coal Plants Abroad. What Does That Mean?

Xi Jinping, China’s top leader, said on Tuesday that his country would stop building coal-burning power plants overseas, a major…

Beyond Evergrande’s Troubles, a Slowing Chinese Economy

BEIJING — Global markets have watched anxiously as a huge and deeply indebted Chinese property company flirts with default, fearing…

Top Adviser to Ukrainian President Targeted in Assassination Attempt

KYIV, Ukraine — A top adviser to President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine was shot at on Wednesday while being driven…

Pressure Grows on U.S. Companies to Share Covid Vaccine Technology

As President Biden convenes heads of state for a Covid-19 summit on Wednesday, pressure is growing on American drug companies…

Barcelona Takes on Airbnb

It’s been a busy summer for Lucas Ezequiel Hernández, a 29-year-old designer who lives with his brother in central Barcelona.…

1921: Deadly Chemical Works Explosion in Germany

Credit...International Herald Tribune(Special to the Herald.) MAINZ, Wednesday. — More than one thousand people were killed and several thousands ...

Your Wednesday Briefing

President Biden addressed the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday.Credit...Doug Mills/The New York TimesAt the U.N., Biden calls for diplomacy In…

Germany’s Far Right Is Nowhere in the Election. But It’s ‘Here to Stay.’

BERLIN — They promised they would “hunt” the elites. They questioned the need for a Holocaust memorial in Berlin and…

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