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Antiwar Activists Who Flee Russia Find Detention, Not Freedom, in the U.S.

PINE PRAIRIE, La. — They had fallen in love their first year in medical school in Russia, joined by their…

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Eleanor Jackson Piel, Lawyer Who Fought Capital Convictions, Dies at 102

Eleanor Jackson Piel, a civil rights lawyer renowned for handling wrongful convictions and death row appeals — once securing a reprieve for…

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A Sikh Temple Combats Loneliness With Chai and Laughter

KAKKAR, India — Sitting cross-legged with his long white beard flowing in the afternoon wind, the 95-year-old man took a…

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A Protest? A Vigil? In Beijing, Anxious Crowds Are Unsure How Far to Go.

BEIJING — The crowd was hard to make out at first, a dark mass huddled along the Beijing riverbank after…

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Belarus’s architect of Western outreach dies suddenly, state media reports.

A top Belarusian official who led a failed attempt to thaw diplomatic relations between the nation’s Kremlin-allied government and the…

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Major News Outlets Urge U.S. to Drop Its Charges Against Assange

WASHINGTON — The New York Times and four European news organizations called on the United States government on Monday to…

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Cheer, Chant, Clean: Japan Takes Out the Trash, and Others Get the Hint

AL RAYYAN, Qatar — The final whistle blew on Sunday afternoon, and the Japanese fans who had just spent hours…

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How to Talk to a Widow

People are kind; some are wonderful. For a time. Then they move on to the next widow. That’s how it…

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Lionel Messi saved Argentina’s World Cup, and a soccer nation has hope again.

LUSAIL, Qatar — As he wrapped Enzo Fernández tightly in his arms, Lionel Messi could not help it. His Argentina…

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Saudi Commuters Descend on Doha for an In-and-Out World Cup

DOHA, Qatar — Planes were landing, from all around the world, every few minutes. They came from London and Tokyo,…

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