Europe
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Demanding Reparations, and Ending Up in Exile
A Painful Reckoning Haiti’s payments to its former slave masters added up for generations, costing its economy billions of dollars…
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1 Dead and Dozens Injured After 3 Tornadoes Strike Western Germany
At least one person was killed and dozens were injured after three tornadoes struck western Germany, the local authorities said…
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The Russian Orthodox Leader at the Core of Putin’s Ambitions
As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine unfolded, Patriarch Kirill I, the leader of the Moscow-based Russian Orthodox Church, had an awkward…
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‘A form of hope’: As air-raid sirens sound, a Lviv orchestra opens a summer festival with Mozart’s Requiem.
The audience members took their seats among boxes of medicine, first-aid kits and intravenous tubes. The orchestra was missing four…
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Russian forces are attempting another crossing of a river where they suffered a major blow, Ukraine’s military says.
Russia’s military prepared on Saturday to attempt another pontoon crossing of an eastern Ukrainian river that has posed a formidable…
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Russia Hustles to Recruit Soldiers and Halts Gas Supplies to Finland
BERLIN — Russia took new steps on Friday to gird for an escalating struggle with the West over the war…
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U.S. Company Supplying Russian Military Seeks Exit, Caught Between Sanctions and Kremlin
The Samara Metallurgical Plant, a sprawling complex in southwestern Russia that spans an area the size of a dozen city…
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France’s New Cabinet Mixes Fresh and Familiar, Hinting at Macron’s Priorities
PARIS — France announced a new government on Friday that mixed veteran politicians from President Emmanuel Macron’s prior administration with…
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Comment une banque française a fait main basse sur Haïti
Encore un nouvel emprunt La seconde moitié du 19e siècle aurait dû constituer une opportunité immense pour Haïti. La demande…
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Washington Warns Britain to Temper Its Spat With E.U. Over Northern Ireland
LONDON — Britain and the United States have found common cause on the need to defend Ukraine from Russia, one-upping…
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