For more than three decades, a 25-foot long canvas tapestry replica of “Guernica” hung outside the United Nations Security Council chamber, the backdrop for...

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A Harvard Professor Called Wartime Sex Slaves ‘Prostitutes.’ One Pushed Back.

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SEOUL, South Korea — The students and the survivor were divided by two generations and 7,000 miles, but they met on Zoom to discuss...

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Nigerian Students Are Abducted in 2nd Kidnapping in Just Over a Week

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ABUJA, Nigeria — Unidentified gunmen kidnapped a number of schoolgirls from the town of Jangebe in northwest Nigeria early on Friday, a state...

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A Millennial Woman Takes on the U.N.

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“I’m sure she has no chance, and equally sure that she knows that,” said Edward Mortimer, a former United Nations official who was the...

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China Punishes Those Who Question ‘Martyrs.’ A Sleuth Keeps Track.

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In China, don’t question the heroes.At least seven people over the past week have been threatened, detained or arrested after casting doubt over the...

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North Korea’s borders are closed, but Russia says some of its citizens found a way out by trolley.

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North Korea sealed its borders more than a year ago, grounding flights and shutting its borders with neighboring China and Russia because of the...

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U.S. Airstrikes in Syria Target Iran-Backed Militias That Rocketed American Troops in Iraq

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WASHINGTON — The United States on Thursday carried out airstrikes in eastern Syria against buildings belonging to what the Pentagon said were Iran-backed militias...

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Covid-19 Live Updates: California, With 50,000 Lost, Has More Deaths Than Any Other State

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Here’s what you need to know:A Covid-19 victim being placed in a hearse in El Cajon, Calif., in January.Credit...Mario Tama/Getty ImagesCalifornia surpassed 50,000 known...

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Amid Shortfalls, Biden Signs Executive Order to Bolster Critical Supply Chains

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WASHINGTON — Automakers have been forced to halt production because of a lack of computer chips. Health care workers battling the coronavirus pandemic had...

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Shlomo Hillel, Who Helped 120,000 Jews Flee Iraq, Dies at 97

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The Haganah ran the operation, called Michaelberg — derived from the pilots’ names — one more time, bringing back 50 more Iraqis before the...

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Italian Cliffside Cemetery, and Its Coffins, Carried Away by a Landslide

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ROME — A landslide carried away a cemetery on the edge of a cliff in the northern Italian region of Liguria, scattering about 200...

Africa

Facing Roadblocks, Vast Global Vaccination Effort Gets Underway

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An operation to supply billions of coronavirus vaccine doses to poorer countries has started. But as rich countries buy most of the available supply,...

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