2020-10-18 15:54:32 {widget1} MADRID — Leftist politicians in Spain have worked slowly but steadily over the years to remove symbols commemorating the former dictator Gen. Francisco Franco from public spaces across the country. Now, despite denouncing those efforts, their

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2020-10-18 14:35:14 {widget1} KABUL, Afghanistan — In a long conflict waged by men, she’s been a rare female warlord, defending her fief in northern Afghanistan against the Taliban, her own relatives, and even against the American-backed central government she allied with.

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2020-10-16 05:35:41 {widget1} The Australia Letter is a weekly newsletter from our Australia bureau. Sign up to get it by email. MELBOURNE, Australia — Last weekend, Victorian premier Daniel Andrews surpassed a rather astonishing milestone: 100 consecutive daily news

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2020-10-18 09:00:13 {widget1} WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo came to the State Department briefing room ready to punish. On Sept. 2, he took to the lectern and called the International Criminal Court — which investigates war crimes, crimes against humanity and

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2020-10-16 12:04:37 {widget1} HAZMIYEH, Lebanon — Her hands created the gentle smile on the face of the Virgin Mary, the folds in the robes of the Four Evangelists and the glow surrounding the cherubic baby Jesus. In three decades of exacting work, Maya Husseini had

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2020-10-16 13:05:18 {widget1} JERUSALEM — When the elderly father of an ultra-Orthodox radio personality in Israel contracted the coronavirus recently, his family dreaded the prospect of his entering an isolated hospital ward and possibly never coming out. So the broadcaster

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2020-10-16 13:15:42 {widget1} The warnings showed up more than a week ago in mailboxes in western Nova Scotia. Wolves were seen nearby, the letters said. “If a Gray Wolf is encountered, do not provoke, engage or feed the animal. Back away slowly while remaining calm — do not

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2020-10-16 13:24:49 {widget1} There are few media platforms that operate solely to examine the experiences of war and the toll they’ve taken on both Americans and the citizens of other nations for whom the cost of recent conflicts is almost insurmountable, yet too often

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2020-10-16 13:58:31 {widget1} Here’s what you need to know: The Indianapolis Colts during a game against the Chicago Bears this monthCredit…Jeff Haynes/Associated Press The Indianapolis Colts on Friday briefly joined the growing group of N.F.L. teams dealing with a

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2020-10-17 21:04:15 {widget1} GORIS, Armenia — Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed to a new cease-fire in their conflict over a disputed territory, the countries said Saturday, days after a truce negotiated a week earlier had unraveled. The warring neighbors in the southern

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