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Assad Defaced: Syrians Destroy a Dictator’s Icons
As the rebels swept across Syria, symbols that had once seemed omnipresent collapsed.In Aleppo, a statue of one of Mr....
Tuesday Briefing: El Salvador Will Not Return Deportee
El Salvador refused to return a U.S. deporteeAt a White House meeting with President Trump, El Salvador’s president, Nayib Bukele,...
Airport Warned Repeatedly on Bird Strikes Before Fatal Jeju Air Plane Crash
The latest warning came 10 days before the deadliest air crash in South Korea.A dozen officials gathered inside a room...
Trump Administration Memo Proposes Cutting State Department Funding by Nearly Half
The Trump administration could cut nearly 50 percent of the State Department’s funding next fiscal year, according to an internal...
How to Evade Taxes in Ancient Rome? A 1,900-Year-Old Papyrus Offers a Guide.
It may not have been the tax-evasion trial of the century — the second century, that is — but it...
Pope Places Antoni Gaudí, ‘God’s Architect,’ on Path to Sainthood
Pope Francis on Monday placed Antoni Gaudí, the Catalan modernist once called “God’s architect” for his work on the Sagrada...
Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel-Winning Peruvian Novelist, Dies at 89
Mario Vargas Llosa, the Peruvian novelist who combined gritty realism with playful erotica and depictions of the struggle for individual...
Brice Oligui Nguema Is Favored to Win Gabon Election
Voters in Gabon are set to pick their next president on Saturday, and on paper they have plenty of options:...
In Ukraine, Porn Is Illegal. So Why Are Its Creators Paying Taxes?
As Ukraine contends with a war raging on its eastern front and Russian attacks on its cities, one lawmaker is...
Ecuadorean President’s Opponent Contests His Re-election Win
Ecuador’s president, who unexpectedly surged in the polls to secure a shortened term in 2023, was declared the victor of...
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