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Many migrants in Belarus flew there. Airlines on Friday moved to end that practice.
The confrontation over migrants trying to reach the European Union has a long and growing list of players: Belarus, Poland,…
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Migrant Crisis in Belarus Tests Putin’s Uneasy Alliance With Lukashenko
MOSCOW — As European governments threatened Belarus with deeper sanctions this week for fomenting the migration crisis on the Belarusian-Polish…
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Austrians rush to get vaccinated in response to new restrictions.
A week ago, Austria announced restrictions on people who are not vaccinated or protected because of prior infections, barring them…
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Aiming for ‘zero Covid,’ China focuses on frozen food, children’s clothes and, soon, the Olympics.
China’s top leader has declared that the country has “overcome” the impact of the coronavirus, even as sporadic lockdowns continue…
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The Netherlands plans a partial lockdown regardless of vaccination status.
The Netherlands’ government plans to introduce a three-week partial lockdown to quell a fourth wave of Covid infections amid a…
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Arts
Will the Britney Spears Conservatorship End Today?
Britney Spears has made no secret of late how she feels about the court-approved conservatorship that oversees her life: She…
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For Some South Africans, de Klerk Missed Chances for True Reconciliation
JOHANNESBURG — In February of last year, as South Africa’s last white president sat in Parliament listening to a state-of-the-nation…
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Hong Kong’s M+ Museum Is Finally Open. It’s Already in Danger.
HONG KONG — M+, Hong Kong’s sprawling new contemporary art museum, ran into problems from the start. Billed as Asia’s…
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The Stakes Are Sky-High for a ‘Ring’ Coming to the Met Opera
LONDON — When the curtain rises on English National Opera’s first installment of a new “Ring” cycle on Nov. 19,…
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For Arab Americans, It’s Not Thanksgiving Without Hashweh
Rasha AlMahroos thinks of her Thanksgiving table and chuckles: A big turkey sits in the center, and right next to…