Europe
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Protests Over Gas Prices Rage On in Kazakhstan
MOSCOW — Thousands of people returned to the streets across Kazakhstan on Wednesday for a fourth straight day of demonstrations…
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Meet the Woman Who Set a Speed Record on a Classic Alpine Ski Route
Valentine Fabre has no reason to doubt her abilities in the mountains. The 45-year-old Frenchwoman helped her country earn two…
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Britain can ‘ride out’ the Omicron wave without a strict lockdown, Boris Johnson says.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson of Britain on Tuesday said that despite the record surge in coronavirus cases, the limited restrictions…
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Kazakhstan Declares State of Emergency as Protests Over Fuel Prices Spread
MOSCOW — The president of Kazakhstan declared a two-week state of emergency in two regions of the Central Asian country…
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Sweden’s king and queen test positive for the coronavirus.
King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden and Queen Silvia, his wife, tested positive for the coronavirus on Monday evening, the…
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Sabine Weiss, Last of the ‘Humanist’ Street Photographers, Dies at 97
Sabine Weiss, whose arresting photographs of dirty-faced children, food-stall vendors and Roma dancers captured the struggles, hopes and ...
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Petition to Rescind Tony Blair’s Knighthood Gets Hundreds of Thousands of Signatures
LONDON — By tradition, former British prime ministers are honored by Queen Elizabeth some years after leaving 10 Downing Street,…
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The ‘Best Spring Skiing Anywhere’? Try Crete
From the deck of the overnight ferry from Athens, the sight of the massive snow-covered Lefka Ori range rising abruptly…
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Changing Brussels Neighborhood Tries to Leave Stigma of Terrorism Behind
BRUSSELS — With children’s drawings and colorful posters now adorning the walls and windows, it was easy to forget the…
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Changing Brussels Neighborhood Tries to Leave Stigma of Terrorism Behind
BRUSSELS — With children’s drawings and colorful posters now adorning the walls and windows, it was easy to forget the…