Europe
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As Dutch Prime Minister Gets Extra Security, Fears Focus on Drug Gangs
THE HAGUE — For years, Prime Minister Mark Rutte of the Netherlands has cycled or walked to his city-center office,…
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Lithuania vs. China: A Baltic Minnow Defies a Rising Superpower
VILNIUS, Lithuania — It was never a secret that China tightly controls what its people can read and write on…
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British program to cover pay ends after subsidizing nearly 12 million jobs.
After 18 months during which it subsidized 11.6 million jobs, Britain’s government-funded furlough program ended on Thursday, along with some…
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German Police Arrest 96-Year-Old Nazi Suspect Who Tried to Skip Court
BERLIN — The 96-year-old woman, a former secretary in a concentration camp, was supposed to appear in court to face…
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Police Officer Sentenced to Life in Prison for Murder of Sarah Everard
LONDON — The police officer who pleaded guilty to the abduction, rape and murder of Sarah Everard — a 33-year-old…
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Yale Says Its Vinland Map, Once Called a Medieval Treasure, Is Fake
Doubts crept in around Greenland, which looked so good it was frankly suspicious, and questions soon spread all over the…
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Ex-President Sarkozy Convicted of Campaign Spending Violations
PARIS — A French court on Thursday convicted Nicolas Sarkozy, the former president, on charges that he illegally financed his…
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Your Thursday Briefing
The U.S. government will shut down at midnight if Congress fails to act.Credit...T.J. Kirkpatrick for The New York TimesDivisions among…
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U.K. Labour Party Leader Makes a Firm Push to the Political Center
BRIGHTON, England — After days of internal discord, Britain’s main opposition leader, Keir Starmer, ended the Labour Party’s annual conference…
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Le Goncourt renoue-t-il avec les conflits d’intérêts?
De gauche à droite, Pierre Assouline, Philippe Claudel, Patrick Rambaud, Pascal Bruckner, Didier Decoin, Camille Laurens, François Chandernagor ...