Europe
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Queen Elizabeth, Anchor in a Storm-Tossed Britain, Marks 70-Year Reign
LONDON — Seventy years ago on Sunday, a young English princess climbed into Treetops, a remote game-viewing lodge in Kenya,…
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Queen Elizabeth Paves the Way for Camilla to One Day Be Called Queen
On Saturday, the eve of the 70th anniversary of her accession to the throne, Queen Elizabeth II paved the way…
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U.S. Warns of Grim Toll if Putin Pursues Full Invasion of Ukraine
WASHINGTON — Senior Biden administration officials told lawmakers this past week that they believed the Russian military had assembled 70…
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Ukraine Gave Up a Giant Nuclear Arsenal 30 Years Ago. Today There Are Regrets.
At the end of the Cold War, the third largest nuclear power on earth was not Britain, France or China.…
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On Ukraine, Many Russians Have No Doubt: It’s the Fault of the U.S.
MOSCOW — After touring the grand, marble-clad Victory museum in Moscow, dedicated to the Soviet Union’s triumph over Nazi Germany…
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From Liverpool to London, Tighter Wallets and Colder Homes
LIVERPOOL, England — For the past few weeks Vincent Snowball hasn’t needed to use the weekly food bank that runs…
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Your Friday Briefing
The aftermath of an operation by U.S. forces early Thursday in Atmeh, Syria.Credit...Yahya Nemah/EPA, via ShutterstockISIS leader dead in U.S…
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Top Aides to Boris Johnson Quit, Adding to Downing Street Turmoil
LONDON — An exodus of senior officials from 10 Downing Street on Thursday deepened the crisis engulfing Prime Minister Boris…
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On the eve of his meeting with Xi, Putin pledges to deepen ties with China.
BEIJING — Ahead of his visit to Beijing for the opening of the Winter Olympics, President Vladimir V. Putin of…
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Why Claiming British Identity Is Complicated
The City Council House in Birmingham, England. A few years ago, a strange letter appeared on a councillor’s desk laying…