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NAIROBI, Kenya — An Ethiopian government airstrike ripped through a kindergarten in the northern Tigray region on Friday, killing at...

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Latvia tears down a controversial Soviet-era monument in its capital.

The nearly 260-foot tall obelisk, erected during the Soviet rule of Latvia, had towered in a park in the Baltic...

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As Russia Increases the Size of Its Army, Both Sides Dig In for a Long Conflict

The Zaporizhzhia nuclear complex, across the Dnipro River from Nikopol, in July.Credit...David Guttenfelder for The New York TimesKYIV, Ukraine —...

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Putin Orders a Sharp Expansion of Russia’s Hard-Hit Armed Forces

President Vladimir V. Putin on Thursday ordered a sharp increase in the size of Russia’s armed forces, a reversal of...

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Austin Orders Overhaul to Better Protect Civilians During U.S. Combat Operations

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon on Thursday announced sweeping changes aimed at reducing risks to civilians in U.S. military operations by...

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Scuba Diver Is Fined After Getting Too Close to Killer Whales

A scuba diver was fined 12,000 Canadian dollars for swimming too close to a group of killer whales, a threatened...

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Biden’s Debt Relief

Fewer than 40 percent of Americans graduate from a four-year college, and these college graduates fare far better than nongraduates...

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Long War Looms, Officials Say, Despite Ukraine’s Defiant Message

Destroyed Russian armored vehicles were paraded in Kyiv on Sunday.Credit...Jim Huylebroek for The New York TimesKYIV, Ukraine — Even as...

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The Front-Runner to Replace Boris Johnson Wants to Be a New Iron Lady

BIRMINGHAM, England — When a British journalist asked Liz Truss on Tuesday to name the character flaw she would most...

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Imran Khan, Pakistan’s Former Leader, Appears in Court