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North Korea Stays Silent on U.S. Soldier Who Fled Into the Country

North Korea has not yet responded to the mystery surrounding a United States Army private’s decision to flee across the inter-Korean border...

Kenya Stares Into ‘Abyss’ as Soaring Prices and Feuding Leaders Bring Chaos

Kenya’s boisterous news outlets are normally fierce rivals. But on Thursday they set aside their competitive instincts to issue an urgent appeal for...

What Russia’s Grain Deal Actions Mean for Ukraine

Russia warned on Wednesday that it would consider any ship sailing around Ukrainian ports a military target, days after Moscow pulled out of...

What Do You Call a German Siesta? An Answer to the Europe Heat, Some Say.

A decade ago, in the wake of a financial crisis, Spain’s sacred siesta seemed to be under serious threat. Criticism was mounting across...

For Europe’s Older Population, Heat Is the New Covid

As a light, hot breeze blew through her living room and her gray hair, Donata Grillo, a 75-year-old cancer survivor with a pacemaker...

Investor Charged With Kidnapping ‘Crypto King’

Late one night in early December, Aiden Pleterski, a self-proclaimed “Crypto King,” was kidnapped, then beaten and tortured over three days, according to...

Belarus Says Wagner Fighters are Training Troops on the Polish Border

The Belarusian defense ministry said on Thursday that mercenaries from the Wagner group were training troops on the border with Poland, a statement...

Landslide Kills at Least 10 in Western India

A landslide triggered by torrential rains in the western Indian state of Maharashtra killed at least 10 people late Wednesday night, with more...

Russia Attacks Cities on the Black Sea as It Tries to Seal Off Ukrainian Ports

Russia unleashed another night of attacks against Ukrainian port cities early Thursday, a day after warning that all ships headed to those ports...

Europe’s Latest Heat Wave Has an Unofficial Name: Caronte

European news outlets are referring to the latest heat wave in Southern Europe as “Caronte,” after the ferryman in Dante Alighieri’s poem “Inferno.”...

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