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U.S. Presses to Avert Wider War Between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon

The United States is in the midst of an intense diplomatic push to prevent full-on war between Israel and Hezbollah forces in Lebanon,...

Dutch Olympic Organizers Defend Participation of Athlete Convicted of Rape

The Dutch Volleyball Association and Dutch Olympic organizers are standing by their decision to send a man convicted of rape to the Paris...

Mikhail Baryshnikov on Leaving Everything Behind

On the night of June 29, 1974, after a performance with a touring Bolshoi Ballet troupe in downtown Toronto, Mikhail Baryshnikov made his...

At Euro 2024, a Very England Fight Misses the Point

The problem, really, boils down to a single word. Unfortunately, that word — the key word in all of this — is not...

What I’m Reading: Tunneling to the Past

It’s been a while since I did a “what I’m reading” roundup. (After the newsletter went to once a week, it became harder...

Princess Anne Returns Home From the Hospital

Princess Anne, the younger sister of King Charles III, was released from a hospital on Friday, five days after suffering a concussion and...

Economic Collapse Looms in West Bank, Imperiling Hopes for Gaza’s Future

Israel has dealt blow after financial blow to the Palestinian Authority, alarming the United States, which wants it to have a role in...

Brittany Was Once Barren Ground for France’s Far Right. No More.

So many locals over so many decades have left Gourin in rural Brittany for the United States that Air France awarded the town...

Time Traveling Through London With an Impressionist Painter

In the early 1870s, an émigré painter watched from a railway footbridge as a steam engine left a station on London’s suburban fringe....

‘There is no democracy’: Why Australian voters have boycotted Iran’s presidential elections

Polling is underway in Iran’s Presidential election with voters in Iran and abroad tasked with choosing a successor for former President Ebrahim Raisi,...

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