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After Outlawing Public Zoos, Costa Rica Relocates Hundreds of Animals

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Costa Rica announced last week that it would close its two remaining state zoos, more than a decade after it passed a law...
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Scandal Brought Reforms to Soccer. Its Leaders Are Rolling Them Back.

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The 12-page report was intended to save soccer’s governing body, FIFA, in its moment of existential crisis.Filled with reform proposals and drawn up...
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Putin Is Selling Victory, and Many Russians Are Buying It

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The word “victory” is everywhere in Moscow these days.It is being projected from gargantuan LED screens alongside major intersections and highways and written...
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China Deploys Dozens of Ships to Block Philippine Protest Flotilla

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China has sent dozens of coast guard and maritime militia vessels toward a disputed atoll in the South China Sea, a large show...
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First, He Conquered Paris. Now, a Japanese Chef Wants to Become a Brand.

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In cooking, timing is everything. So much so that if the chef Kei Kobayashi spots diners heading to the restroom as he sends...
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Singapore’s Riches Grew Under Its Leader. So Did Discontent.

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Singapore was once known as an affluent and strait-laced city-state. Today, it’s a glitzy international destination. It has hosted Taylor Swift concerts and...
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Looting, rioting, and curfews: New Caledonia’s worst unrest in decades, explained

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Key PointsViolence has erupted in New Caledonia after Paris discussed letting recent arrivals vote in elections.At least two died in the unrest as...
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Wednesday Briefing

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Michael Cohen described a hush-money deal Michael Cohen, Donald Trump’s former fixer, returned to the stand yesterday to face lawyers for the Manhattan...
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Mona Lisa, Smile: You’re in Lecco, After All

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She’s been smeared with cake and doused with acid. Vigilantes have stolen her, and protesters have defaced her. She’s been lasered and prodded,...
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Israeli Military Leaders See Danger in Lack of a Plan to Govern Gaza

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With Israeli troops returning to clear Hamas for the second or third time from parts of northern Gaza, and fighting farther south in...
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