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The Nation Resurgent, and Borders, Too
At the heart of the rapid rise of the nationalist right, with its view of immigrants as a direct threat to the essence of France, there appears to lie a growing feeling among many French people that they are no longer at home in their own country.That feeling, a vague but potent malaise, has many elements. They include a sense of dispossession,…
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Putin Came to Asia to Disrupt, and He Succeeded
Four days in Asia. That’s all President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia needed to anger Washington, undermine Beijing and rattle a collection of Indo-Pacific nations already scrambling to cope with a jumbled world order.After stops in Pyongyang and Hanoi this week that were draped in Communist red, Mr. Putin left behind a redrawn map of risk in…
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Power Failure Brings Amtrak and N.J. Transit Trains to a Halt
Train service along the Northeast Corridor remained disrupted early Friday, with a half dozen trains canceled, after a power failure shut down all lines for more than three hours on Thursday and caused significant delays in and out of the nation’s busiest transit hub.Amtrak said that on Thursday, one of the hottest days of the year, the loss of…
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Trump falls behind Biden in latest Fox News poll as he lashes out at network: Live
‘I love Milwaukee’ claims Trump in U-turn on comments at GOP meetingSign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailDonald Trump has fallen two points behind Joe Biden in the latest national presidential election poll from Fox News, the first time the…
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Willie Mays, Baseball’s Electrifying Player of Power and Grace, Is Dead at 93
Mays hit 52 home runs in 1965, joining Ruth, Jimmie Foxx, Ralph Kiner and Mantle as the only players at that time to have hit at least 50 in a single season more than once. On May 4, 1966, Mays surpassed the National League record for home runs, 511, set by the former Giant outfielder and manager Mel Ott.As he approached age 40, Mays was still…
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Opinion | Why Israel Is in Existential Danger Today
If Israel can end the war in Gaza, it can lead to a U.S.-mediated deal with Hezbollah to quiet the northern border war — which has been terrible for civilians on both sides. It could enable Israelis and Lebanese along their countries’ border to return home while enabling the Israeli Army to recover and restock from a draining fight. It could…
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Trump demands presidential immunity in latest wild Truth Social spree: Live updates
Related: New Biden campaign ad says Trump ‘ready to burn it all down’Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailDonald Trump has issued another plea for absolute presidential immunity to shield him from prosecution over acts carried out during his…
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Israel Says Eight Soldiers Are Killed in Southern Gaza
Eight Israeli soldiers were killed while riding in an armored vehicle in southern Gaza on Saturday, the Israeli military said, as the Israeli offensive in the southern city of Rafah continued to exact a toll among its troops.The deaths occurred around 5:15 a.m. as Israeli troops operated in the northwest part of Tel al-Sultan, a neighborhood in…
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Carnage and Contradiction: Examining a Deadly Strike in Rafah
Fear plagued Saleh Mohammed al-Hila, 37, on that Sunday.“I was lying on the ground of the tent and told my son, ‘May God save us from this night,’” he recalled.Hamas had launched rockets at central Israel hours earlier, setting off air-raid sirens in the Tel Aviv area for the first time in months. Israel’s military said the barrage had been…
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G7 Leaders Agree on Plan for $50 Billion Loan to Ukraine
Two weeks after President Biden reversed himself and approved firing American weapons into Russian territory, he and his closest allies are preparing a different kind of assault, using the proceeds from Russia’s own financial assets to aid the reconstruction of Ukraine.For two years, the world’s largest Western economies have debated how to deal…
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