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Kung Fu Nuns of Nepal Smash Convention
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As the first rays of sun pierced through the clouds covering snowcapped Himalayan peaks, Jigme Rabsal Lhamo, a Buddhist nun, drew a sword from behind her back and thrust it toward her opponent, toppling her to the ground. “Eyes on the target! Concentrate!” Ms.
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War in Ukraine Has Changed Europe Forever
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HELSINKI — A year ago, the day Russia invaded Ukraine and set in motion a devastating European ground war, President Sauli Niinisto of Finland declared: “Now the masks are off. Only the cold face of war is visible.”
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The Hong Kong police have detained four people in connection with the killing of a model and influencer, in a case that has horrified the city.
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Yellen Confronts Russian Officials at G20 Meeting
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Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen directly confronted senior Russian officials during a meeting of finance ministers of the Group of 20 nations on Friday, calling it a “moral imperative” to end the war in Ukraine.
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Righting the wrongs of history and building a sustainable future
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Heirs’ property is defined as land passed down through family generations without a written will. This was not uncommon in areas where, due to segregation or poverty, access to legal aid and estate planning was often nonexistent.
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KOSTENETS, Bulgaria — The job is straightforward, dangerous and will soon be open to applicants: filling a 122-millimeter Soviet-style artillery shell with explosives that will turn it into a lethal projectile.
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Mexico Hobbles Election Agency That Helped End One-Party Rule
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Mexican lawmakers passed sweeping measures overhauling the nation’s electoral agency on Wednesday, dealing a blow to the institution that oversees voting and that helped push the country away from one-party rule two decades ago.
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How Poland, Long Leery of Foreigners, Opened Up to Ukrainians
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But the paradox of foreigner-leery governments taking in huge numbers of Ukrainians has been especially stark in Poland, long one of the world’s most ethnically homogeneous countries with a deep-seated mistrust of outsiders and a tangled, often painful history with Ukraine. Since Feb.
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WWF’s Dechen Dorji on keeping the spirit of the Year of the Tiger close to our hearts
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Last year, the world celebrated the official Year of the Tiger in the Lunar calendar—a year that held significance for many people around the world, particularly in East Asia, because tigers embody the values of courage, respect, and resilience.
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Everybody who knew Taras and Olha Melster was surprised when they signed up for a Ukrainian volunteer unit on the first day of the war. They had no military experience. They were professionals building their own businesses. They were trying to have kids.
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One local official says some buildings have collapsed, but the quake’s true toll is still unclear.
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ADANA, Turkey — A powerful new earthquake shook southern Turkey and northwestern Syria on Monday evening, spreading panic among survivors and trapping people under more collapsed buildings only two weeks after a devastating double tremor nearby destroyed more than 100,000 buildings, killed more t
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China Says U.S. Is ‘Not Qualified’ to Issue Orders on Arms
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Bristling against U.S. claims that Beijing may be poised to send “lethal support” to help Russia’s war in Ukraine, China accused the Biden administration on Monday of spreading lies and defended its close partnership with Russia.
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MILAN — Even in a city with La Scala, the glorious opera house, Milan’s cathedral unquestionably reigns as the most beloved landmark in Italy’s fashion and financial capital.
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MADRID — When the top foreign policy officials from the United States and China appeared this weekend at Europe’s premier global security conference, both stressed that their governments were not seeking a new Cold War. Yet, new warnings by U.S.
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One Year Into War, Putin Is Crafting the Russia He Craves
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The grievances, paranoia and imperialist mind-set that drove President Vladimir V. Putin to invade Ukraine have seeped deep into Russian life after a year of war — a broad, if uneven, societal upheaval that has left the Russian leader more dominant than ever at home.
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As the seventh graders settled into a lecture hall at a school near London, the topic at hand was not human rights, historical events or different religions. “Andrew Tate,” a teacher said, pointing to a photograph projected on the wall. “What do you know about this man?”
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North Korea Launches ICBM
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SEOUL — North Korea launched what South Korea called an intercontinental ballistic missile off its east coast on Saturday, a day after vowing to take “unprecedentedly persistent and strong” counteractions against the joint military drills that the United States and South Korea plan for this sp
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LONDON — It has been three weeks since Nicola Bulley, a 45-year-old mother of two, disappeared while walking her dog in a field in northern England, a case that has drawn national news coverage, as well as widespread speculation online that has been criticized by both the police and Ms.
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Written by Andrew E. Kramer Lynsey Addario traveled to Ukraine five times last year and followed Yulia Bondarenko’s journey on four of those trips, reporting from the Kyiv, Kharkiv and Cherkasy regions. Andrew E. Kramer, The Times’s Ukraine bureau chief, wrote this article from Kyiv.
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How a Tiny NATO Nation Tackled a Big Problem: Arming Ukraine
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LUXEMBOURG — Luxembourg’s military consists of fewer than 1,000 troops, one cargo plane, two helicopters shared with police forces and fewer than 200 trucks, ranging from Humvees to about 10 state-of-the-art Dingo combat reconnaissance vehicles.
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What is green hydrogen, and how can it help tackle the climate crisis?
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Green hydrogen is not yet widely available, and significant advancements are still required for it to be deployed on a large scale.
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EPA blocks catastrophic mining project in Bristol Bay, Alaska
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For more than a decade, the Pebble Mine project, which would have been located in the headwaters of the Kvichak and Nushagak Rivers, two of the eight major rivers that feed Bristol Bay, has threatened the pristine forests, streams, and lakes of this southwest region of Alaska.
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Protecting the Amazon's swimways
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The Amazon River, one of the most iconic rivers in the world, is more than a single river running through the rain forest. It connects hundreds of rivers and streams (known as tributaries), vast floodplains, and wetlands that cover a wide swath of South America.
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Eliminating fisheries crime calls for innovative partnerships. WWF just helped launch one.
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Just mention the name “Galapagos Islands” and, even though 99% of the world has never visited, there is a shared understanding of what the place represents. It’s an environment unlike any other.
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5 ways WWF helped fight the climate crisis in 2022
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The climate crisis grabbed headlines in 2022 both in terms of impacts and solutions, culminating in the international climate talks in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, where we saw some wins and yet still didn’t go far enough to reach our goals.
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