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Roy L. Prosterman, a lawyer who left a lucrative corporate law practice to champion land reform…

Russia Presses Offensive in Kursk Amid Cease-Fire Talks With U.S.

Moscow is pressing its offensive to retake the full territory of Russia’s Kursk region from Ukraine…

As Trump Stirs Doubt, Europeans Debate Their Own Nuclear Deterrent

Germany’s next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, set European pigeons flying in circles when he suggested last month…

Bread Lines and Salty Drinking Water: Israeli Aid Block Sets Gaza Back Again

Outside the Zadna Bakery in central Gaza one recent afternoon, the long lines of people waiting…

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Five years after it left the European Union, Britain may have finally found a new role…

Kremlin Says Putin Met With Trump’s Envoy, Steve Witkoff

President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia met with Steve Witkoff, the U.S. special envoy, in Moscow…

Challenged by Trump, Trudeau Rallies Canada as He Leaves Office

It was not even three months ago when it seemed like Canadians couldn’t wait for an…

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When Pope Francis first appeared to the world on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica, he…

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Ingrid Daubechies, a mathematician at Duke University, is an expert on many matters, not least the…