Two weeks ago, an artwork by Michelangelo Pistoletto was unveiled in downtown Naples as a sign of regeneration. On Wednesday, the work was destroyed by a vandal. nyti.ms
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Mozambique’s former finance minister, accused of a scheme that defrauded American investors and nearly led to his country’s economic collapse, has been extradited to the United States to face federal conspiracy charges. nyti.ms
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Gen. Sergei Surovikin of Russia, a onetime ally of the Wagner chief who hasn’t been seen publicly since a short-lived mutiny last month, is “taking a rest,” one of the country’s top lawmakers said Wednesday, when pressed by a reporter. nyti.ms
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Fueling by the world’s growing demand for cocaine, drug cartels from as far as Mexico and Albania are joining forces with Ecuador’s prison and street gangs to create a wave of violence unlike anything in the country’s recent history. nyti.ms
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Johannesburg so saw snow for the first time in more than 10 years this week. The fluffy white flakes were a welcomed surprise to many across the city. See how residents participated in a short-lived snow day. nyti.ms
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Ecuador has in just a few years become the darling of the drug trade, with major cartels from as far as Mexico and Albania joining forces with prison and street gangs. They’ve unleashed a wave of violence unlike anything in the country’s recent history. nyti.ms
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Larger eruptions have disrupted European air travel, but officials said this small one, in an uninhabited area that until recently had been dormant for centuries, posed no immediate risks. nyti.ms
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Japan’s trade ministry acted illegally in restricting a transgender woman from using restrooms at work that aligned with her gender identity, the country's Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday. nyti.ms
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Rikkie Valerie Kollé is the first trans woman to be crowned Miss Netherlands. She will partake in the Miss Universe pageant in El Salvador later this year. nyti.ms
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A briefing submitted to the court lodges serious accusations against nine top Ugandan officials of abuses, including President Yoweri Museveni and his son, Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, who has been maneuvering to succeed his father. nyti.ms
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Japan’s Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that the country’s trade ministry acted illegally in restricting a transgender woman from using restrooms at work that aligned with her gender identity, a step forward for L.G.B.T.Q. rights. nyti.ms
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As part of his surprising U-turn that unblocked Sweden’s bid for NATO membership Monday, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey appears to have extracted vague commitments to “re-energize” his country’s complicated relationship with the European Union. nyti.ms
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A U.N. agency examined maternal health of Black women across the Americas for the first time. The head of the agency behind the report offered her findings: “The result is horrendous.” nyti.ms
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President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority made his first visit in years to Jenin, the battle-scarred and impoverished Palestinian city in the north of the Israeli-occupied West Bank that was the target of a two-day raid by the Israeli military. nyti.ms
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Israel’s opposition movement fears the government is using “salami tactics,” slicing up its controversial judicial overhaul plan into smaller pieces that make it more digestible to a wary public. nyti.ms
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Exiled from his country, a Tibetan publisher founded a press to nurture the writing of his fellow exiles, providing a sense of home for a stateless population. nyti.ms
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Ukraine “is now closer to NATO than ever before,” Jens Stoltenberg, the NATO secretary general, said during the alliance’s summit in Lithuania. He told President Volodymyr Zelensky: “Today, we meet as equals. I look forward to the day we meet as allies.” nyti.ms t.co
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North Korea threatened military action against American spy planes operating off the country’s east coast, its state media reported on Tuesday, as a United States submarine capable of shooting nuclear ballistic missiles planned to visit South Korea. nyti.ms
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“It’s a gentle product, and we hope that when people are drinking it at home, they can tap into the abbey a little bit.” nyti.ms
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Tens of thousands of Israelis demonstrated across the country on Tuesday, blocking the road outside the main airport and clashing with police officers to protest a vote in Parliament that advanced efforts to limit judicial oversight of the government. nyti.ms t.co
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The United Nations Security Council on Tuesday failed to adopt two rival resolutions to extend cross-border aid deliveries into northern Syria from Turkey, effectively cutting off a vital lifeline to about 4.1 million people in opposition-held territories. nyti.ms
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A Canadian mining company is seeking to expand existing open-pit mines in British Columbia and create new ones. But critics claim the mines’ selenium seeps into waterways in Canada and the U.S, causing deformed fish and wiping out their numbers. nyti.ms
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Dmitri S. Peskov, the Kremlin’s spokesman, said Tuesday that Russia is closely watching the NATO summit in Vilnius, which he said had already started to demonstrate “a strong anti-Russian attitude.” nyti.ms
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As the war in Sudan heads into its fourth month, Omdurman — the city across the Nile River from the capital, Khartoum — has become the site of some of the most fierce fighting between the army and its rival, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. nyti.ms
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President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey on Wednesday tempered the expectation that his expression of support this week for Sweden joining NATO meant that he would swiftly push the approval through the Turkish parliament. nyti.ms
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Ecuador has in just a few years become the darling of the drug trade, with major cartels from as far as Mexico and Albania joining forces with prison and street gangs. They’ve unleashed a wave of violence unlike anything in the country’s recent history. nyti.ms
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Roman Catholic Cistercian monks say a blessing in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit before any beer bottling at Mount Saint Bernard Abbey in England. It's part of a routine that even nonbelievers say is perilous to skip. nyti.ms
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Ecuador se ha convertido en una tierra de las oportunidades para el narcotráfico, con carteles de países como México y Albania uniendo fuerzas con pandillas y bandas, lo que ha desatado una ola de violencia sin precedentes en el país. nyti.ms
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Mozambique’s former finance minister, accused of a scheme that defrauded American investors and nearly led to his country’s economic collapse, has been extradited to the United States to face federal conspiracy charges. nyti.ms
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Six people were killed on Tuesday morning when a helicopter crashed during a sightseeing trip over Mount Everest, according to local officials in Nepal. nyti.ms
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About 85 percent of the U.N. aid is delivered through the Bab al-Hawa crossing from Turkey, and the agency said it would not be able to match that number through two other border crossings. nyti.ms
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Denmark, the Netherlands and nine other European countries, acting with U.S. approval, have established a coalition to train Ukrainian pilots to use F-16 fighter jets, government ministers said at a NATO summit in the Lithuanian capital on Tuesday. nyti.ms
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Heavy rains in southwestern Japan have washed away homes, flooded hospitals, disrupted mobile phone services and cut off power and water for hundreds of households, officials said on Tuesday. nyti.ms t.co
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President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine arrived in Lithuania on Tuesday to participate in the NATO summit, after criticizing the “uncertainty” over Ukraine’s path to membership in the alliance. nyti.ms
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After a three-month hiatus, Israel’s far-right governing coalition moved forward early Tuesday with part of its plan to limit judicial powers, a gambit that critics say will undermine Israel’s democracy and that has deepened rifts within the society. nyti.ms
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For Ukrainian soldiers, one advantage of achieving at least creeping advances in the counteroffensive is appropriating ready-made fortifications from the retreating Russians, who dug deep, well-protected trenches. But it can feel kind of creepy. nyti.ms
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President Biden concluded a meeting of the NATO allies in Vilnius with an address to Lithuanians, and to the world, comparing the battle to expel Russia from Ukrainian territory with the Cold War struggle for freedom in Europe. nyti.ms
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An effort in Spain aims to ban comic shows at bullfights by people with dwarfism. But performers say the show must go on. nyti.ms
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Ecuador se ha convertido en pocos años en un sitio preferido por el narcotráfico, con carteles de países como México y Albania uniendo fuerzas con pandillas, lo que ha desatado una ola de violencia sin precedentes en la historia reciente del país. nyti.ms
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An effort in Spain aims to ban comic shows at bullfights by people with dwarfism. But performers say the show must go on. nyti.ms
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The parents of Evan Gershkovich, the American reporter jailed in Russia, said in a broadcast interview that President Biden had promised to do “whatever it takes” to secure his release. nyti.ms
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The U.N. Security Council on Tuesday failed to adopt two rival resolutions to extend cross-border aid deliveries into northern Syria from Turkey, effectively cutting off a vital lifeline to about 4.1 million people in opposition-held territories. nyti.ms
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About 85 percent of the U.N. aid is delivered through the Bab al-Hawa crossing from Turkey, and the agency said it would not be able to match that number through two other border crossings. nyti.ms
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Testimonies from more than 200 people who accuse senior Ugandan officials, including the president and his son, of torture, killings and other crimes against humanity have been submitted to the International Criminal Court at The Hague. nyti.ms
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After weeks of tense negotiations, NATO on Tuesday invited Ukraine to join the alliance at some unspecified point in the future, but only when allies agree conditions are ripe and that Ukraine has met the qualifications to join. nyti.ms
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France will give Ukraine longer-range missiles to defend itself against Russian aggression, President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday as he arrived for the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania. nyti.ms
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At Mount Saint Bernard Abbey, the monks help make Britain’s only Trappist beer, a full-bodied brew that has won fans since its launch five years ago. nyti.ms
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North Korea threatened to take military action against American spy planes off its coast for “illegal intrusion.” The Pentagon and South Korea accused the North of a groundless accusation about incursions into its territory. nyti.ms
