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Kenya’s Police Battle Haitian Gangs While Understaffed and Lacking Money

Kenya’s Police Battle Haitian Gangs While Understaffed and Lacking Money

Frances Robles and Adriana Zehbrauskas
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Politics

Hundreds of Kenyan police officers are in Port-au-Prince, trying to take the capital back from gangs, but financing and personnel shortages have hampered the effort.


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Nobel Prize in Chemistry Goes to 3 Scientists for Predicting and Creating Proteins

Nobel Prize in Chemistry Goes to 3 Scientists for Predicting and Creating Proteins

Claire Moses, Cade Metz and Teddy Rosenbluth
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Politics

The Nobel, awarded to David Baker of the University of Washington and Demis Hassabis and John M. Jumper of Google DeepMind, is the second this week to involve artificial intelligence.


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How Harrods of London Is Dealing With a Sexual Abuse Scandal

How Harrods of London Is Dealing With a Sexual Abuse Scandal

Megan Specia
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Politics

The 175-year-old department store is trying to make amends for alleged abuse by its former owner, Mohamed Al Fayed, even while shoppers seem undeterred.


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As I Am: L.G.B.T.Q. in Japan

As I Am: L.G.B.T.Q. in Japan

Chang W. Lee, Motoko Rich and Hisako Ueno
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Politics

‘We don’t want to send the message to the younger generation that we’re people who have to hide ourselves.’


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Meeting of Western Leaders on Ukraine Is Postponed in Setback for Kyiv

Meeting of Western Leaders on Ukraine Is Postponed in Setback for Kyiv

Steven Erlanger, Constant Méheut and Zolan Kanno-Youngs
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Politics

A top-level gathering in Germany intended to show support for Ukraine was put off after President Biden canceled his trip to deal with Hurricane Milton.


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Flooding Ravages Thai District Known for Elephant Parks

Flooding Ravages Thai District Known for Elephant Parks

Muktita Suhartono
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Politics

Two people have died following the intense rains that inundated the city of Chiang Mai and surrounding areas that are popular with tourists.


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Prestigious U.S.-Ireland Mitchell Scholarship Paused Amid Funding Woes

Prestigious U.S.-Ireland Mitchell Scholarship Paused Amid Funding Woes

Megan Specia
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Politics

More than 300 American students have benefited from the George J. Mitchell program, founded after the Good Friday Agreement, but it has been halted indefinitely.


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Iranian Official Heads to Saudi Arabia as Israel Postpones U.S. Meeting

Iranian Official Heads to Saudi Arabia as Israel Postpones U.S. Meeting

Ben Hubbard
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Politics

The Biden administration is dealing with complex dynamics in the Middle East as it tries to keep conflicts involving Israel from escalating further.


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Fear Overshadows Oct. 7 Memorial Preparations in Israel

Fear Overshadows Oct. 7 Memorial Preparations in Israel

Isabel Kershner
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Politics

Amid the chaos and the war that followed the Hamas-led assault, Israel has not yet held a national day of mourning for the 1,200 people who were killed.


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Israel Steps Up Attacks in Lebanon as Fighting Spreads

Israel Steps Up Attacks in Lebanon as Fighting Spreads

Liam Stack, Victoria Kim and Andrew Jacobs
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Politics

With the region on edge about a possible Israeli retaliatory strike on Iran, U.S. Central Command hit targets in Yemen, and Israel ordered evacuations in Gaza.


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Macron Calls for Halting Weapons to Israel for Gaza Conflict

Macron Calls for Halting Weapons to Israel for Gaza Conflict

Talya Minsberg
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Politics

The French leader’s comments drew the condemnation of Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and reflected the growing international concern over Israel’s expanding conflicts in the region.


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Fear Factors

Fear Factors

Melissa Kirsch
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Politics

Sometimes the scariest movies are the ones that depict the ordinary horrors of life.


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Ever-Shrinking Condos Are the Choice of Investors in Toronto and Vancouver

Ever-Shrinking Condos Are the Choice of Investors in Toronto and Vancouver

Ian Austen
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Politics

A new report shows that small condo units are preferred by investors and that a lack of investor buyers may now be delaying new buildings.


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Rwanda’s Doctors and Nurses Hit Hard by Deadly Marburg Virus

Rwanda’s Doctors and Nurses Hit Hard by Deadly Marburg Virus

Sarah Hurtes and Arafat Mugabo
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Politics

The Health Ministry has reported that 80 percent of the infected are health care professionals.


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Michigan Father Dies in Israeli Airstrike in Lebanon, Family Says

Michigan Father Dies in Israeli Airstrike in Lebanon, Family Says

Kate Selig
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Politics

Kamel Ahmad Jawad, a U.S. citizen, was remembered by friends and relatives as someone who chose to stay behind to help others who couldn’t flee.


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