World

Briefing

Understanding the cartel violence in Baja California

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Stategery

Analysts: Ukrainian strikes in Crimea are part of Kherson counteroffensive

John Bolton, Salman Rushdie, and IRG Soldiers

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Briefing

Rushdie, Bolton, and Iran's Revolutionary Guard, explained

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nine long years

Brittney Griner's lawyers appeal Russian drug conviction

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two is better than one

Combo COVID booster approved in U.K.

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it wasn't me

Iran implies Rushdie is to blame for attack

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Grayson Quay

One year on

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scary stuff

U.K. investigates threats against J.K. Rowling over Rushdie support

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Daily briefing

10 things you need to know today: August 15, 2022

School damaged by Russian shelling in Zaporizhzhia Oblast

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fortunes of war

Zelensky warns Russians against firing from nuclear plant

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Daily briefing

10 things you need to know today: August 14, 2022

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more bad news

Report: Arctic heating nearly 4 times faster than rest of Earth

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Daily briefing

10 things you need to know today: August 13, 2022

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eyes on Afghanistan

Prominent cleric who supported female education killed in Afghanistan bombing

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too close for comfort

U.S. backs call for demilitarized zone around Ukraine nuclear plant

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Briefing

Does Ukraine have a chance of reclaiming lost territory?

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world news

Ukraine: Explosions at air base in Crimea destroyed 9 Russian warplanes

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Murder-for-hire

Iranian charged in alleged plot to assassinate John Bolton

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Whodunnit

Ukraine bombed key Russian air base in Crimea, official says

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war in ukraine

Pentagon: As many as 80,000 Russian troops killed, injured in Ukraine

Ukrainian soldier with a U.S.-made Javelin

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get my purse

Biden admin announces another $1 billion for Ukraine

Gaza officials inspect building hit by Israeli strike

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Peace a chance

Israel, Islamic Jihad enact cease-fire after deadly weekend of strikes

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Harold Maass

The fallout from Europe's energy crisis

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Daily briefing

10 things you need to know today: August 7, 2022

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Daily briefing

10 things you need to know today: August 6, 2022

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Briefing

How the U.S. killed Al Qaeda's leader, and no one else, with a flying 'knife bomb'

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someone's angry

China escalates military drills, sanctions Pelosi over Taiwan trip

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#FreeBrittney

Brittney Griner sentenced to 9 years in Russian prison

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Granular details

Ukraine grain ship clears inspection in Turkey

Newspapers report on Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan

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show of force

China starts live-fire military exercises around Taiwan

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Briefing

The battles of Ukraine

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, center, is flanked by Paivi Nevala, minister counselor of the Finnish Embassy, left, and Karin Olofsdotter, Sweden's ambassador to the U.S.

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one step closer

Senate overwhelmingly votes to ratify NATO membership for Finland and Sweden

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fire and ice

Iceland issues poisonous gas warning due to volcanic eruption

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Harold Maass

What the U.S. accomplished by killing al-Zawahiri

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Brigid Kennedy

Should Pelosi have gone to Taiwan?