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    No Trains, No Planes, and Huge Protests: Strike Brings Greece to a Halt

    A general strike in Greece on Friday halted trains and ferries, grounded flights and disrupted public services as thousands of workers walked off...

    China’s Military Puts Pacific on Notice as U.S. Priorities Shift

    China has in recent weeks staged military drills off Australia and Vietnam, sending pointed warnings near and far. Neither was a full-fledged exercise....

    U.S. Terminates Funding for Polio, H.I.V., Malaria and Nutrition Programs Around the World

    “People will die,” said Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi, executive director of the African Population and Health Research Center, “but we will never know, because...

    Mother on Hunger Strike to Free Alaa Abd El Fattah From Egyptian Jail at ‘Risk to Life’

    The mother of a jailed British Egyptian activist has been hospitalized and is at risk of sudden death, a doctor has said, as...

    Anxiety in Gaza and Israel as Cease-Fire Nears End of First Phase

    Shamekh al-Dibs has not begun rebuilding his home in northern Gaza, which was destroyed last year. He is living in a nearby school...

    Why Scam Centers in Southeast Asia Keep Flourishing

    There are usually no international flights out of the airport in Mae Sot, a town on Thailand’s border with Myanmar. But in recent...

    South Koreans Are Having More Babies After Years of Decline

    For the first time in almost a decade, South Koreans are having more babies.The 3.6 percent rise recorded in births last year —...

    A Woman Died Midflight. They Had to Sit Next to Her Body.

    An Australian couple’s dream trip to Venice turned into a nightmare when flight attendants asked them to stay seated next to a dead...

    How Can Europe Talk to Trump? Macron Tries Flattery, and Gentle Resistance.

    President Emmanuel Macron of France struck a chummy tone with President Trump even as he corrected him with a smile in Washington on...

    Facing Early-Onset Alzheimer’s, She Fought to Expand Assisted Suicide in Quebec

    One recent evening, Sandra Demontigny tried to write down when she would die.“I sat down in a corner with a candle next to...

    Under Trump, America’s New Friends: Russia, North Korea and Belarus

    If the old saying is true, that you are known by who your friends are, then President Trump may be telling the world...

    Their Album is Wordless. Will Their Protest Against A.I. Resound?

    Sometimes, silence speaks louder than song.That’s the hope, at least, for more than 1,000 musicians who released a lyric-less album on Tuesday to...

    Anxious Prayers as Pope Francis Lingers in Critical Condition

    Vatican City is an anxious place. Clergy keep their phones by their pillows. Reporters, crammed in the Holy See press office, open emails...

    3 Workers Killed in Collapse at Construction Site in South Korea

    At least three workers were killed and five others were injured when part of a highway construction site collapsed in South Korea on...

    Hopes Fade for Workers Trapped for Days in Tunnel in India

    Indian officials have warned that the chances of survival for eight people believed to have been trapped in a collapsed tunnel for several...

    Trump, Meeting With Macron, Says He Might Visit Russia

    President Trump welcomed President Emmanuel Macron of France to the White House on Monday at a time of growing tension over the future...