On Thursday afternoon, residents of Aceh, Indonesia, waded back and forth in the water helping Rohingya refugees get to safety. The exhausted children were passed between rescuers. On Lancok Beach, where the survivors gathered, a man knelt with his head on the sand, grateful to be alive. Another hugged a …
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At least three people were killed after assassins disguised as highway workers launched an early-morning attack on the Mexico City police chief on the capital’s most famous street. Omar García Harfuch was reportedly driving to work through the leafy neighborhood of Lomas de Chapultepec, home to several foreign embassies, when …
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The rest of the world can no longer assume that the United States still aspires to be a world leader and needs to readjust its priorities accordingly, Angela Merkel warned. “We grew up knowing that the United States wanted to be a world power,” the German chancellor said in an …
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Republican opponents of Joe Biden have gleefully mocked him for effectively hiding in his basement rather than keeping track of the campaign in recent months. But an awkward truth is brewing for Biden’s critics: His discreet approach to campaigning is paying off. A series of new polls have shown Biden …
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Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis’s hesitant response to the rise in new numbers of coronaviruses in his state is becoming an indictment, following an accusation that his administration is “cooking the books” in an effort to hide the true impact of the devastating pandemic. The state’s former leader Covid-19 data …
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