
Boris Johnson Becomes U.K. Prime Minister, Replacing Theresa May
The former foreign secretary and London mayor, a polarizing advocate for Brexit, said, “It is time to change the record.”
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The former foreign secretary and London mayor, a polarizing advocate for Brexit, said, “It is time to change the record.”
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In a new defense strategy, China warned against efforts to divide the country.
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A mob recently beat dozens of protestors in a train station in Hong Kong, renewing fears of organized crime carrying out political violence.
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North Korea fires two projectiles off its east coast on Thursday amid stalled efforts to resume talks on ending the country’s nuclear weapons program.
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President Trump is pushing Boris Johnson, the incoming prime minister of Britain, toward a hard break with the European Union. But Mr. Johnson could be constrained.
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The comments by Junius Ho, widely perceived as threatening toward a pro-democracy legislator, were an escalation of sharp words amid a violent period in Hong Kong.
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Belgium and the Netherlands set national records, and the all-time marks for Germany and Britain could fall on Thursday. Paris will approach 108 degrees.
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A Canada-wide search is underway for Kam McLeod and Bryer Schmegelsky, teens suspected of multiple murders in British Columbia.
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President Hassan Rouhani’s offer may be a gesture toward reducing the escalating tensions between Iran and the West.
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The mayor of Mogadishu was holding a high-level security meeting when a suicide bomber entered, killing several top officials and leaving the mayor seriously injured.
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A Facebook invitation, apparently inspired by a call to storm Area 51 in Nevada, attracted more than 22,000 pledges to seek out the fabled monster.
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His detention and sentencing came after a demonstration last Saturday against the exclusion of most opposition-minded candidates from an election for the Moscow legislature.
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A Kremlin spokesman said that Moscow had not officially apologized for the incident in which warning shots were fired near a Russian military plane.
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As the country’s first single leader in more than 40 years, he brings an unsettled domestic situation unique in the annals of modern-day prime ministerial politics.
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Far from the land of helicopter parenting, getting ‘dropped’ in the forest is a beloved scouting tradition.
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Russian miniatures — boxes painted with elaborate fairy tales — once replaced the holy icons banned by the Soviets, but now history is reversing itself.
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"We’ve been ruled by military dictatorships for over 50 years. We cannot accept another one," said one protester who spent 98 days in jail.

Thirty years ago, 200 people lived in the Moldovan village of Dobrusa. But most have since left or died. After a twin killing in February, there’s only one survivor still standing.
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The country’s plans to launch an uncrewed rover into space were delayed at the last moment, but it is determined to join a select group of nations.
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When a runaway freight train derailed in Quebec, 47 people died in the explosion. While Canada has improved safety, trains hauling dangerous goods still run through city centers across the country.
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‘One country, two systems’ was Beijing’s pledge when it took back a former British colony. But concerns over civil liberties are mounting.
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South Korea promised to root out a culture that put profit ahead of safety. But cheating and corruption continue to endanger travelers.
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Two years after the Grenfell inferno in London killed 72 people, hundreds of high-rise apartment buildings in England remain wrapped in flammable cladding — and safety rules are little changed.
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Rebels are rearming, violence is soaring in the countryside and a new government is wavering in its commitment.
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