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• ‘The Amazon Is Completely Lawless’: The Rainforest After Bolsonaro’s First Year
  Thu, 05 Dec 2019 10:00:43 +0000-Victor Moriyama and Matt Sandy
  Deforestation in the world’s largest rainforest, an important buffer against climate change, has soared under President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil.
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• Live Updates: Strikes Against Macron’s Plans Shut Down Much of Paris
  Thu, 05 Dec 2019 19:32:01 +0000-The New York Times
  Workers across the country were staging walkouts and joining protests to register their opposition to President Emmanuel Macron’s efforts to overhaul the pension system.
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• Threats and Abuse Change How Female Candidates Campaign in U.K. Election
  Thu, 05 Dec 2019 05:28:07 +0000-Megan Specia
  This is politics in a climate of fear and intimidation: Inconspicuous offices with no campaign posters and multiple security cameras. No canvassing after dark. Death threats.
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• Afghanistan Needs Billions in Aid Even After a Peace Deal, World Bank Says
  Thu, 05 Dec 2019 09:21:54 +0000-Mujib Mashal
  Analysts say that American hopes for a quick deal and then slashed spending could lead to a collapse after 18 years of international aid created an unsustainable economy.
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• With Internal Squabbling on Vivid Display, What’s Next for NATO?
  Thu, 05 Dec 2019 10:12:15 +0000-Steven Erlanger and David E. Sanger
  The alliance might not be suffering “brain death” but it faces new technologies, new rivals, new weapons and a changing America.
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• Japan Plans to Spend $120 Billion to Stimulate Slowing Economy
  Thu, 05 Dec 2019 11:36:16 +0000-Motoko Rich
  Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced the spending as the country’s economy has slowed because of reduced demand from China and tensions with South Korea.
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• In Syria, Health Workers Risk Becoming ‘Enemies of the State’
  Thu, 05 Dec 2019 00:38:40 +0000-Rick Gladstone and Malachy Browne
  Physicians for Human Rights corroborates claims that Bashar al-Assad’s government has criminalized giving care to its enemies, a violation of international law.
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• Anti-Semitic Imagery Could Cost Belgian Carnival Its UNESCO Status
  Thu, 05 Dec 2019 09:43:12 +0000-Claire Moses
  As the United Nations agency considers whether to rescind the cultural heritage designation, a city’s mayor has tried to renounce the honor.
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• A Divorced Mother Sues After Losing Her Title as Miss Ukraine
  Wed, 04 Dec 2019 18:48:58 +0000-Iliana Magra
  Veronika Didusenko accused the Miss World organization of discrimination after being forced to give up her crown because she did not meet the entry requirements.
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• Charges Planned Against Netanyahu Aides in Submarine Graft Scandal
  Thu, 05 Dec 2019 18:40:47 +0000-David M. Halbfinger and Isabel Kershner
  Indicted and embattled, Israel’s prime minister faces new calls for yet another corruption inquiry.
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• Saudi Aramco to Raise $25.6 Billion in Biggest I.P.O. Ever
  Thu, 05 Dec 2019 19:40:44 +0000-Kate Kelly and Stanley Reed
  Aramco, the world’s largest oil company, set a price for its shares that marks the company’s value at $1.7 trillion.
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• Afghan War Casualty Report: December 2019
  Thu, 05 Dec 2019 18:06:06 +0000-Fahim Abed
  At least 57 pro-government forces and 27 civilians have been killed in Afghanistan so far this month.
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• North Korea Threatens New ‘Dotard’ Insults if Trump Revives Name-Calling
  Thu, 05 Dec 2019 17:07:01 +0000-Choe Sang-Hun
  North Korea threatened to resume tit-for-tat insults against President Trump two days after he called its leader, Kim Jong-un, a “Rocket Man.”
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• Zelensky’s Opponents Fear He Is Ready to Capitulate to Russia
  Thu, 05 Dec 2019 17:20:29 +0000-Andrew E. Kramer
  The Ukrainian president’s political opponents worry that the Trump impeachment inquiry may have weakened Ukraine’s position before peace talks in Paris next week.
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• ‘A Present From Norway and It’s Dead’: Christmas Tree Unites London in Dismay
  Thu, 05 Dec 2019 15:23:28 +0000-Iliana Magra
  “It looks like a Christmas tree losing hair,” one Londoner said of the fir in Trafalgar Square. It did not put everyone in the holiday spirit.
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• Is This Thing On? A Look Back at Political Hot Mic Moments
  Thu, 05 Dec 2019 19:18:33 +0000-Emily S. Rueb
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada became the latest world leader to have private remarks disseminated worldwide.
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• At Least 58 Migrants Drown After Boat Capsizes Off Mauritania
  Thu, 05 Dec 2019 12:40:04 +0000-The Associated Press
  The boat left Gambia last month aiming for Canary Islands, part of Spain. But it approached the coast in West Africa seeking fuel and food.
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• Donald Trump, Pearl Harbor, France: Your Thursday Briefing
  Thu, 05 Dec 2019 14:14:04 +0000-Chris Stanford
  Here's what you need to know.
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• NATO, France, Global Heat: Your Thursday Briefing
  Thu, 05 Dec 2019 07:31:44 +0000-Victoria Shannon
  Here’s what you need to know.
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• More than 50 Migrants are Killed in a Sinking off the African Coast
  Thu, 05 Dec 2019 00:34:12 +0000-Reuters
  A ship carrying about 150 migrants from Gambia to Europe sank on Wednesday off the coast of Mauritania, the United Nations migrant agency said.
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• Iran’s Leaders Soften Stance on Protesters
  Thu, 05 Dec 2019 10:26:38 +0000-Farnaz Fassihi and Rick Gladstone
  In an apparent attempt to ease anger over the killing and arrest of protesters, senior leaders urged leniency and promised compensation for peaceful demonstrators who died.
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• Trump Administration Moves to Upgrade Diplomatic Ties With Sudan
  Thu, 05 Dec 2019 00:05:50 +0000-Edward Wong
  The two nations agreed to exchange ambassadors for the first time in 23 years. But the State Department is keeping Sudan on a list of state sponsors of terrorism.
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• Iran Is Secretly Moving Missiles Into Iraq, U.S. Officials Say
  Wed, 04 Dec 2019 23:45:26 +0000-Julian E. Barnes and Eric Schmitt
  The buildup of a hidden arsenal of short-range missiles is the latest sign that American efforts to deter Iran have largely failed.
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• Netanyahu and Pompeo Seek Heightened Pressure on Iran in Wake of Violent Protests
  Thu, 05 Dec 2019 00:01:44 +0000-Lara Jakes and Isabel Kershner
  A meeting between Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was also expected to gauge American support for Israeli annexation in the Jordan Valley.
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• Allan Gerson, Who Sought Justice for Terror Victims, Dies at 74
  Wed, 04 Dec 2019 23:07:10 +0000-Katharine Q. Seelye
  A lawyer and the son of Jewish refugees from Poland, he helped families of those killed in the Lockerbie bombing hold Libya accountable.
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• Huawei, Impeachment Hearings, NATO: Your Thursday Briefing
  Thu, 05 Dec 2019 02:26:52 +0000-Melina Delkic
  Here’s what you need to know.
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• Jewish Graves Desecrated in Historic French Cemetery
  Thu, 05 Dec 2019 10:31:08 +0000-Adam Nossiter
  It was the latest in a series of anti-Semitic incidents in the region.
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• ‘He Showed Us Life’: Japanese Doctor Who Brought Water to Afghans Is Killed
  Thu, 05 Dec 2019 00:26:28 +0000-Zabihullah Ghazi, Mujib Mashal and Fahim Abed
  Tetsu Nakamura, 73, arrived in Afghanistan in the 1980s to treat leprosy. But he changed many more lives with the canal-building techniques he brought from his native Japan.
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• U.N. Asks for Record Funds for Aid Programs
  Wed, 04 Dec 2019 16:45:23 +0000-Nick Cumming-Bruce
  Citing wars and the effects of climate change that have produced a flood of refugees, the agency is seeking nearly $30 billion for humanitarian relief in 2020.
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• French Strikes Are a Fresh Test for Macron
  Thu, 05 Dec 2019 16:49:11 +0000-Adam Nossiter
  The walkout by a broad range of workers threatens to paralyze France for several days, calling into question the president’s apparent quelling of the “Yellow Vest” movement.
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• Germany Says Russia Is Suspected in Berlin Assassination
  Thu, 05 Dec 2019 00:13:05 +0000-Melissa Eddy and Katrin Bennhold
  Germany’s federal prosecutor took over an inquiry into the murder of a former commander of Chechen separatists, and the authorities expelled two Russian diplomats.
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• Kim Jong-un Visits Sacred Mountain on Horseback. Analysts Watch His Next Move.
  Wed, 04 Dec 2019 16:43:52 +0000-Choe Sang-Hun
  The North Korean leader has often visited Mount Paektu, near the border with China, before making major policy shifts.
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• Impeachment, Emmanuel Macron, Google: Your Wednesday Briefing
  Wed, 04 Dec 2019 15:57:19 +0000-Chris Stanford
  Here's what you need to know.
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• Climate Change Is Accelerating, Bringing World ‘Dangerously Close’ to Irreversible Change
  Wed, 04 Dec 2019 21:21:53 +0000-Henry Fountain
  The acceleration climate change's effects have brought the world “dangerously close” to abrupt and irreversible changes, scientists warned. 
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• America’s Dark History of Killing Its Own Troops With Cluster Munitions
  Wed, 04 Dec 2019 10:00:15 +0000-John Ismay
  The weapons are notorious for their effects on civilians. But five years of reporting and hundreds of interviews have revealed they’ve also killed and wounded scores of Americans.
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• Australia Revokes Medical Evacuations for Offshore Detainees
  Wed, 04 Dec 2019 11:33:33 +0000-Isabella Kwai
  The government called the policy, enacted just 10 months ago, a “back door” to let refugees into the country. Human rights advocates denounced the repeal as shameful.
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• Tensions Overshadow NATO Meeting Intended as Show of Unity
  Thu, 05 Dec 2019 13:48:28 +0000-The New York Times
  The alliance’s 70th-anniversary gathering was punctuated by testy exchanges with President Trump and a video of world leaders appearing to criticize him.
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• Donald Trump, China, James Bond: Your Wednesday Briefing
  Wed, 04 Dec 2019 15:57:29 +0000-Mike Ives
  Here’s what you need to know.
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• Trump Abruptly Exits NATO Gathering After Embarrassing Video Emerges
  Thu, 05 Dec 2019 13:45:20 +0000-Annie Karni and Katie Rogers
  President Trump had planned to tout his foreign policy accomplishments at the meeting, but his visit was overshadowed by a gossipy video.
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• F.B.I. Intensifies Hunt for ‘Highest-Ranking U.S. Citizen’ in a Terrorist Group
  Wed, 04 Dec 2019 22:32:16 +0000-Mihir Zaveri
  Federal authorities unsealed a new indictment against Jehad Serwan Mostafa, who they say joined Al Shabab in his 20s, and reminded the public about a $5 million reward for help finding him.
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• Cha In-ha Becomes Third Young Korean Entertainer to Die in Two Months
  Wed, 04 Dec 2019 01:48:38 +0000-Heather Murphy
  The 27-year-old actor appears in a TV series that premiered just last week.
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• From Friends to Frenemies? Trump’s Relationships With World Leaders
  Wed, 04 Dec 2019 03:00:43 +0000-Megan Specia
  President Trump has a history of falling out with his friends. President Emmanuel Macron of France is the latest.
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• The Turner Prize Goes to … All 4 Shortlisted Artists
  Wed, 04 Dec 2019 14:02:24 +0000-Alex Marshall
  The artists, who included Oscar Murillo, asked to be considered as a group to make a statement on political unity. The judges agreed.
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• For Trump and Europe, a Surprising Role Reversal
  Wed, 04 Dec 2019 11:54:30 +0000-Mark Landler
  Where the president once kept European leaders off balance, Europe’s shifting landscape now has the Great Disrupter scrambling to recalibrate his approach.
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• Uighurs, China Trade, NATO: Your Wednesday Briefing
  Tue, 03 Dec 2019 22:59:46 +0000-Melina Delkic
  Here’s what you need to know.
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• Italians Celebrate Their Coffee and Want the World to Do So, Too
  Tue, 03 Dec 2019 19:26:52 +0000-Elisabetta Povoledo
  Italy wants traditional Italian espresso to be inscribed on UNESCO’s list of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
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• North Korea Touts New Resort, Seeking to Blunt U.N. Sanctions
  Tue, 03 Dec 2019 18:23:42 +0000-Choe Sang-Hun
  Tourism is one of the few remaining sources of hard currency for Kim Jong-un’s government. He has embarked on a push for more foreign visitors.
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• Measles Outbreak Leads to Shutdown of Public Services in Samoa
  Wed, 04 Dec 2019 02:43:39 +0000-Elian Peltier
  Dozens of people have died and thousands more have been infected in the country since the disease began spreading in October.
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• Iran Used Firearms in Deadly Crackdown on Protesters, Officials Admit
  Wed, 04 Dec 2019 13:28:24 +0000-Farnaz Fassihi and Megan Specia
  The government said security forces had fought back against “enemy cells” as demonstrations swept the country, but it said the death toll had been exaggerated.
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• ‘I Don’t Know Prince Andrew,’ Trump Says. Photos Say Otherwise.
  Tue, 03 Dec 2019 21:39:12 +0000-Iliana Magra
  Speaking to reporters in London, President Trump denied knowing Prince Andrew, despite having been photographed with him on several occasions.
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