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• With Amazon Ablaze, Brazil Faces Global Backlash: ‘Lungs of the Earth Are in Flames’
  Thu, 22 Aug 2019 23:06:33 +0000-Manuela Andreoni, Letícia Casado and Ernesto Londoño
  The fires scorching the Amazon come amid growing concern that Brazil’s weakening environmental policies could jeopardize the country’s trade and foreign relations.
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• Massacred at Home, in Misery Abroad, 730,000 Rohingya Are Mired in Hopelessness
  Thu, 22 Aug 2019 18:18:08 +0000-Hannah Beech
  Fear of what awaits them has kept the Rohingya from returning to Myanmar, where they were targets of ethnic cleansing. But life in Bangladesh refugee camps is intolerable. There’s no good place to go.
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• South Korea Says It Will End Intelligence-Sharing Deal With Japan, Adding to Tensions
  Thu, 22 Aug 2019 22:15:29 +0000-Choe Sang-Hun, Motoko Rich and Edward Wong
  The move frustrates officials in the United States, which pushed for the arrangement in part to ensure that North Korea’s missile activity is closely tracked.
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• Bold Women. Scandalized Viewers. It’s ‘Sex and the City,’ Senegal Style.
  Thu, 22 Aug 2019 14:46:00 +0000-Julie Turkewitz
  A hit TV show that unapologetically portrays female sexuality has thrilled many Senegalese. Except those who want it taken off the air.
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• Where Does Italy’s Enfeebled Five Star Find Itself? At the Center of Power
  Thu, 22 Aug 2019 21:00:34 +0000-Jason Horowitz
  In a remarkable turn, the collapse of Italy’s government has put the anti-establishment party back at center stage, to the worry of its detractors.
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• Denmark’s Leader Didn’t Want a Fight With Trump. She Got One Anyway.
  Thu, 22 Aug 2019 14:54:20 +0000-Martin Selsoe Sorensen and Richard Pérez-Peña
  President Trump responded angrily when Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen rebuffed the idea of selling Greenland, but she is trying to move past it.
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• Pakistan Leader Vents Frustration at India: ‘No Point in Talking to Them’
  Thu, 22 Aug 2019 04:40:02 +0000-Salman Masood and Maria Abi-Habib
  Prime Minister Imran Khan complained bitterly about what he described as repeated rebuffs from India over Kashmir. And he raised the threat of military escalation.
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• Meet the Students Fueling Hong Kong’s Protests: ‘We May Die’
  Thu, 22 Aug 2019 22:17:37 +0000-Cora Engelbrecht, Barbara Marcolini, Ainara Tiefenthäler, Yousur Al-Hlou and Yuling Chow
  Antigovernment protests have raged all summer, aided by student activists. How will they be heard after they go back to school? Here’s what they told us.
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• Horse-Trading Begins for Italy’s Next Government. Who Will Outsmart the Other?
  Wed, 21 Aug 2019 19:23:12 +0000-Jason Horowitz
  The hard-right leader Matteo Salvini may have underestimated his rivals’ determination to stop him. Then again, anything can happen in Italian politics.
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• At Mao’s Beach, China’s Leaders Still Make History as Lifeguards Hide From the Sun
  Thu, 22 Aug 2019 09:19:53 +0000-Jane Perlez
  China’s top officials still come to Mao’s favorite beach to make fateful decisions, but now, the general public also tries to squeeze into a spot on the sand, even if many avoid sunbathing.
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• Indonesia Sends Police to Restive Region After Racial Slurs Ignite Protests
  Thu, 22 Aug 2019 09:24:23 +0000-Richard C. Paddock and Muktita Suhartono
  Demonstrations erupted in distant Indonesian Papua after a video circulated showing Papuan students on Java being insulted as the police surrounded their dormitory.
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• Hong Kong Charges 2 Men Over Mob Attack on Protesters
  Thu, 22 Aug 2019 22:41:58 +0000-Austin Ramzy
  Dozens of people were injured in the assault, and the police were widely criticized for failing to halt the violence.
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• Syrian Is Convicted in Stabbing Death That Set Off Riots in Germany
  Thu, 22 Aug 2019 16:47:20 +0000-Melissa Eddy
  An asylum seeker was found guilty of manslaughter in the death of a German man last year in the eastern city of Chemnitz that added fuel to an anti-immigrant backlash.
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• Inside India’s Messy Electric Vehicle Revolution
  Thu, 22 Aug 2019 14:59:13 +0000-Saumya Khandelwal, Vindu Goel and Karan Deep Singh
  A million electric rickshaws sprang up out of nowhere and are now being used by 60 million people a day. The government and vehicle makers are struggling to catch up.
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• This Daily Pill Cut Heart Attacks by Half. Why Isn’t Everyone Getting It?
  Thu, 22 Aug 2019 23:24:29 +0000-Donald G. McNeil Jr.
  “Polypills” of generic drugs may dramatically reduce heart attacks and strokes in poor countries, a new study suggests. Some experts still aren’t enthusiastic.
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• N.R.A., G7, ‘Sesame Street’: Your Thursday Evening Briefing
  Thu, 22 Aug 2019 22:21:17 +0000-Remy Tumin and Marcus Payadue
  Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day.
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• Pakistan, Rohingya, Hong Kong: Your Friday Briefing
  Thu, 22 Aug 2019 22:16:26 +0000-Alisha Haridasani Gupta
  Myanmar's broken promises.
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• Afghan War Casualty Report: Aug. 16-22
  Thu, 22 Aug 2019 18:11:48 +0000-Fahim Abed
  At least 25 pro-government forces and 103 civilians were killed in Afghanistan during the past week.
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• Ready for a 19-Hour Flight? Tests to Start on New York-to-Sydney Route
  Thu, 22 Aug 2019 16:45:10 +0000-Anna Schaverien
  Qantas will make three test runs from New York and London to Sydney to check the effects of what could become the world’s longest direct flights.
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• Alibaba Postpones Hong Kong Listing as Protests Roil Markets
  Thu, 22 Aug 2019 12:07:25 +0000-Michael J. de la Merced and Alexandra Stevenson
  The Chinese e-commerce giant delayed plans to sell potentially billions of dollars worth of shares in the market, which has fallen as tensions have worsened.
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• Greenland, Jay Inslee, Amazon: Your Thursday Briefing
  Thu, 22 Aug 2019 21:22:51 +0000-Claire Moses
  Here’s what you need to know.
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• Boris Johnson, Facebook, U.S. Border: Your Thursday Briefing
  Thu, 22 Aug 2019 09:37:48 +0000-Melina Delkic
  Here’s what you need to know.
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• Sudan’s Top General Sworn In as Leader of New Ruling Body
  Thu, 22 Aug 2019 09:12:11 +0000-The Associated Press
  Sudan’s top general was sworn in Wednesday as the leader of a joint military-civilian body created to rule Sudan during a three-year transition period toward democratic elections.
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• Mexican Court Says Cocaine Should Be Allowed
  Thu, 22 Aug 2019 09:14:56 +0000-The Associated Press
  A pro-legalization group in Mexico says a court has granted two injunctions ordering the government to allow plaintiffs to carry and use cocaine, though not to buy or sell it.
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• Man Arrested in Madrid ‘Upskirt’ Case Involving 555 Women
  Wed, 21 Aug 2019 23:06:41 +0000-Raphael Minder
  The police say a suspect used his daily commute to film women, then posted illegal videos to a pornography site.
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• Deficit, Immigration, Mongol Derby: Your Wednesday Evening Briefing
  Wed, 21 Aug 2019 22:20:41 +0000-Remy Tumin and Marcus Payadue
  Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day.
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• 2 U.S. Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan as Talks With Taliban Resume
  Wed, 21 Aug 2019 20:51:26 +0000-Mujib Mashal and Thomas Gibbons-Neff
  American casualties in the long war, still a fraction of the Afghan losses, are rising steadily as the United States take a more aggressive role amid peace talks.
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• G7 Meeting, Amazon, U.S. Border: Your Thursday Briefing
  Thu, 22 Aug 2019 00:24:32 +0000-Alisha Haridasani Gupta
  Boris Johnson's big adventure.
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• Fires in Amazon Rain Forest Have Surged This Year
  Thu, 22 Aug 2019 21:24:14 +0000-Manuela Andreoni and Christine Hauser
  The fires, most of which have been set by farmers clearing their land, are raging in uninhabited areas of rain forest and intruding on populated areas in the country’s north.
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• What if We All Ate a Bit Less Meat?
  Thu, 22 Aug 2019 14:28:31 +0000-Jillian Mock and John Schwartz
  Also this week, how an economic downturn could affect climate change.
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• Why Markets Are Not Panicking About Italy (Yet)
  Thu, 22 Aug 2019 17:14:48 +0000-Jack Ewing and Amie Tsang
  Uncertainty is a familiar part of Italian politics, and investors are already looking at what a new government could bring.
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• Homeless Children Are Being Housed in Shipping Containers, English Report Finds
  Wed, 21 Aug 2019 16:17:46 +0000-Ceylan Yeginsu
  A lack of affordable housing and changes to welfare benefits crisis have resulted in tens of thousands of children being forced to live in temporary facilities.
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• German Theme Park Shuts Swastika-Shaped Ride
  Thu, 22 Aug 2019 03:47:57 +0000-Liam Stack
  The park’s owner said he had not noticed the ride’s resemblance to the Nazi symbol. Public display of the swastika is banned in Germany, where anti-Semitic crimes are on the rise.
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• Boris Johnson Needs Help From Trump, but Not Too Much
  Thu, 22 Aug 2019 03:47:16 +0000-Stephen Castle and Steven Erlanger
  As he undertakes his first foreign trip, Mr. Johnson needs American support for Brexit. But he also needs help from Berlin and Paris, where the president is regarded with suspicion.
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• National Rifle Association, Greenland, Migrants: Your Wednesday Briefing
  Wed, 21 Aug 2019 13:38:58 +0000-Chris Stanford
  Here’s what you need to know.
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• 70-Year-Old Man Wins 1,000-Kilometer Horse Race in Mongolia
  Thu, 22 Aug 2019 05:17:54 +0000-Emily S. Rueb
  “Preparation trumps youth,” said the winner, Bob Long, who “hated” to think that he couldn’t complete the Mongol Derby, a grueling contest across the steppes of Mongolia.
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• With Her Latest Novel, Petina Gappah Sees an Obsession Through
  Thu, 22 Aug 2019 14:12:54 +0000-Wadzanai Mhute
  The Zimbabwean writer was inspired by Faulkner, Eliot and Toni Morrison for “Out of Darkness, Shining Light,” a fictional account of the journey David Livingstone’s workers took transporting his body.
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• A Chance to Bond on a Perilous Hiking Trail in Iceland
  Wed, 21 Aug 2019 09:00:12 +0000-Jake Halpern
  As his son gets older and more independent, a father seizes the chance to keep their relationship relevant.
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• Inside America’s Dysfunctional Trillion-Dollar Fighter-Jet Program
  Wed, 21 Aug 2019 13:43:43 +0000-Valerie Insinna
  The F-35 was once the Pentagon’s high-profile problem child. Has it finally moved past its reputation of being an overhyped and underperforming warplane?
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• China Acknowledges Holding an Employee of U.K.’s Hong Kong Consulate
  Thu, 22 Aug 2019 03:49:46 +0000-Austin Ramzy
  The detention of a trade officer has raised fears that the police in mainland China are arresting people to dampen support for protests in Hong Kong.
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• In Denmark, Bewilderment and Anger Over Trump’s Canceled Visit
  Wed, 21 Aug 2019 22:42:44 +0000-Martin Selsoe Sorensen
  The cancellation, because the country expressed no interest in selling Greenland, was a rare snub for Denmark’s head of state.
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• Australia Is Third Country to Join U.S. in Patrolling Strait of Hormuz
  Thu, 22 Aug 2019 03:49:58 +0000-Jamie Tarabay
  “This is about freedom of shipping,” said Prime Minister Scott Morrison, who denied that Australia was helping the United States put pressure on Iran.
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• Italy, Syria, Hong Kong: Your Wednesday Briefing
  Wed, 21 Aug 2019 09:27:33 +0000-Melina Delkic
  Here’s what you need to know.
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• Cardinal George Pell’s Sexual Abuse Conviction Is Upheld
  Wed, 21 Aug 2019 07:31:02 +0000-Livia Albeck-Ripka
  The cardinal, 78, who was once an adviser to Pope Francis, is the highest-ranking Roman Catholic leader ever found guilty in a criminal court in the church’s child sex abuse crisis.
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• After Desperate Migrants Jump Ship, Italy Allows Rescue Vessel to Dock
  Wed, 21 Aug 2019 15:47:13 +0000-Elisabetta Povoledo
  A ship carrying more than 80 migrants stranded at sea for nearly three weeks must be allowed to dock in Italy, a prosecutor ordered on Tuesday, ending a crisis that had grown more dire by the day.
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• U.K. and E.U. Harden Their Positions on Brexit as G7 Meeting Nears
  Wed, 21 Aug 2019 11:00:45 +0000-The Associated Press
  The European Union and Britain kicked off a high-wire week of diplomacy Tuesday by entrenching themselves deeper in their irreconcilable positions.
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• Former M.L.B. Players Are Linked to Dominican Crime Ring
  Wed, 21 Aug 2019 04:26:18 +0000-The Associated Press
  Octavio Dotel was arrested and Luis Castillo was cited for suspected links to a drug-trafficking and money-laundering network in the Dominican Republic.
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• Recession, Italy, Sharks: Your Tuesday Evening Briefing
  Wed, 21 Aug 2019 06:10:47 +0000-Remy Tumin and Erin Kelly
  Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day.
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• Hong Kong, Syria, Italy: Your Wednesday Briefing
  Tue, 20 Aug 2019 22:26:27 +0000-Alisha Haridasani Gupta
  Life inside Assad's Syria.
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• Radiation Sensors Went Out in Russia. Official Explanations Changed.
  Tue, 20 Aug 2019 18:38:46 +0000-Andrew E. Kramer
  Sensors that might have shed light on a mysterious nuclear accident stopped sending data in the days afterward. Technical problems were blamed. Then an official said Russia did not have to share data.
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