SEOUL — President Yoon Suk-yeol on Friday pardoned Lee Jae-yong, the de facto head of the Samsung conglomerate, who served prison time after …
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ATHENS — In a tense and highly confidential meeting in the senate chamber of the Greek Parliament, the prime minister’s smooth, handpicked spy …
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The first ship hired to carry Ukrainian grain directly to famine-stricken parts of the Horn of Africa since the Russian invasion halted food …
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Continue readingEstonia Never Needed to Import Gas by Ship. Until It Did.
In Paldiski, Estonia, abandoned Soviet-era bunkers, splattered with graffiti and overgrown with weeds, are a reminder of the centuries-long …
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GREEN BAY, Wis. — It takes a certain type of Packers fan to tailgate outside Lambeau Field at sunrise months before the team’s season kicks off …
Continue readingSerbia’s Leader Rejects ‘Little Putin’ Label Amid Fears of Russian Meddling
BELGRADE, Serbia — Serbia’s strongman leader, Aleksandar Vucic, is fed up with being reviled as a “little Putin” intent on aggression against his …
Continue readingGarland Calls Trump’s Bluff as Justice Department Moves to Unseal Warrant
WASHINGTON — Attorney General Merrick B. Garland on Thursday called former President Donald J. Trump’s bluff. Ever since the F.B.I. executed a …
Continue readingDraft Shows Watchdog Took Months to Report Missing Secret Service Texts
WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security’s internal watchdog took months to alert Congress to missing Secret Service text messages around …
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