[ad_1] December 31, 2023 at 4:00 a.m. EST A Labrador and two Pomeranians sit under their respective owner’s chairs at Fiuto, a newly opened dog-friendly restaurant in Rome. (Federica Valabrega for The Washington Post) Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save ROME — On a recent, rainy autumn night, my canine companion …
[ad_1] Initial results show President Félix Tshisekedi has won a second five-year term in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the election commission of the mineral-rich nation said on Sunday, despite a storm of protest from top opposition candidates following a chaotic vote and criticism from domestic and international observers. Many polling stations failed to open …
[ad_1] Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save U.S. Navy helicopters exchanged fire with Houthi militants from Yemen in the Red Sea on Sunday, U.S. Central Command said, in a marked escalation of tensions in one of the world’s busiest maritime routes that is part of the regional spillover from Israel’s war …
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[ad_1] Add to your saved stories Save Jiang Ping, a Chinese legal scholar forced to resign a university president post after backing the 1989 pro-democracy protests in Tiananmen Square but who remained an influential voice for the rights of citizens against the powers of the state, died Dec. 19 at a hospital in Beijing. He …
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[ad_1] Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II surprised her country on New Year’s Eve by announcing live on television that she was abdicating the throne. The 83-year-old queen, who made the shock announcement during her traditional evening New Year’s Eve speech, will be succeeded by her eldest son. She will step down on Jan. 14. “I will …
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[ad_1] Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save JERUSALEM — It might seem obscene to assess the mounting financial cost of Israel’s war in Gaza while the bombs are still falling on the besieged enclave, when hundreds of Palestinians, on average, are dying each day — alongside smaller, but historic, numbers of …
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[ad_1] Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save CANCÚN, Mexico — On a recent Friday, like nearly every day, Maricela de la Cruz woke up at 5 a.m. She caught two buses to get from her parents’ modest apartment on the outskirts of Cancún to the J.W. Marriott Resort & Spa. As …
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[ad_1] Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save MALMÖ, Sweden — Every day, port workers here in Sweden’s third-largest city unload shipping containers, oil, chemicals and building materials destined for places across the country. But there’s one thing they won’t touch: Tesla cars. For six weeks, dockworkers at Swedish ports have refused …
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[ad_1] Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save LONDON — One of the youngest pro-democracy activists to have been sentenced in Hong Kong under a national security law imposed by China has fled to Britain, where he said he will seek asylum. Tony Chung, who in an interview described attempted brainwashing while …
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[ad_1] Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save As Russians prepare for their own holiday season, the government’s crackdown on political activists and citizens who have voiced their opposition to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, does not appear to be taking a break. On Friday, a court in Siberia sentenced a former head …
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