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Bodies pile up as gangs rampage through Haiti’s capital

Gang violence has engulfed the Caribbean country in recent weeks. ADVERTISEMENT Armed gangs rampaged through two affluent neighbourhoods in Haiti’s capital on Monday, leaving dozens of people dead. Gunmen looted homes in Laboule and Thomassin before sunrise, forcing residents to flee as some called radio stations pleading for police.  Port-au-Price has been gripped by gang

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Ohtani Makes South Korean Fans Forget Rivalry With Japan

Shohei Ohtani is a soft-spoken, 6-foot-4 powerhouse. He is a unicorn: one of baseball’s best hitters and pitchers, the first to dominate both in nearly a century. He might one day be considered the greatest ever to play the game. He’s also from Japan, the former colonizer of South Korea. The nations’ relationship is still

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EU agrees to sanction 30 Russians over Alexei Navalny’s death

Sanctions will include travel bans and asset freezes on prison officials responsible for Navalny’s treatment. ADVERTISEMENT EU countries will impose sanctions on 30 Russian officials over the death of leading Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, according to the bloc’s foreign policy chief. “We agreed to sanctions on those responsible for the murder of Alexei Navalny,” Josep

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Walter Massey, a Physicist With a Higher Calling

And unlike pop-culture portrayals of theoretical physicists — solitarily scribbling away on blackboards, enveloped in clouds of chalk dust — Dr. Massey likes working with people. In turn, people regard him highly enough to speak his name in the right rooms. He wraps up one project, and it isn’t long before another drops in his

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‘Death knell’: Famine looms in north Gaza

“Children are famine’s first victims and are already dying in Gaza because of malnutrition,” warned one NGO. “Every minute counts.” ADVERTISEMENT An NGO has warned that famine is “just weeks away” in northern Gaza, with many indicators of mass starvation “already exceeded.”  Citing data from the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), Save the Children

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Wealth report: Where the rich go to find the best pickings

A total of $483 billion (€443.5 billion) is waiting to be invested in 2024 across the globe. What’s the smart money on? ADVERTISEMENT Last year saw the creation of an average of 70 very wealthy investors every day and this is a trend that shows no sign of slowing down. The world’s ultra-wealthy population rose by 4.2% and

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Tuesday Briefing – The New York Times

Putin, victorious, called for conquest One day after declaring victory in a performative election, President Vladimir Putin signaled that the war against Ukraine would continue to dominate his rule and called for bringing the people of eastern Ukraine “back to their home family.” The display of nationalistic fervor yesterday, before a crowd of thousands in

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