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With a Simple Funeral, South Africa Bids Farewell to Desmond Tutu
CAPE TOWN — In an almost empty cathedral, with an unvarnished, rope-handled coffin placed before the altar, South Africa said…
In Turkey, an Exhibit Meant to Highlight Kurdish Suffering Provoked a Furor
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey — Dozens of brightly painted coffins marked with the initials of dead Kurdish civilians were laid out on…
The New Political Cry in South Korea: ‘Out With Man Haters’
SEOUL — They have shown up whenever women rallied against sexual violence and gender biases in South Korea. Dozens of…
Chinese Police Hunt Overseas Critics With Advanced Tech
For Chinese security forces, the effort is a daring expansion of a remit that previously focused on Chinese platforms and…
Ukrainians Set Sights on the New Year, Not a New War
KYIV, Ukraine — To gauge the mood in Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, as Russia has massed tens of thousands of…
A Divided World United to Launch the James Webb Space Telescope
America was a nation divided, but that did not stop it from building parts of the James Webb Space Telescope…