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Ahead of Biden’s Democracy Summit, China Says: We’re Also a Democracy
BEIJING — As President Biden prepares to host a “summit for democracy” this week, China has counterattacked with an improbable…
Can Olaf Scholz, Germany’s New Chancellor, Revive the Left in Europe?
BERLIN — Last December, as he was plotting what most considered to be a hopeless bid to become Germany’s next…
On Ukrainian Front, Grinding War and Weary Anticipation of Invasion
AVDIIVKA, Ukraine — Machine gun fire broke the stillness just after 8 p.m. when Capt. Denis Branitskii was midway through…
Companies Linked to Russian Ransomware Hide in Plain Sight
MOSCOW — When cybersleuths traced the millions of dollars American companies, hospitals and city governments have paid to online extortionists…
Aung San Suu Kyi Falls, but Myanmar’s Democratic Hopes Move On
When a court in Myanmar on Monday sentenced Daw Aung San Suu Kyi to four years in custody, it closed…
On Syria’s Ruins, a Drug Empire Flourishes
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Built on the ashes of 10 years of war in Syria, an illegal drug industry run by…