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How France learned to love Big Brother

The 2024 Summer Olympics will spotlight a surveillance state which Paris has spent 200 years building.
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China secretly sends enough gear to Russia to equip an army

Shipments of military-capable hardware expose a China-sized loophole in Western sanctions.
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Russia is trying to strangle Ukraine’s grain industry. American…

Russian attacks on Ukraine’s export routes are roiling global commodity markets again, with little relief in sight.
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DOJ sues Texas and Gov. Greg Abbott over Rio Grande barrier

The lawsuit alleges that Abbott violated the law by building structures in the Rio Grande River without authorization, creating…
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What Israel’s new judicial law reveals about its democracy

A democracy long under pressure is now on the brink of collapse. But it’s not over yet.
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Abbott vows not to comply with DOJ over floating border wall

“Texas will fully utilize its constitutional authority to deal with the crisis you have caused," Abbott said in a letter to Biden.
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Israel’s judicial vote exposes limits of Biden’s influence

The president’s private tough love with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared to work two years ago — but not this…
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Bye-bye birdie: Twitter is X now

Wait, what’s a super app?
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U.N. Command says it’s communicating with North Korea about detained…

The contact happened through “mechanisms” set up under the armistice, British Lieutenant General Andrew Harrison said.
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The dark — and often misunderstood — nuclear history…

Christopher Nolan’s film Oppenheimer poses tough questions about America’s nuclear arms program, J. Robert Oppenheimer’s "worst…
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House Republicans start their funding rumble with shutdown looming

Party leaders are hustling to build support to pass two of their easier spending bills, most of which are dogged by politically…
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‘This is a problem’: Biden faces looming strikes that could rock…

Brewing strikes and the lack of better personal relations has put a reliable ally at a bit of a crosshairs.
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Putin tightens grip on Africa after killing Black Sea grain deal

With Ukrainian grain again blockaded, the Global South is at the mercy of Moscow’s grain diplomacy.

Tennessee toughens voting rules for people with felony convictions

State condemned as ‘the bottom of the barrel on rights restoration’ after change by state’s division of elections

Heatwave set to be Greece’s longest as extreme weather continues in…

Country braces for hottest July weekend in 50 years as firefighters battle 79 forest blazes
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A Trump-light, Ukraine-heavy Aspen Security Forum

This year’s national security gathering drew big names, few of whom had real answers.

Avian flu may have killed millions of birds globally as outbreak…

Virus has spread around the world, with 200,000 wild birds dead in Peru alone and concerns Australia could be next
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Chrystia Freeland shares her biggest fear for Ukraine

"I worry about … our collective ability to stay the course," Canada’s deputy prime minister says of the world’s response to…
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Record temperatures kindle interest in heat legislation

Lawmakers have introduced a flurry of bills to address heat waves. Extreme conditions may give the measures new momentum.
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U.S. officials defend nuclear sub visit to South Korea amid rising…

The sub visit has coincided with a U.S. soldier’s crossing into North Korea.
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