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Q&A: Author Clare Hammond reveals how railways made and broke Myanmar
BANGKOK — For three months in 2016, a British journalist working in Myanmar traveled across the Southeast Asian country on ...
Large-scale polio vaccinations begin in war-ravaged Gaza after first case in 25 years
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Palestinian health authorities and United Nations agencies on Sunday began a large-scale campaign of vaccinations ...
UK government mulling crackdown on smoking, potentially outside pubs
LONDON — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer confirmed Thursday that his government is looking at introducing tougher anti-smoking measures, which ...
Here’s everything you need to know about the Venice Film Festival
VENICE, Italy — The 81st edition of the Venice Film Festival is about to begin, with major Hollywood films and ...
Late French film star Alain Delon wanted his dog buried with him. The dog gets to live
PARIS — Before he died this week, French film icon Alain Delon once suggested he wanted his beloved sheepdog Loubo ...
Taliban bans women’s voices and bare faces in public
Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have issued a ban on women’s voices and bare faces in public under new laws approved by ...
Too many people, not enough management: A look at the chaos of ‘overtourism’ in the summer of 2024
SINTRA, Portugal — The doorbell to Martinho de Almada Pimentel’s house is hard to find, and he likes it that ...
‘Banksy woz ere.’ London Zoo is the latest to remove street artist’s animal mural for protection
LONDON — The gorilla and other animals that appeared to have escaped from the London Zoo in Banksy ‘s most ...
What to know as India’s medics and women protest the rape and killing of a doctor
NEW DELHI — India’s medical workers began a countrywide strike Saturday to protest the rape and killing of a trainee ...
Kamala Harris vows to tackle costs, build houses, lower taxes in first major speech on the economy
Kamala Harris has outlined proposals to cut taxes for most Americans, ban “price gouging” by grocers and build more affordable ...
