The seizure of more than 300 boys brought immediate comparisons to the 2014 kidnapping of hundreds of schoolgirls. But an anguishing six days later, a state governor said the boys had been released.
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia laughed off a question about the opposition leader Aleksei A. Navalny at a marathon news conference, where he praised his country’s Covid-19 response and President Trump.
By Anton Troianovski
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Jean-Luc Brunel was arrested at an airport near Paris by French authorities investigating possible sex crimes committed by Jeffrey Epstein and his associates.
European leaders who have been in contact with the French president will isolate and be tested. Mr. Macron has experienced symptoms, but showed no signs of illness in a video appearance.
By Roger Cohen
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An ombudsman’s report condemned a rushed lockdown of nine public housing towers in Melbourne that left thousands of residents without adequate food and medication and access to fresh air.
The low-wage workers, almost half of whom have contracted the coronavirus, continue to be mostly confined to dormitories even as the city-state eases restrictions.
The trial of the main assailant, Ayoub El Khazzani, and three accomplices provided a rare opportunity for prosecutors to delve into the operations of the Islamic State in Europe.
By Constant Méheut
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Yoon Sung-yeo was sentenced to life for a crime he did not commit in South Korea. He was able to clear his name after a notorious serial killer confessed last year.
By Choe Sang-Hun
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The draft law goes to the Senate, where it is likely to pass. The country would join a handful of others allowing terminally ill patients to obtain aid to end their lives.
By Raphael Minder
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The French government ordered the city to pay up under a 2012 law intended to address gender imbalance at senior levels of the country’s Civil Service. The mayor deemed the decision “absurd.”
A panel of experts recommended on Thursday that the Food and Drug Administration approve an emergency use authorization for the Moderna vaccine, which would make it easier to expand the country’s vaccination campaign to rural areas and smaller clinics.
Las restricciones y el confinamiento del primer ministro Narendra Modi por el coronavirus provocaron un éxodo de trabajadores migrantes. El gobierno ofreció trenes especiales para llevarlos a casa. Pero los ferrocarriles propagarían el virus por todo el país.
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Luchas políticas internas, una planificación azarosa y un creciente movimiento antivacunas han convertido al país suramericano en una advertencia en la era del coronavirus.
By Ernesto Londoño, Manuela Andreoni and Letícia Casado
Armada con una pistola, tarjetas de identificación falsas y disfraces, Miriam Rodríguez se convirtió en un escuadrón de detectives que desafiaba a un sistema en el que suele prevalecer la impunidad criminal.
El colapso económico había golpeado a una orgullosa zona pesquera. Entonces joyas de oro y plata comenzaron a aparecer misteriosamente en su playa y a aliviar el sufrimiento por la crisis.
By Anatoly Kurmanaev, Isayen Herrera and Adriana Loureiro Fernandez
El presidente francés trabajará en aislamiento, y otros líderes europeos que han estado en contacto con él serán sometidos a pruebas de detección del virus.
Coffeehouses, mainstays of Turkish neighborhoods for centuries, are suffering under pandemic restrictions — particularly a ban on games. Regulars fear losing “our jokes, our laughter.”
Across the country, city and town squares stand empty of the usual huts, sounds, scents and lights, as the coronavirus has forced the country to skip its beloved annual Christmas markets.
