Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was convicted of sedition after her arrest in 2016. Richard Ratcliffe said he would fast outside the countryâs embassy in London in support. NYTimes.com - Published
President Trump assailed Sadiq Khan, the mayor, after a spate of knife attacks in Britainâs capital. âHe is a national disgrace,â the president wrote. NYTimes.com - Published
The doctors used words like âanesthesia freeâ to describe the procedure on their website. A judge said that violated a Nazi-era law. NYTimes.com - Published
At a conference on wrongful convictions, Ms. Knox said: âI know that many people think I am bad. That I donât belong here. It shows how a false narrative can be powerful and undermine justice.â NYTimes.com - Published
Worldcrunch.com / AMERICA ECONOMIA
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*GUAYAQUIL * â Many managers work hard, are creative and invite the people around them to strive for excellence. But often their objectives fail to.. Worldcrunch - Published
The church gave no reason for the resignation of Carlos Eugenio IrarrĂĄzabal. But it came after he said that perhaps women âlike to be in the back room.â NYTimes.com - Published
An anticorruption lawyer, she rode a wave of public disgust to victory. But the ex-prime ministerâs party remains dominant, and the far right is emboldened. NYTimes.com - Published
Peter SchÀfer stepped down after the museum became engaged in a dispute on Twitter about the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement against Israel. NYTimes.com - Published
Diplomats from Russia and the West rarely agree. But on Friday their united efforts helped resolve a constitutional crisis in Moldova. NYTimes.com - Published
He was an uncontainable writer (novelist, essayist, biographer and more), started magazines with Bellow and died almost a year ago, to little public notice. NYTimes.com - Published
Thousands of women rallied across Switzerland on Friday, railing against the slow pace of correcting inequalities between the sexes. NYTimes.com - Published
Worldcrunch.com / MADA MASR
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*CAIRO* â Last December at a summit in Marrakesh, Morocco, 164 countries adopted the Global Compact on Migration, a United Nations-led agreement that aims.. Worldcrunch - Published
Washingtonâs history of hyping intelligence is weighing on European governments, who are suspicious of President Trumpâs hawkish Iran policies. NYTimes.com - Published
The Supreme Court said that Oriol Junqueras would not be allowed to travel to Brussels until there was a verdict in his trial over Cataloniaâs failed succession bid. NYTimes.com - Published
A misinformation campaign by groups linked to Russia tried to depress voter turnout in last monthâs parliamentary elections, a European Commission review said. NYTimes.com - Published
At 14, Alma Deutscher is preparing to play the solo parts at Carnegie Hall for the violin and piano concertos she composed herself, when sheâs not writing her next opera or climbing a tree. NYTimes.com - Published
A British judge on Friday set a 2020 date for a hearing to determine if the WikiLeaks founder would be sent to the United States to face numerous charges. NYTimes.com - Published
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"If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life, it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable.. Worldcrunch - Published
A pilot proposal by the Nottinghamshire Police to replace sharp knives in victimsâ kitchens with blunt-tipped instruments to prevent their partners from stabbing them to death was denounced as.. NYTimes.com - Published
Yes, thereâs the Louvre. But Paris and its surrounding region also have some 200 other museums, many of which cater happily to young travelers and their families. NYTimes.com - Published
Worldcrunch.com / EL ESPECTADOR
*CARACAS* â Sure, a recent visit to the Venezuelan capital offered scenes of the country's division between supporters and opponents of President NicolĂĄs Maduro... Worldcrunch - Published
The rising popularity of visits to the nuclear site, attributed partly to the hit HBO show âChernobyl,â has led to concerns about some guestsâ behavior. NYTimes.com - Published
Ms. Knox, an American who was exonerated in a 2007 murder, went back to the country where her legal drama unfolded to speak about wrongful convictions and how journalists cover cases like hers. NYTimes.com - Published
Swarms of insects move across continents each year. Scientists used radar to track one species and discovered a vast ecological force. NYTimes.com - Published
A group projected stark messages onto high-rises in three British cities, citing similarities to the London building that burned in 2017. NYTimes.com - Published
Worldcrunch.com / YONDER
I was not at Tiananmen those weeks in the spring 1989, when thousands of students occupied the square, demanding more room in a modernizing China. Nor was I there in those.. Worldcrunch - Published
Mr. Johnson received 114 of the 313 votes in the first round of balloting to find a successor to Theresa May. His nearest challenger, Jeremy Hunt, had 43. NYTimes.com - Published
The far-right leader was charged with disseminating violent images, a crime in France, after posting photographs of Islamic State killings in 2015. NYTimes.com - Published
The cease-fire briefly ended more than six weeks of fighting and bombing. But intermittent shelling erupted in Idlib Province, the last piece of rebel-held territory. NYTimes.com - Published
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Roberto Saviano has been under 24-hour police escort since 2006, when Gomorrah, his non-fiction book about the Neapolitan mafia, shined a spotlight on the Camorra crime.. Worldcrunch - Published
The populist government says issuing mini-treasury bills, similar to IOUs, would help Italy deal with its debt. Others see a scheme to leave the euro. NYTimes.com - Published
The Spanish Supreme Court on Wednesday closed the trial of 12 leaders of the Catalan independence movement accused of staging a rebellion during their botched 2017 secession attempt. NYTimes.com - Published
Riot police dragged demonstrators from the crowd and arrested news photographers and reporters at a protest called to support the journalist Ivan Golunov, who had been detained and abruptly freed. NYTimes.com - Published
Criticized as hiding from scrutiny, the front-runner to be Conservative Party leader spoke at a campaign event, vaguely, about his Brexit plans and college cocaine use. NYTimes.com - Published
Worldcrunch.com / DIE WELT
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*BERLIN* â Is belief in a better world the exception? Do we expect humans to destroy the world rather than make it better? The Allensbach Institute for Public.. Worldcrunch - Published
The prime ministerâs plan leaves many questions unanswered, but sets a new standard that she hopes other countries will adopt. NYTimes.com - Published
Worldcrunch.com / ONESHOT
First adopted in 1989, the United Nations' Convention on the Rights of the Child is "the most complete statement of children's rights ever produced." Since then, 196.. Worldcrunch - Published
Worldcrunch.com / CLARIN
*EL CHALTĂN* â Using alternative energies to cut costs and protect the environment has been an objective pursued in various areas, with plans in many residential.. Worldcrunch - Published
Hundreds of survivors and relatives of victims in the Grenfell Tower fire sued makers of the flammable cladding and insulation that fed the blaze, one of which has its headquarters in Pennsylvania. NYTimes.com - Published
âI have treated several aspects of the feminine reality,â Ms. Bellon, whose films included a feature that graphically depicted a gang rape, once said. NYTimes.com - Published
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH
Black and female, straight-talking and proudly Italian: Sara Gama, the captain of Italy's women soccer team, has become a role model for what the bel paese could become.. Worldcrunch - Published
President Emmanuel Macron said when the tree, a European sessile oak, was planted it was a reminder of the ties that bind the United States and France. NYTimes.com - Published
Russiaâs Interior Minister announced unexpectedly that the reporter arrested on drug charges would be freed and the police investigated instead. NYTimes.com - Published
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