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Pressure builds on Netanyahu to advance Gaza cease-fire deal

TEL AVIV — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faced mounting pressure at home and abroad on Saturday to advance a Gaza cease-fire proposal unveiled...

Mexico’s presidential election: Meet the candidates

MEXICO CITY — Mexicans go to the polls Sunday in a historic election: For the first time, they’re expected to choose a female president....

In kaleidoscopic Houston, cricket thrives, as a first U.S. World Cup nears

HOUSTON — In further evidence of what a polyglot melting pot this metropolis has become, it’s possible nowadays to zigzag from one cricket ground...

It’s Pride Month: How LGBTQ+ rights changed around the world this past year

When Pope Francis became the head of the Catholic Church in 2013, he soon indicated his willingness to accept gay believers, famously saying: “Who...

Anti-Islam activist among six wounded in stabbing in Germany

A prominent far-right activist who was leading an event to “educate about political Islam” was among six people wounded in a knife attack in...

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