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German far-right lawmaker smeared with feces at event

A senior member of the far-right Alternative for Germany party was smeared with feces during a public engagement on Friday evening. Beatrix von Storch, the deputy leader of the party that is riding high on an anti-immigration and anti-green agenda,

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Armed with traffic cones, protesters are immobilizing driverless cars

Self-driving cars have flooded San Francisco’s streets, and not everyone is happy. Street activists have been using a low-tech solution to incapacitate the vehicles. (Image credit: Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images)

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Speaking Out with a Shared Voice Against Hate

On August 28, 1963, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech to more than 250,000 supporters gathered on the National Mall. That day, Rabbi Joachim Prinz, a survivor of Nazi Germany, spoke just

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Consumers Are Spending Like It’s 2019

Shoppers have shifted their spending habits in a postpandemic world, leaving retailers in the lurch.

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Ukraine’s Farmers Count the Cost of Grain Deal’s Collapse

Russia’s exit from the Black Sea export agreement and its attacks on Ukrainian ports have led to lower income and higher costs in Ukraine’s agriculture industry.

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Royal Collections Gallery Review: Palace of the Spanish Past

The vast museum, which opened in Madrid in June, tells a four-century dynastic epic of imperial Spain and its patronage through hundreds of artworks and artifacts, highlighting both imported taste and local talent.

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Driver and three teenagers killed in crash in Ireland are named by police

Four young people who died in a road crash in Co Tipperary have been named by Irish police.

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Arab political leader Odeh gets security detail after denouncing crime families

Knesset Guard informs Hadash chief of death threats as his party accuses government of giving criminals ‘a green light… to run wild and murder’ amid surging deadly violence

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How high tensions between China and the U.S. are impacting American companies

Commerce Secretary GIna Raimondo is set to travel to China at a time when U.S. executives and investors are facing increasing uncertainty and risk doing business there. (Image credit: Pool/Getty Images)

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How the World’s Best Spikeball Player Gets Sharper

Buddy Hammon goes all-in training for a sport many associate with fun on the beach.

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