By Genevieve Glatsky Vast stretches of Russian coast have been tarred by heavy fuel oil from two freighters that foundered in a storm. By Nataliya Vasilyeva Two art fraud rings in a remote ...

Midori Kato is the last original member of the cast of “Sazae-san,” a cartoon series that premiered in 1969 and never quite joined the modern world. Lena Schilling, the youngest lawmaker in ...

Israel’s Cease-Fires in Lebanon and Gaza Appear Fragile Israeli forces killed at least 15 people and injured dozens more in southern Lebanon on Sunday, Lebanese officials said. In Gaza, Israel ...

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