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What Hun Manet Is Like as Cambodia’s New Leader

Hun Manet, who took over as prime minister last year, has followed in the steps of his father, who ran Cambodia for nearly 40 years.

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Hun Manet, center, the Cambodian prime minister, studied in the United States and Britain. Any hopes that civil liberties would improve under his rule have been dashed.

American Airlines Briefly Grounds U.S. Flights on Christmas Eve Over Technical Issue

Flights were grounded for about an hour on Christmas Eve, one of the busiest travel days of the year, before the airline restored its systems. But heavy delays are expected.

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The Federal Aviation Administration said just before 8 a.m. E.T. that American Airlines was resuming flights after suspending them for about an hour.

As Rome Prepares for a Tourist Surge, Residents Fear Losing the City’s Soul

The Catholic Jubilee in 2025 is expected to draw 32 million visitors. Officials are proud of the city’s accompanying makeover, but residents lament soaring housing costs and changes in Rome’s character.

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A newly constructed underpass opened on Monday, creating a large pedestrian zone between the Tiber River and the Vatican.

American Airlines Briefly Grounds U.S. Flights on Christmas Eve Over Technical Issue

Flights were grounded for about an hour on Christmas Eve, one of the busiest travel days of the year, before the airline restored its systems. But heavy delays are expected.

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The Federal Aviation Administration said just before 8 a.m. E.T. that American Airlines was resuming flights after suspending them for about an hour.

Marv From ‘Home Alone’ Has a New Calling Card: Tangerines and Sculpture

Daniel Stern has built a social media following by documenting daily life on his family’s farm. “What a crazy way to walk through life,” he said, “to be a little part of people’s lives.”

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Daniel Stern has gained a new audience on TikTok for his behind-the-scenes videos of his tangerine farm and art studio in Ventura County, Calif.

How a Skeptical Critic Came to Love Hallmark Christmas Movies

Hallmark Christmas movies are corny, predictable and just what our critic needed to embrace the holiday spirit.

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A scene from “Hot Frosty” on Netflix. The road map for the modern TV Christmas movie was charted by the Hallmark Channel in the early 2000s.

How Afghan Militias, Unleashed by the U.S., Proved Worse Than the Taliban

Trump blamed Biden. Biden blamed the Afghan military. Our investigation found that the U.S. unwittingly laid the groundwork for the Taliban’s victory long ago.

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A member of the Afghan Local Police, a militia organization formed to fight the Taliban, outside the unit’s hilltop base in 2012 in Taloqa, Kunduz Province, Afghanistan.

Christians in Gaza, Huddled in Churches, Celebrate Christmas

Some say that the community is in danger of losing its 1,600-year foothold in the enclave and that it is far from certain those who have fled will ever feel safe enough to return home.

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A young boy walked in front of St. Porphyrius, a Greek Orthodox Church in Gaza that was damaged during an Israeli bombardment.

Questions Emerge About Data Used by China to Defend Against Doping Allegations

China and the World Anti-Doping Agency say that positive tests for a banned drug among elite Chinese swimmers were a result of unwitting contamination. But the science behind that assertion is not so clear.

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Faced with scrutiny, the World Anti-Doping Agency has cited China’s science as it has tried to deflect criticism that it looked the other way when confronting a pattern of positive tests among Chinese athletes.
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