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Reading alone is a deeply enjoyable activity. But being read to has its own irreplaceable allure.

The prime minister’s celebrity helped bring him to power. Even after his popularity collapsed, it still drew crowds.

The missing data deepens the puzzle of what caused the deadly air disaster in Muan, South Korea, late last month.

An image depicting a famous 19th-century painting of Cossacks, with current Ukrainian soldiers standing in for the warriors, has struck a chord as Kyiv battles to assert its identity.

A son of the country’s founding father says he has been persecuted by the government because of a feud with his older brother, who until May was prime minister.

The move allows hundreds of thousands of people from Sudan, Ukraine, El Salvador and Venezuela to stay in the country temporarily.

The United States will also extend temporary protections for roughly 600,000 Venezuelan migrants in the United States.

Candidates for the seminary should not be disqualified based on sexual orientation, according to new church guidelines in Italy.

The White House contradicts a new intelligence assessment on the mysterious ailments that diplomats and spies have reported for years.

President Nicolás Maduro was sworn in for another six years on Friday, despite evidence that he lost a July election decisively.

Hamza Ziyadne, 23, was abducted in the 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel alongside his siblings and father, whose body was also recovered this week.

The Biden administration is cracking down on the Russian “shadow fleet” and taking steps to curb oil and gas production.

Scotland, which has the highest rate of recorded drugs deaths in Europe, is opening a new facility for users to inject illegal drugs under medical supervision.

Israel and its allies have escalated strikes against the Houthis, trying to force the Iran-backed group to stop firing on Israel and Red Sea shipping.

The president-elect had said Russia’s leader wanted to meet him to discuss the war in Ukraine. The Kremlin said it welcomed such dialogue, but a meeting could occur only after Mr. Trump took office.

A social worker and teacher imprisoned for his activism, he later wrote about the toll of incarceration and worked to help others behind bars.

A stinging defeat in war has left the once untouchable group on its most uncertain footing in years.

During her detention, an aide said, Maria Corina Machado “was forced to record several videos.” She has garnered enormous support for her opposition to Nicolás Maduro.

The case, involving an inquiry into a marine’s death, had stoked political tensions long before President Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment last month.

After a self-imposed exile, Venâncio Mondlane was welcomed home by delirious crowds supporting his claim that the country’s last election was stolen from him by corrupt elites.