Romania Court Orders a Recount After Surprise Election Result

A top court issued the ruling just days after an ultranationalist outsider unexpectedly won the most votes in the first round of presidential elections held Sunday.

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Lebanese Residents of Baalbek Return to a Bombed-Out City

Tens of thousands of people who had fled the city of Baalbek returned to bombed-out restaurants, flattened apartment buildings and many of the dead still buried under the rubble.

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Friday Briefing: Day 2 of Lebanon’s Cease-fire

Plus, the gangs stealing hiring exams in India.

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Canada Accuses Google of Creating Advertising Tech Monopoly

The case largely echoes an antitrust action in the United States and seeks to force Google to sell off sections of its online ad business.

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Why Mexico Is Eliminating Independent Watchdog Agencies

A vote in the country’s Senate has cleared the way to abolish seven independent organizations that provided oversight on issues such as public information and price fixing.

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Friday Briefing

The cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah.

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Here Are the Risks When Zoos Pay for Endangered Species

We tracked $86 million in U.S. money that was supposed to go toward panda conservation in China.

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Life After Death: America’s Cemeteries Are Rewilding

More burial sites are forgoing pristine lawns for drought resistant plants and wildflowers that help wildlife. Efforts picked up in the pandemic.

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Notre-Dame Shines, and World Gets a Sneak Peek, on Macron’s Televised Tour

“You’ve achieved what was said to be impossible,” the French president told workers at the Paris monument, which will reopen after the 2019 fire.

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Protests Erupt in Georgia as It Pulls Back From Pro-Western Path

Thousands of people took to the streets after the government said it had suspended talks on joining the European Union.

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