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KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban government said it signed seven mining contracts Thursday amounting to $6.5 billion in investment, in the biggest such round of deals since seizing power two years ago. The seven contracts are with locally based…
DAKAR, Senegal — Niger's military junta has revoked the diplomatic immunity of France's ambassador and ordered police to expel him from the West African country, according to a statement from the military regime. The mutinous soldiers who ousted Niger’s president…
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said Thursday its latest missile launches simulated “scorched earth” nuclear strikes on South Korea and that it’s also been rehearsing an occupation of its rival’s territory in the event of conflict. Pyongyang has previously…
British number one Katie Boulter came from a set down to secure a place in the third round of the US Open for the first time. The 27-year-old matched her run at Wimbledon this summer after a gutsy 5-7 6-1…
Jack Draper was almost in tears after learning he may have to miss the US Open, but now the 21-year-old British hope is in the third round. Draper, who last year was ranked as high as 38 in the world,…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Hollywood novel, “The Last Tycoon,” is an admiring roman à clef about the visionary studio boss Irving Thalberg, who, in his early twenties, had more or less invented…
