A new novel is published amid a boom in dystopian fiction

The Dream Hotel. By Laila Lalami. Pantheon; 336 pages; $29. Bloomsbury; £16.99 HOW DO YOU concoct a plausible fictional near-...

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U.N. Accuses Israel of Targeting Reproductive Health Facilities in Gaza

A United Nations commission on Thursday accused Israel of targeting hospitals and other health facilities in Gaza that provid...

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Keir Starmer Wants to Abolish NHS England:What to Know About His Plan

In a speech on Thursday, Mr. Starmer made a surprise announcement that N.H.S. England was to be scrapped. That definitely d...

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Merz Challenges Germans to Make a Bold Strategic Shift. Will They Do It?

Germany’s centrist politicians are losing votes to the far right and the far left. They are losing faith in America, their lo...

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Bardella, Leader of France’s Far-Right National Rally, Heads to Israel

Jordan Bardella, the young president of France’s far-right National Rally, plans to visit Israel this month in a powerful sym...

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Bumble Bee Foods Is Accused of Tolerating Forced Labor in Supply Chain

On a ship that caught tuna for American consumers, fishermen said they were fed so little that they resorted to eating the ba...

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Catch up:Russian aide rejects ceasefire proposal; Trump threatens alcohol tariffs

Vladimir Putin’s foreign-policy adviser, Yuri Ushakov, rejected the 30-day ceasefire proposed by America, calling it a “tempo...

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Russia Says It Has Retaken Key Kursk Town From Ukraine

Russia’s Defense Ministry said Thursday that the military had regained full control of the town of Sudzha, the main populatio...

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Houthi Drones Could Become Stealthier and Fly Farther

For more than a year, Houthi rebels in Yemen attacked merchant vessels and warships in the Red Sea with missiles, drones an...

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Israel-Hamas Talks Deadlocked as Trump Envoy Turns to Ukraine

The Israel-Hamas negotiations to extend the cease-fire in Gaza were in limbo on Thursday as the Trump administration turned i...

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