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Dance Poles and Leopard-Print Walls: Love Motels Ready Rooms for Climate Summit

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via NYT > World News The Brazilian city of Belém, host to the 30th U.N. Climate Change Conference, is short on hotel rooms. Love motels are offering a solution.

Thailand and Cambodia Trade Fire Despite Cease-Fire Promises

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via NYT > World News President Trump said on Saturday that both countries had agreed to a halt in the fighting. But on Sunday morning, skirmishes erupted once more.

Amid Growing Fury Over Gaza, Israel Says It Is Easing Aid Restrictions

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via NYT > World News As starvation rises in Gaza, prompting global outrage, Israel’s military said it would restart airborne aid delivery there and make land deliveries less dangerous.

E.U. Cuts Aid to Ukraine Over Corruption Concerns

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via NYT > World News The $1.7 billion reduction capped a tough week for President Volodymyr Zelensky as he deals with Ukraine’s governance issues.

Military Clash Between Thailand and Cambodia Expands Along Shared Border

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via NYT > World News The deadliest conflict between the two nations in 14 years, now in its third day, extended to provinces about 200 miles south of where clashes first began.

Trump’s Trip to Scotland Echoes an Earlier Visit, When He Applauded Brexit

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via NYT > World News Before his 2016 election, President Trump correctly predicted that the forces animating Brexit would go beyond the United Kingdom. But now most Britons say Brexit was a mistake.

Taiwan’s Mass Recall Vote Tests Its Democracy, and China’s Nerves

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via NYT > World News An unprecedented recall vote could hand President Lai Ching-te more power by ousting legislative opponents. It could also prompt a response from China.