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“Nobody can feel safe’: Lukashenko’s rival fears for lives of all exiles
After one activist was hanged and another hijacked, Belarus opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya wants dissidents trained in spycraft for self-protection.
- by Daniel Capurro
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From the Archives, 1971: Oz trio’s “brutal” sentence in obscenity trial
Fifty years ago, fierce controversy raged in Britain following the jail sentences imposed on the three editors of “Oz” magazine, convicted on obscenity charges.
- by PETER COLE-ADAMS
Europe on fire: scenes of destruction and rescue from Turkey and Greece
In the last two weeks, fires in Turkey have burnt more than three times the area affected in an average year, while Greeks have been forced to evacuate beaches.
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Wildfire reaches Turkey power plant, prompts evacuations
On the Greek island of Evia, coast guard vessels helped with evacuations, where residents escaping fires had fled to a beach for safety.
- by Mehmet Guzel
Unacceptable: WHO calls for halt on booster shots until poor get first doses
Public health experts have stressed, repeatedly, that the unequal distribution of doses is not only unethical, but could extend the pandemic.
- by Emily Rauhala, Hannah Knowles, Lena H. Sun and Laurie McGinley
Traditional greeting of French faces COVID’s kiss of death
Many hope the traditional greeting, known as la bise, is in permanent demise and will never be revived even as the threat of COVID recedes.
- by Rebecca Rosman
Power up: Will Meghan’s 40s be the decade she truly hits her stride?
As the Duchess of Sussex celebrates a significant birthday, many believe her next ambition is to take on Washington.
- by Camilla Tominey
No safe place: hanging, defection and hijacking prompt outcry against Belarus
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was only the most prominent of many politicians and activists condemning Belarus’ ruthless approach to dissidents.
- by Latika Bourke
Exiled Belarus activist found hanged, police open murder case
Police said they had launched a criminal case for suspected murder, including investigating whether killers tried to disguise the crime as suicide.
- by Natalia Zinets
100-year-old former Nazi guard to stand trial for war crimes
Authorities say that despite his advanced age, the suspect is considered fit enough to stand trial on 3518 counts of accessory to murder.
- by Kirsten Grieshaber
From the Archives, 1980: The sour Games
As the XXII Olympiad drew to a close in Moscow, the Herald reflected on an event gutted by boycotts and tainted by suspicions of drug use and cheating.