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Karl Ritter
July 9, 2018, 10:54 am
US, Europe clamp down on migration even as arrivals drop considerably
‘The numbers don’t support the hysteria,’ says official at the International Organization for Migration. ‘Politicians know what moves voters, and this is extremely effective’
By
Karl Ritter
January 28, 2018, 5:00 pm
IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad dies at 91
He turned a small mail-order business into a global furniture empire. He also made missteps, including an early interest in fascism which he ‘bitterly regretted’
By
Karl Ritter
October 31, 2016, 8:35 pm
Sweden declares hero Wallenberg officially dead
Diplomat, credited with helping at least 20,000 Hungarian Jews escape Holocaust, is believed to have died in Soviet captivity
By
Karl Ritter
October 3, 2016, 5:07 pm
Japanese who unraveled cell recycling wins Nobel
Yoshinori Ohsumi to receive medicine Nobel for isolating genes crucial to ‘autophagy,’ process wherein cells gobble up damaged content
By
Karl Ritter
October 1, 2016, 12:45 am
Will Iran deal earn Kerry and Zarif a Nobel Prize?
From Pope Francis to Edward Snowden, all bets are on for nominees for the prestigious peace award, to be announced next Friday
By
Karl Ritter
September 28, 2016, 11:26 pm
Oslo mediator: Israeli leaders today lack Peres’s vision
Former president was ‘a tough guy,’ but sought ‘to not create new generations of hatred,’ recalls Norway’s Jan Egeland
By
Karl Ritter
May 12, 2016, 4:35 pm
Eurovision Song Contest struggles to enforce politics ban
Armenian singer Iveta Mukuchyan waves flag of separatist Nagorno-Karabakh region, irking producers
By
Karl Ritter
May 5, 2016, 7:39 pm
Swedish woman who defied neo-Nazis says inspired by Mandela
Image of Tess Asplund with clenched fist trying to block Nordic Resistance Movement march in town of Borlange shared thousands of times on social media
By
Karl Ritter
April 26, 2016, 6:21 pm
Sweden’s Green Party grapples with claims it’s been infiltrated by Islamists
Minister quit when video surfaced of him comparing Israel to Nazis; candidate refused to shake woman’s hand; leader called 9/11 terror attacks ‘accidents’
By
Karl Ritter
March 24, 2016, 3:28 pm
Nobel panel pans Rushdie death warrant, 27 years on
Decision comes after Iran raises bounty on writer’s head by $600,000; 2 academy members quit in 1989 over group’s refusal to condemn fatwa
By
Karl Ritter
March 17, 2016, 1:19 am
Breivik slams prison food, praises Hitler in court speech
Norwegian extremist who killed 77 people in 2011 shooting spree suing government for ‘violating human rights’ in prison
By
Karl Ritter
December 12, 2015, 5:35 pm
Hollande: Decisive climate deal for the planet is here and now
If adopted, the ‘Paris agreement’ would slow rising temperatures and sea levels, bring human-made emissions to levels nature can absorb
By
Angela Charlton
,
Seth Borenstein
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Karl Ritter
December 12, 2015, 11:03 am
Diplomats closing in on climate change accord in Paris
Draft agreement to curb greenhouse gas emissions to be presented after ‘tremendous developments’ in late-night negotiations
By
Angela Charlton
and
Karl Ritter
December 11, 2015, 9:06 am
New draft climate deal emerges as Paris talks near end
Negotiators seek to bridge gap between developed, developing nations while island states seek ever lower carbon emissions
By
Karl Ritter
and
Sylvie Corbet
November 21, 2015, 2:15 am
A week after attacks, Parisians honor the dead
Investigators still piecing together details on terrorists and how they converged in the French capital, killing 130 on November 13
By
Karl Ritter
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LORNE COOK
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