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Blinken Travels to Mexico Amid Rising Tension Over Border, Drug Trafficking

Secretary of State Antony Blinken and other top Biden administration officials will travel to Mexico City hoping to bolster a strategy to confront staggering fentanyl overdoses in the United States and soaring migration in the Western Hemisphere.

City of Light or City of Bites? France Tries to Ease Bedbug Anxiety.

With less than a year to go before millions are expected in Paris for the Olympics, a wave of widely publicized reports of bedbug infestations has put French authorities under pressure.

After Third Major Shooting in Four Years, Thailand Debates How to Stem Gun Violence

The fatal shooting by a 14-year-old in a popular Bangkok mall set off anguished soul-searching over Thailand’s gun culture on Wednesday, a day after the third high-profile shooting spree in nearly four years killed two people.

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