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Coptic Leader Criticizes Egypt’s Building Restrictions on Churches After Deadly Fire
CAIRO — After an electrical fire raced through a tiny Coptic Orthodox Church in central Cairo on Sunday and killed 41 worshipers, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi of Egypt ordered the army to renovate the building immediately. Under the watch of soldiers, dozens of laborers worked throughout the night, dragging out charred beams and broken pipes,…
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Japan’s Leader Tries to Honor Abe’s Legacy, While Building His Own
TOKYO — Fumio Kishida has spent years trying to emerge from the shadow of Shinzo Abe, the former prime minister of Japan who was gunned down at a campaign rally on July 8. Ever since both were elected in 1993 to the Diet, as Japan’s Parliament is known, Mr. Abe had been the more prominent…
