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Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar (left) walks with Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (right) during the Montreal Pride parade in Montreal, Aug. 20, 2017.

Ireland’s youngest prime minister is under tough criticism

Economics

Some on the left had hoped the new taoiseach, as a gay man and son of an immigrant, would usher in a progressive agenda for his center-right party, Fine Gael. But Varadkar has held fast to his conservative politics, and that’s proving to be a lesson for the left.

At the Camlough Cattle Mart, which serves Crossmaglen. Farmers are worried how competitive their beef will be in a post-Brexit world.

Farmers in Northern Ireland know Brexit will be bad for them — they just don’t know how bad

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The Bhutan insurgencies

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Tribeca comes to Doha

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The New York film festival, which this year focused on the Arab world, goes where the inspiration — and the money is.

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Economic crisis affects Lebanon de-mining

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Funds that would go toward clearing a 205-square-kilometer danger zone have been diverted.

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Syrian art market rides wave of reform

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Improvements in the Syrian economy inspire an art market renaissance.

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Lebanon sees offshore gas as answer to its power woes. Israel sees it different.

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Lebanon looks to cash in on natural gas.

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