This Psychiatric Hospital Used to Chain Patients. Now It Treats Them.
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This Psychiatric Hospital Used to Chain Patients. Now It Treats Them.

The organization and the health ministry agreed to work together on rehabilitating Kissy. The effort involved not just physical renovations but a significant shift in perception of mental illness as a public health problem like any other. The ministry hired Dr. Eze from Nigeria and another psychiatrist, a Sierra Leonean…

Murder Charge Dismissed Against Texas Woman in ‘Self-Induced Abortion’ Case
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Murder Charge Dismissed Against Texas Woman in ‘Self-Induced Abortion’ Case

Mr. Ramirez and Ms. Herrera’s lawyer, Calixtro Villarreal, did not respond to requests for comment. It was not immediately known what statute Ms. Herrera was being indicted under. An abortion ban that took effect in Texas in September, known as S.B. 8, prohibits abortion after six weeks but leaves enforcement…

Facing Disastrous Floods, They Turned to Mangrove Trees for Protection
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Facing Disastrous Floods, They Turned to Mangrove Trees for Protection

LAKSHMIPUR, India — The women adjusted their binoculars around their necks, secured their bright green saris and climbed onto a motorboat to begin their weekly patrol in the Sundarbans, one of the largest deltas in the world and an urgent case study on the effects of climate change. As sea…

Before Giving Billions to Jared Kushner, Saudi Investment Fund Had Big Doubts
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Before Giving Billions to Jared Kushner, Saudi Investment Fund Had Big Doubts

Six months after leaving the White House, Jared Kushner secured a $2 billion investment from a fund led by the Saudi crown prince, a close ally during the Trump administration, despite objections from the fund’s advisers about the merits of the deal. A panel that screens investments for the main…

Macron to Face Le Pen for President as French Gravitate Toward Extremes
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Macron to Face Le Pen for President as French Gravitate Toward Extremes

PARIS — President Emmanuel Macron will face Marine Le Pen, the French far-right leader, in the runoff of France’s presidential elections. With 92 percent of the ballots cast on Sunday counted, Mr. Macron, a centrist, was leading with about 27.4 percent of the vote to Ms. Le Pen’s 24.3 percent….