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Barring tourists from the giant lizards’ island lair may save them, but the moratorium could doom residents, who will have to leave, too. If they refuse? “It’s their own fault if the Komodo eat them.” Press Release Distribution Service

Intelligence officials suspect that the explosion involved a prototype of a nuclear-propelled cruise missile that President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia has boasted can reach any corner of the earth. Press Release Distribution Service

YouTube built its business on keeping users hooked. This has been a gift to extremist groups. An investigation in the company’s second-biggest market found serious consequences. Press Release Distribution Service

Now that China is turning away the world’s recyclable waste, Australia wants to ban export of the materials and increase domestic processing. Here are some techniques being pursued. Press Release Distribution Service

South Korea said it would remove Japan from its list of countries entitled to preferential treatment in trade, following a similar move by Japan this month. Press Release Distribution Service

The attack came amid a polarizing debate in Norway about immigration and Islam, and prompted the authorities to order police officers to guard mosques in Oslo. Press Release Distribution Service

“This year’s flood is the worst in my life,” said a lawmaker from an affected township, which was drowned by 30 inches of water in two days amid monsoon downpours. Press Release Distribution Service

The torrential rains led to landslides in the countryside and inundated cities, electrocuting some residents and burying others under mud. Press Release Distribution Service

The ambassador, Asad Majeed Khan, said Pakistan might have to redeploy troops from its border with Afghanistan to the Kashmir frontier instead. Press Release Distribution Service

Kashmir’s newspapers, cut off from technology by the Indian government, are rising to the occasion to serve readers desperate for information in the war-torn region. Press Release Distribution Service

Hong Kong airport shuts down. Press Release Distribution Service

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Two rescue vessels carrying more than 500 migrants were in limbo on Monday, without a safe port willing to let them dock. Press Release Distribution Service

What we found there, for an article and an episode of “The Weekly,” went far beyond anything we had anticipated, with important, disturbing lessons for us all. Press Release Distribution Service

Here’s what you need to know. Press Release Distribution Service

The former prisons director got nearly three-fifths of the vote, but few voters expect relief from poverty and graft. Press Release Distribution Service

Cathay Pacific in the crosshairs. Press Release Distribution Service

Of the three Type 64s planned for construction in the late 1930s in Nazi Germany, just one remains. Press Release Distribution Service

Nearly five million people in Zhejiang Province have been affected by the storm, the strongest to pass through China in years. Press Release Distribution Service

The airline agreed to bar employees who support or join protests from working on flights to mainland China, though it didn’t say how they would be identified. Press Release Distribution Service

The attack came even as Libya’s warring sides said they had accepted a cease-fire proposed by the United Nations ahead of a Muslim holiday. Press Release Distribution Service

The authorities accused protesters of attacking officers with bricks and gasoline bombs, as the protests continued for 10 consecutive weekends. Press Release Distribution Service