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    At an Uncertain Moment for Germany, Suddenly Boring Doesn’t Look So Bad

    The small city of Bielefeld was once the butt of jokes for its blandness. Now it embodies the kind of stability Germans long for.
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    Trump Makes False Genocide Claims. South Africans Respond With Humor.

    The jokes mask a deep-seated anger over the legacy of apartheid and the inequality that many Black people say continues to define life in their country.
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    Trump Casts Himself as a Protector of Persecuted White People

    President Trump publicly dressed down the president of South Africa based on a fringe conspiracy theory, providing a vivid distillation of his views on race.