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The New York Times International Edition in Print for Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021

INYT - Front Page

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    Italian law enforcement officers seized 14 tons of captagon, about 84 million pills, at the port of Salerno last year.
    CreditCiro Fusco/EPA, via Shutterstock

    On Syria’s Ruins, a Drug Empire Flourishes

    Powerful associates of Syria’s president, Bashar al-Assad, are making and selling captagon, an illegal amphetamine, creating a new narcostate on the Mediterranean.

     By Ben Hubbard and Hwaida Saad

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      Mon Laferte’s “Seis” delves into vintage Mexican regional styles. Several months after it came out, she released “1940 Carmen,” which embraces Southern California folk-pop.
      CreditGabriela Bhaskar/The New York Times

      Mon Laferte Wants to Give You Goose Bumps

      The Chilean songwriter released two very different albums in 2021 and is nominated for four Latin Grammy Awards on Thursday night.

       By Jon Pareles

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      CreditAlexandr Kulikov/Associated Press

      Guest Essay

      The Pandemic Is Beating Putin

      The virus has starkly revealed the limits of the president’s power.

       By Alexey Kovalev

    TODAYS FRONT PAGES

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    INYT - Page Two

    1. Almudena Grandes, Novelist of Spain’s Marginalized, Dies at 61

      By Raphael Minder

      Page A30

    2. Dr. Sherif R. Zaki, Acclaimed Disease Detective, Dies at 65

      By Sam Roberts

      Page A30

    INYT - World

    1. Sri Lanka’s Plunge Into Organic Farming Brings Disaster

      By Aanya Wipulasena and Mujib Mashal

      Page A4

    2. In Afghanistan, ‘Who Has the Guns Gets the Land’

      By Thomas Gibbons-Neff, Yaqoob Akbary and Jim Huylebroek

      Page A6

    3. What Does the U.S. Owe Separated Families? A Political Quandary Deepens

      By Jeremy W. Peters and Miriam Jordan

      Page A18

    INYT - Business

    1. This Chemical Is in Short Supply, and the Whole World Feels It

      By Raymond Zhong

      Page B1

    2. A New Tesla Safety Concern: Drivers Can Play Video Games in Moving Cars

      By Neal E. Boudette

      Page B1

    3. Seeking Space for Solar Farms, Cities Find Room at Their Airports

      By Amy Zipkin

      Page B5

    INYT - Editorials, Op-Ed and Letters

    1. Pearl Harbor and the Capacity for Surprise

      By Bret Stephens

      Page A23

    2. The U.S. and China Should Compete on This

      By Deborah Seligsohn

    3. Opioids Feel Like Love. That’s Why They’re Deadly in Tough Times.

      By Maia Szalavitz

      Page A22

    INYT - Sports

    1. On TV, Wayne Gretzky Finds Himself as the Rookie

      By Jonathan Abrams

      Page D3

    INYT - Fashion

    1. Condé Nast Knows Faded Glory Is Not in Style

      By Katie Robertson

      Page BU1

    2. Chanel, TikTok and the Beauty Advent Calendar Controversy

      By Vanessa Friedman

      Page D2

    INYT - Culture

    1. Exploring the Dimensions of Black Power at Alvin Ailey

      By Gia Kourlas

      Page C1

    2. Cambodia Says Looter Helping It Reclaim Stolen Artifacts Has Died

      By Tom Mashberg

      Page C5

    3. Signs of Sea Change at Art Basel Miami: More Galleries of Color

      By Robin Pogrebin

      Page C1

    INYT - Living + Travel

    1. Can California Tourism Survive Climate Change?

      By Rachel Levin

      Page B7