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Orban’s Office, Thrown Open, Is Not the Den Hungarians Expected

The new government of Peter Magyar hoped to use the suite overlooking the Danube as evidence of an autocrat’s indulgence. The trappings fell short.

© Akos Stiller for The New York Times

Visitors on a balcony with a view of the Danube that Viktor Orban, the former prime minister, had built off his offices at a former monastery in Budapest.
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Canadian Petition to Expel U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra Takes Off

Mr. Hoekstra has been President Trump’s faithful messenger in Canada amid a historic low in relations. More than 200,000 Canadians want him gone.

© Ian Austen/The New York Times

Pete Hoekstra, the U.S. ambassador to Canada, at the embassy’s July 4 party at his official residence in Ottawa.
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