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The Paykan was the first car manufactured in Iran. Produced from 1967 to 2015, it started life as a licensed copy of an outmoded British vehicle, the Hillman Hunter, but it nevertheless…

On the Shelf Sankofa By Chibundu OnuzoCatapult: 304 pages, $26If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from…

When Belarusian Olympic officials went to the sprinter Kristina Timanovskaya’s room after she complained publicly about her coaches, the head of the national team made it clear they had an…