Australia Disrupts Plot to ‘Bring Down an Airplane’

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA —  Police disrupted a terrorist plot to bring down an airplane and arrested four men Saturday in raids on homes in several Sydney suburbs, the prime minister said. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said Sunday that security had been increased at Sydney Airport since Thursday because of the plot. The increased security measures had…

Are France’s burkini bans sexist, or liberating?

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PARIS — Male officials are dictating what women can wear on French beaches — and people across a wide swath of French society say that’s a good thing. Decrees issued by several mayors this month ban the body-encompassing burkini swimsuit, which France’s secular political class says subjugates women and is incompatible with a country whose…