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Washington Post lays off one-third of its staff, including international reporters

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Washington, Feb 4 (IANS) The iconic American daily, The Washington Post, on Wednesday laid off about one in three employees across the company, delivering another major blow to a newsroom already under strain and sharply scaling back its international coverage. The cuts included large portions of the paper’s foreign staff, prompting anguished reactions from journalists who said the move would weaken global reporting at a moment of rising international turbulence.Among those laid off was Ishaan…