World
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Why Russia Is Losing the War in Ukraine
Produced by ‘The Ezra Klein Show’ When Russia invaded Ukraine in February, the question most analysts were asking was not whether Russia would ...
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Giving People Money Is a Great Way to Reduce Poverty
Among the big changes ushered in by the pandemic was a quiet revolution in American welfare policy. OK, “quiet revolution” is my way of trying to ...
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The Wrong Trump Judge at the Right Time Can Wreak Havoc
In political writing about the federal judiciary, there is a convention to treat the partisan affiliation of a judge or justice as a mere ...
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What We Will Miss Most About Roger Federer
Queen Elizabeth II was buried on Monday, and London is now the scene of another poignant farewell: Roger Federer will retire after the Laver Cup ...
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We Document Human Rights Violations. Israel Wants to Silence Us.
RAMALLAH, West Bank — Just after 3 a.m. on Aug. 18, Israeli soldiers blasted open the locked doors of Al-Haq, the oldest and largest human rights ...
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Every Moment Can’t Be 10 Out of 10
Many years ago, before we had children, an old family friend who was a therapist offered a gentle bit of advice to my partner, Ian, who was ...
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When Whales Are Stranded, a Race Against Time Begins
MELBOURNE, Australia — As the sad scene now playing out on an Australian beach attests, rescuing an animal larger than a car is no easy matter ...
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Hilary Mantel, Prize-Winning Author of Historical Fiction, Dies at 70
Hilary Mantel, the British author of “Wolf Hall,” “Bring Up the Bodies” and “The Mirror and the Light,” her trilogy based on the life of Thomas ...
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The World Got Diamonds. A Mining Town Got Buried in Sludge.
JAGERSFONTEIN, South Africa — The dirt wall holding in mucky waste from diamond mining grew over the years to resemble a wide, towering plateau ...
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Major Covid Holdouts in Asia Drop Border Restrictions
HONG KONG — After two and a half years of tight pandemic controls, some of Asia’s last holdouts are finally opening their borders, as they move ...