World
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José Luis Cortés, Trailblazing Cuban Bandleader, Dies at 70
José Luis Cortés, a Cuban musician who with his popular band, NG La Banda, helped establish the lively genre of music known as timba and spread ...
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Congress Clears Bill to Allow Lending Arms to Ukraine
WASHINGTON — The House on Thursday overwhelmingly passed legislation that would allow President Biden to use a World War II-era law to quickly ...
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Book Bans, From Both the Left and the Right
More from our inbox: German Car Companies and ‘the Stench of Nazi Atrocities’A Bill to Help Close the Pay Gap for MothersCredit...Allie ...
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Will Elon Musk Save Twitter or Destroy It?
This article is part of the Debatable newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it on Wednesdays. As with so much about the man, it was a joke ...
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Former U.S. Ambassador to Plead Guilty to Illegal Lobbying and Hiding Gifts
WASHINGTON — Richard G. Olson, a retired diplomat who recently served as ambassador to Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates, said he would plead ...
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Colombian General and 10 Others Admit to Crimes Against Humanity
It was a moment many Colombians thought they would never see. A military general and 10 others acknowledged this week that they had committed war ...
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Ukraine War Impact Widens: Russia Cuts Gas Flow and Vows More Reprisals
BRUSSELS — Reverberations from the Ukraine war widened on Wednesday, jolting energy markets and spilling across borders, as Russia responded to ...
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Rolando Hinojosa-Smith, Award-Winning Hispanic Novelist, Dies at 93
Rolando Hinojosa-Smith, a charismatic, award-winning writer who created a fictional version of the lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas, where he was ...
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Backlash Erupts as N.Y.U. Weighs Hiring Scientist Accused of Harassment
Graduate students, faculty and alumni from New York University’s Grossman School of Medicine staged a walkout Wednesday to protest a report that ...
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House Passes Bill Urging Biden to Sell Seized Russian Yachts to Aid Ukraine
WASHINGTON — The House on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed a mostly symbolic bill urging President Biden to sell the frozen luxury assets of ...