World
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William Kraft, Percussionist and Force in New Music, Dies at 98
Lamenting the abundance of what he called “rat-a-tat, boom-boom” music for drums, William Kraft set out to create more sophisticated offerings ...
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The Biden administration will allow some Chinese imports to avoid Trump-era tariffs.
The Biden administration will allow some products imported from China to once again bypass stiff tariffs imposed by President Donald J. Trump ...
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Your Thursday Briefing: NATO Boosts Its Eastern Presence
We’re covering NATO’s plans to bolster its eastern troops and the Taliban’s reneged promise to open girls’ schools. German soldiers training with ...
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With Eye to Russia, Biden Administration Asks Companies to Report Cyberattacks
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is warning American businesses in increasingly stark terms about Russian cyberattacks, providing thousands ...
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Mom, Boyfriend Charged in Death of 8-Year-Old Autistic Boy in the Bronx
Eight-year-old Joseph Barney’s life was already slipping away last June when his mother and her boyfriend brought him to an emergency room in the ...
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Xi, Putin and Trump: The Strongmen Follies
The last five years have been a master class in comparative politics, because something happened that we’d never seen before at the same time ...
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A New Iran Deal Leaves Us Meeker and Weaker
What does President Biden think he will get out of a new nuclear deal with Iran? A year ago, the answer seemed reasonably clear to the ...
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Is Slang as Swell as It Used to Be? Yas!
The first Looney Tunes star character, before Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and the others, was a blandly joyous little Mickey Mouse knockoff named ...
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Yvan Colonna, Corsican Jailed for French Prefect’s Murder, Dies at 61
PARIS — Yvan Colonna, a Corsican activist who was convicted and sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a top French official, and who ...
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Odessa and the Ukraine That Should Have Been
Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has sent the prices of many commodities skyrocketing. And it’s not just oil and gas. From a humanitarian ...