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Its offensive slowed, Russia uses long-range missiles to devastating effect.
Even as the Russian ground advance on key targets including Kyiv and Odessa remains stalled, it has used long-range rockets in recent days to ...
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It’s Now Putin’s Plan B in Ukraine vs. Biden’s and Zelensky’s Plan A
After a confusing month, it is now clear what strategies are playing out in Ukraine: We’re watching Vladimir Putin’s plan B versus Joe Biden’s ...
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Julian Heicklen, Cantankerous Civil Liberties Advocate, Dies at 90
Julian P. Heicklen, a charismatic, cantankerous chemistry professor who dedicated his retirement years to a series of public protests in defense ...
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Your Monday Briefing: Russia’s Assault on Mariupol
We’re covering Russia’s bombardment of Mariupol and China’s new strategy to combat its recent surge in coronavirus cases. Local residents walk ...
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The Russia I Know Is Being Erased. What’s Coming Next Is Darker.
When the first McDonald’s restaurant appeared in the Soviet Union in 1990, my parents bundled my 9-month-old sister up and waited in line for ...
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Demand for This Toad’s Psychedelic Venom Is Booming. Some Warn That’s Bad for the Toad.
TUCSON, Ariz. — After multiple combat tours as a Navy SEAL, Marcus Capone tried talk therapy. Brain-injury clinics. Prescription drugs. Nothing ...
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As Omicron Surges and Economy Suffers, China Tweaks ‘Zero Covid’
When the coronavirus first swept across China in early 2020, the country’s leader, Xi Jinping, declared a “people’s war” against the epidemic ...
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Truth Is Another Front in Putin’s War
In the tense weeks before Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, Russian officials denied that it planned anything of the sort, denouncing the United ...
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Russia Is Losing Tens of Thousands of Outward-Looking Young Professionals
YEREVAN, Armenia — At the Lumen cafe in the Armenian capital, Russians arrive as soon as the doors open, ordering specialty coffees, opening up ...
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Here are the latest developments in the war in Ukraine.
Russian forces made significant gains in Ukraine, advancing into the port of Mariupol, destroying an underground weapons depot and leaving a ...