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In Countdown to Iowa, Trump Is Coasting, as DeSantis and Haley Clash
The former president’s chief rivals are running low on time to make a statement in Iowa’s caucuses, which could determine whether the Republicans’ nominating contest is seriously contested at all.
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American Girl Among Hostages Released on Sunday, Biden Says
President Biden on Sunday hailed the release of Avigail Idan, a 4-year-old American citizen who has been held hostage by Hamas for seven weeks, and vowed to keep working to secure freedom for others in captivity and extend the pause in the fighting ...
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The pause in fighting enters a third day.
Halfway through a four-day pause in fighting that so far has brought two swaps of hostages and prisoners, Israeli leaders faced a dilemma over whether to restart the war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip once the truce ends on Tuesday morning. Early on ...
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Fire Season in Australia Has Started, Early and Ominous
Though experts do not think that this season will be the worst yet, they also warn that the past is no longer a reliable guide to the future.
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Americans Under 30 Don’t Trust Religion — or Anything Else
This is an addendum to a series about Americans moving away from religion. Read part one, part two, part three, part four and part five. When I wrote my series on why Americans are moving away from organized religion, I didn’t focus specifically on ...
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Would You Pay $175,000 for a Luxury Bunker at the U.S. Open?
A new poll sent to previous luxury suite attendees tests the appetite for even more luxury options at Arthur Ashe Stadium.
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South Korea’s City of Books
A satellite city 22 miles northwest of Seoul, South Korea, Paju is small, with a population of around half a million. The streets are quieter than those of the bustling capital, the air cleaner and the pace of life half a beat slower. While many ...
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The Premier League Needs a Commissioner
Allowing clubs to block rule changes and money to delay punishments feeds the perception that the same rules do not apply to everyone.
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Growing Numbers of Chinese Migrants Are Crossing the Southern Border
More than 24,000 Chinese citizens have been apprehended crossing into the United States from Mexico in the past year. That is more than in the preceding 10 years combined.
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France Scoffs at an Englishman’s ‘Napoleon’
French critics considered Ridley Scott’s new biopic lazy, pointless, boring, migraine-inducing, too short and historically inaccurate. And that’s just to start.
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