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World
Israeli Official Describes Secret Government Bid to Cement Control of West Bank
Israeli judges have long ruled that Israel’s control of the territory is a temporary military occupation and complies with international law. A powerful minister’s recent speech, caught on tape, suggested the government is trying to change that.
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World
Mixed News About Opioid Overdoses
Readers discuss reports of a decline in deaths in the U.S. but a rise in Baltimore.
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World
Do Not Allow Putin to Capture Another Pawn in Europe
The Georgians call it the Russian Law. It was passed recently by the Parliament in the Republic of Georgia, purportedly to improve transparency by having civil society and media groups that get some of their funds from abroad register as groups ...
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World
C.I.A. Director to Meet With Israeli Counterpart This Weekend Over Cease-Fire Talks
William J. Burns, the C.I.A. director who has been the lead American negotiator in efforts for a cease-fire in Gaza, plans to travel to Europe this weekend for talks with his Israeli counterpart to try to revive the stalled discussions over a pause ...
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World
Top Education Officials Were Warned of FAFSA Overhaul Hurdles in 2020
Documents obtained by The Times show the department’s troubled FAFSA rollout this year came in spite of early warnings that the project required sustained attention.
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Business
Biden’s China Tariffs Are the End of an Era for Cheap Chinese Goods
The president’s move to protect strategic manufacturing sectors from low-cost competition aims to increase jobs, but consumers might not like the costs.
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Magazine
A Forest Retreat in ‘Tokyo’s Backyard’
KARUIZAWA IS OFTEN called “Tokyo’s backyard” because it’s here, an hour northwest by bullet train, that city people come to escape the summer heat. For the executives and government officials who own villas in the resort town, it’s akin to the ...
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Arts
Cass Elliot’s Death Spawned a Horrible Myth. She Deserves Better.
Onstage with her group the Mamas & the Papas at the Monterey International Pop Festival in June 1967, Cass Elliot, the grand doyenne of the Laurel Canyon scene, bantered with the timing of a vaudeville comedian. “Somebody asked me today when I was ...
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World
Senators Need to Stop the Anti-Semitism Awareness Act
An unfortunate symbiosis has developed between pro-Israel culture warriors like Republican Representative Elise Stefanik and the most self-indulgent fringe of pro-Palestinian campus protesters. Together they are, wittingly or unwittingly, shifting ...
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Business
Tech Industry Braces as Google Antitrust Trial Closes
The first tech monopoly trial of the modern internet era is concluding. The judge’s ruling is likely to weigh heavily on a pipeline of similar antitrust cases.