Month: October 2021
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Wes Anderson’s Dream of France, and the Paris I Remember
PARIS — At the premiere on Sunday before the release of his latest movie, “The French Dispatch,” Wes Anderson stood…
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Why China Is the World’s Last ‘Zero Covid’ Holdout
The trip began in Shanghai, where the couple, both former professors, joined a tour group of other retirees. They traveled…
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Your Thursday Briefing
Workers at the South African pharmaceutical company Aspen Pharmacare, which will apply for a license from Merck to make and…
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Your Thursday Briefing
We’re covering a deal to make a Covid treatment widely available and opposition parties teaming up in Japan’s elections. The…
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Iran Will Rejoin Nuclear Talks, Top Negotiator Says
CAIRO — Iran will rejoin international talks on limiting its nuclear program before the end of November, its deputy foreign…
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A Hot, Dusty Town in the Middle of Nowhere? We’ll Take It.
MELBOURNE, Australia — From the air, the tiny outback town of Quilpie, Queensland, appears to be in the middle of…
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At McKinsey, Widespread Furor Over Work With Planet’s Biggest Polluters
As world leaders prepare to meet in Glasgow next week to address the devastating impact of wildfires, floods and extreme…
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Israel Advances Plan for New Settlements, in First for Bennett Era
JERUSALEM — The Israeli government advanced plans on Wednesday to build more than 3,000 new settlement units in the occupied…
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Pope Expresses ‘Willingness’ to Visit Canada for Indigenous Reconciliation
ROME — The Vatican announced Wednesday that Pope Francis had “indicated his willingness” to visit Canada, after Indigenous leaders in…
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Wonders, and Horrors, Drawn From Boyhood in a War Zone
ST. IVES, England — When Petrit Halilaj was 13 and a refugee from the brutal war in Kosovo, a group…
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