Month: November 2021
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In a Nonbinary Pronoun, France Sees a U.S. Attack on the Republic
PARIS — Perhaps France was always going to have a hard time with nonbinary pronouns. Its language is intensely gender-specific…
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As concerts return to South Korea, fans are told not to sing along.
At the first BTS concert of the coronavirus era on Saturday, Maggie Larin, 25, and her three friends were surrounded…
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A soccer game in Portugal is abandoned after Covid reduces one team to 9 players.
A top-flight soccer game in Portugal produced instead farcical drama on Saturday evening, after one of the teams was forced…
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The W.H.O. skips forward two Greek letters, avoiding a Xi variant.
When the World Health Organization began to name the emerging variants of the coronavirus, officials turned to the Greek alphabet…
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What’s at Stake in the Honduran Presidential Election?
In what may be their country’s most significant elections in more than a decade, Hondurans will head to the polls…
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A Curator Makes Room for Big Ideas and Big Art
MEXICO CITY — Art Basel had practical purposes in mind when it introduced the Meridians section to its sprawling Miami…
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‘You’re Not Helpless’: For London Women, Learning to Fight Builds Confidence
LONDON — The thwack of fists hitting hand pads echoed through the studio as pairs of women circled each other,…
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More countries restrict travel from southern Africa.
As Saturday dawned around the world, more countries were introducing restrictions on travelers from southern Africa over concerns about the…
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Laszlo Z. Bito, Scientist, Novelist and Philanthropist, Dies at 87
Laszlo Bito, a research scientist who fled communist oppression in Hungary, discovered a breakthrough treatment for glaucoma while at Columbia…
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A Tale of Culinary Reconciliation, Beside the Eiffel Tower
PARIS — A couple decades ago France suffered a severe shock. A Spanish restaurant called El Bulli, on the Catalan…
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