Month: July 2022
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Man With Incredible Beard Desperately Needs Kidney
At work, the headline flashed across my social media feed: “Man with Incredible Beard in Desperate Need of Kidney.” I…
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China’s Leader Visits Xinjiang for the First Time Since Imposing Crackdown
China’s leader, Xi Jinping, made his first visit to the western region of Xinjiang since he unleashed a campaign of…
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German Military Officer Known as Franco A. Guilty of Plotting Terrorism
FRANKFURT — In one of postwar Germany’s most spectacular terrorism trials, a military officer who had posed as a Syrian…
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In a Twist, Old Coal Plants Help Deliver Renewable Power. Here’s How.
Across the country, aging and defunct coal-burning power plants are getting new lives as solar, battery and other renewable energy…
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How One Senator Doomed the Democrats’ Climate Plan
WASHINGTON — First, he killed a plan that would have forced power plants to clean up their climate-warming pollution. Then,…
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Germany Hopes to Outrace a Russian Gas Cutoff and Bone Cold Winter
Russian natural gas has fired the furnaces that create molten stainless steel at Clemens Schmees’s family foundry since 1961, when…
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Stock Market Drop Accelerated as Recession Seemed More Likely
Investors had an awful start to the year as stocks twice entered bear market territory, falling more than 20 percent.…
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Ex-Goddess Works to Reform 700-Year Tradition. Her M.B.A. Helps.
PATAN, Nepal — When the 6-year-old goddess wept for four days, it was viewed as a terrible omen for Nepal,…
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China’s Economy Hits a Slump as Covid Policy Takes a Toll
When countries around the world have stumbled in the face of pandemic headwinds, China has often stood apart, seemingly impervious…
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As Israelis praise Biden, some Palestinians protest over his visit.
Palestinians protested on Friday over President Biden during his meetings with Palestinian health workers and officials, amid widespread ...