Month: May 2023
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World
Even Flirting With U.S. Default Takes Economic Toll
As negotiations over the debt limit continue in Washington and the date on which the U.S. government could be forced…
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World
The key events in the battle for Bakhmut, the war’s longest-running sustained fight.
The city of Bakhmut has for months been the center of the fighting in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine,…
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Food
A Brief Guide to Martin Amis’s Books
The acclaimed British novelist was also an essayist, memoirist and critic of the first rank.
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World
Bakhmut has exposed an ugly, personal feud between the Russian Defense Ministry and ‘Putin’s chef.’
For nearly a year, Russia has waged a vicious battle to capture the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, seeking a gainafter…
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World
There Is a Reason Ron DeSantis Wants History Told a Certain Way
As you have probably seen by now, Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida has signed another bill that limits classroom instruction…
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World
Martin Amis, Acclaimed Author of Bleakly Comic Novels, Dies at 73
In books like “Money” and “The Information,” he created “a high style to describe low things,” as he put it.…
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Health
Moving Is a Monumental Task for Many Older Americans. These Organizers Can Help.
Senior move managers may spend weeks or months helping seniors and their families sort through belongings, pack and move into…
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World
Classical Crescendo
WASHINGTON — The orgasm heard around the world was reported by Magnus Fiennes, a composer and music producer who is…
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World
How to Change a Life for 50 Cents
MAKENI, Sierra Leone — Brace yourself for a gross fact: Some 1.5 billion of the world’s people have worms living…
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World
Fear Is for Sale on the U.S.-Mexico Border
The U.S.-Mexico border was full of uncertainty in the days before May 11. Title 42, the Trump administration-crafted health ordinance…