Month: May 2023
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Food
James Beard Foundation, Whose Awards Honor Chefs, Is Now Investigating Them
The chef Sam Fore received an ominous voice mail message this month from an unknown number. The caller identified himself…
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World
Four Questions About the Biden-McCarthy Deal
If the debt ceiling deal between President Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy wins Congressional approval, it will tell us a…
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World
A Rapper’s Detention Shows Iran’s Crackdown Is Failing
It was a balmy 1:30 a.m. nearly a year ago in Shahin Shahr, a city in central Iran, and the…
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World
Don’t Kid Yourself, China Is Still a Formidable Foe
On my first trip to China in more than three years, I awoke to an uncharacteristically brilliant blue Beijing sky.…
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World
The Politics of Delusion Have Taken Hold
There are very real — and substantial — policy differences separating the Democratic and Republican Parties. At the same time,…
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World
Climate Shocks Are Making Parts of America Uninsurable. It Just Got Worse.
The largest insurer in California said it would stop offering new coverage. It’s part of a broader trend of companies…
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World
China’s Young People Can’t Find Jobs. Xi Jinping Says to ‘Eat Bitterness.’
With youth unemployment at a record, the Communist Party is trying to reset expectations about social mobility by talking up…
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World
3rd Man Is Charged With Murder in Killing of Jam Master Jay
Jay Bryant is accused along with two other men of fatally shooting the pioneering D.J. of the rap group Run-DMC…
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World
Las elecciones presidenciales de Turquía en cinco puntos clave
Las crisis, incluidos los terremotos y la inflación, no impidieron la reelección de Recep Tayyip Erdogan. La votación se consideró…
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World
How the Wind Became Woke
The world is experiencing an energy revolution. Over the past 15 years or so, huge technological progress has, in many…
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