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Invent! Invent! Repeat.
We need better technologies to enable a better politics. But we need better politics to create better technologies. Maybe, just…
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‘Are You American?’: The Question I Couldn’t Answer
Rumi Hara is a cartoonist, an illustrator and the author of “The Peanutbutter Sisters and Other American Stories.” The Times…
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Math Is the Great Secret
As a boy in the first weeks of algebra class, I felt confused and then I went sort of numb.…
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Powerful Typhoon Thrashes Japan, With Millions Told to Evacuate
Typhoon Nanmadol brought torrential rain and the risk of destructive landslides to Japan’s southernmost main island on Sunday, after more…
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The Art of Leaving Baseball Behind
As Blake McFarland came bounding through the doors of Gallery 85, Patrick Powell figured he was looking at yet another…
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A Welsh Village Embraces Its Bond With the Queen
ABERFAN, Wales — As the days count down to Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral on Monday, Gaynor Madgwick has been of…
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Powerful Earthquake Strikes Taiwan
HONG KONG — A powerful earthquake struck southeastern Taiwan on Sunday afternoon, toppling at least one building and causing shaking…
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A Fight Over Nantucket’s Bluff Pits Neighbor Against Neighbor
Houses along Baxter Road on the island of Nantucket have always been precarious real estate: property at the edge of…
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New South Korean President Tries to Make His Mark on Foreign Policy
SEOUL — Four months into his new administration, President Yoon Suk-yeol of South Korea has found himself in trouble. His…
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An eastern city under attack wonders how far Ukraine’s offensive can go.
The town of Bakhmut, in eastern Ukraine, has remained under siege by Russian forces, despite the advances achieved by the…