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In Visiting Taiwan, Pelosi Capped Three Decades of Challenging China
WASHINGTON — In 1991, a trio of junior House members on a bipartisan trip to Asia was encouraged by a…
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Eli N. Evans, Who Wrote About Jews in the American South, Dies at 85
Eli N. Evans, a courtly Carolina Tarheel who rose to the upper ranks of the New York philanthropic world, but…
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How the C.I.A. Tracked the Leader of Al Qaeda
WASHINGTON — Intelligence officers made a crucial discovery this spring after tracking Ayman al-Zawahri, the leader of Al Qaeda, to…
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As Pelosi touts ‘unwavering’ U.S. commitment to Taiwan, China denounces her visit.
TAIPEI, Taiwan — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived in Taiwan on Tuesday, casting aside private warnings from the Biden administration…
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In Ukraine, Devastation Spreads as Russia Regroups for New Offensive
At least 140,000 residential buildings in Ukraine destroyed or damaged. More than 3.5 million people left homeless. More than 12…
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The Padres Go for Broke With a Roster of Superstars
The franchise started in 1969, just another expansion team in funny uniforms that lost 110 games. Five decades passed, with…
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Zelensky says government may allow civil partnerships for same-sex couples.
President Volodymyr Zelensky, responding on Tuesday to a citizen petition that called for the legalization of same-sex marriage in Ukraine…
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Who’s Embargoing Whom?
The other day, my CUNY and Stone Center colleague Branko Milanovic suggested that it would be interesting to “compare Napoleon’s…
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An Arbitrator Left Deshaun Watson’s Fate to the N.F.L. Commissioner
She called his conduct predatory and egregious, and said he expressed no remorse. Yet when it came to penalizing Deshaun…
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Boy, 14, Found Fatally Shot in a Queens Driveway, Police Say
A 14-year-old boy was found fatally shot in a Queens driveway early Tuesday, and investigators were exploring whether the killing…