World
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What’s That Sound in the Subway? It’s a Commercial.
An advertising program brings in $170 million for the M.T.A. and includes audio ads.
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Wales’s First Minister Steps Down After Four Colleagues Quit
Vaughan Gething became the first minister of the Welsh Parliament in March. But a growing controversy over campaign financing precipitated…
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Gareth Southgate Quits as England Coach, Leaving Team He Remade
Despite losing the final of Euro 2024 to Spain, Southgate’s eight years in charge lifted his country’s men’s team back…
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Heavy Downpours and Flooding Kill Dozens Across South Asia
Climate change has created more intense monsoon seasons in the region, displacing millions and gutting buildings, bridges and villages.
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North Korean Diplomat Defects to the South, Shares News of Political Purge
Ri Il-kyu, who fled to South Korea late last year, alleged that two North Korean officials who had been assigned…
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The End of a Strategic Deployment
As the aircraft carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower sailed toward Norfolk Harbor, a small cargo plane landed on the flight deck…
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She Didn’t Like His Song, So She Tried to Eat Him
It’s not easy being green, golden and male, according to a researcher’s observation of attempted frog cannibalism in Australia.
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A Missy Elliott Song Travels to Venus at the Speed of Light
NASA sent the song “The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)” from a radio dish in California last week. It took 14…
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‘Bright Objects’ Brings Together a Cult, a Comet and a Widow Out for Justice
Set among the fevered residents of a remote Australian town, Ruby Todd’s debut novel considers how grief can draw people…
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Taiwan’s Blunt-Talking Leader Faces China’s Backlash
China is putting more military and political pressure on Taiwan and its new president, whose rhetoric has been sharper than…