World
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The Most Decorated Battleship in U.S. History Gets an Overdue Face-Lift
The most decorated battleship in the history of the United States is done with war. The engines of the vessel,…
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Model-Boat Sailing Returns to Central Park
I tried operating a boat on Conservatory Water, the pond famous for model boating. It’s harder than it looks.
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Chinese Scientist Who Shared Covid Sequence Protests Lab Closure
Professor Zhang Yongzhen had flouted a government ban by disclosing the genome of the Covid virus soon after it emerged…
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Expressway Collapses in Southern China Amid Heavy Rains, Killing 24
The road gave way in the early morning in an apparent landslide. At least 30 other people were injured, many…
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When My Mom Got Sick, This TV Show Kept Us Going
“Indian Idol,” the Hindi version of “American Idol,” is a pleasant distraction from life’s more trying predicaments.
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Bulgarian Distrust of Russia Simmers Over a Black Sea Oil Terminal
Russia has been losing its grip on the Rosenets Oil Terminal, near the port city of Burgas, as Bulgarian authorities…
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India’s Master of Nostalgia Takes His Sweeping Vision to Netflix
In the small Bombay theater that showed big films, his father brought him — over and over again — to…
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Frustrated South Koreans Blame President in Standoff With Doctors
A walkout by physicians has dragged on for weeks, as they protest a plan by President Yoon Suk Yeol’s government…
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China’s Electric Cars Keep Improving, a Worry for Rivals Elsewhere
More capable autonomous driving is just one way Chinese automakers are threatening to pull ahead — their E.V.s are also…
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Swimming Beneath Sand, It’s ‘the Hardest of All Animals to Find’
Indigenous rangers in Australia’s Western Desert got a rare close-up with the northern marsupial mole, which is tiny, light-colored and…