World
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Márcio Freire, Renowned Brazilian Surfer, Dies in Portugal’s Nazaré
Mr. Freire began surfing at an early age and starred in a 2016 documentary on the sport. He was 47.
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The leader of Belarus visits a military base where Russian forces are stationed.
President Aleksandr G. Lukashenko of Belarus on Friday visited a military base in his country where Russia and Belarus have…
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New York City’s Pre-K System Was a Model. Now Employees Say It’s a Mess.
Problems in the city’s early childhood divisions run deep and could threaten the quality of free preschool, according to current…
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Must We Gentrify the Rest Stop?
McDonald’s is gone, and the Manhattanization of the New York State Thruway has begun. Prepare to Instagram your pit stop.
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A Rat Killer Has Some Advice for Mayor Adams
Solving the problem of the infestation around the mayor’s Brooklyn property is not necessarily simple, an expert in rodenticide says.
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Military Investigation Reveals How the U.S. Botched a Drone Strike in Kabul
Documents obtained through a lawsuit reveal how biases led to the deadly August 2021 blunder, and that officials made misleading…
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She Is Africa’s First Heat Officer. Can She Make Her City Livable?
Eugenia Kargbo remembers when Sierra Leone’s capital was greener and cooler, and is now trying to help the city combat…
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Here Are the People Iran Sentenced to Death in Its Protest Crackdown
An updated look at the Iranians marked for execution in the government’s attempt to curb a monthslong uprising.
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Battered and Strained by War, Ukraine’s Economy Adapts to Survive
After 10 months of Russian destruction, Ukraine’s economy shrank by 30 percent. But companies have packed up and moved, switched…
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Major Crimes Rose 22 Percent in New York City, Even as Shootings Fell
Homicides fell to their lowest level since 2019, before the pandemic, but other categories of crime, including robbery and burglary,…