World
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Wanted: N.Y.C. Rat Overlord With ‘Killer Instinct.’ Will Pay $170,000.
The city is seeking a new director of rodent mitigation to tackle a task that many mayoral administrations have futilely…
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How Hospitals Respond When Mentally Ill People Come in From the Streets
More people with severe mental illness may soon arrive in New York City’s emergency rooms. What happens to them next?
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New York’s Dilemma: Who Should Be Hospitalized Against Their Will?
Mayor Adams’s directive to remove people with mental illness from the streets raises a host of questions.
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How China’s Police Used Phones and Faces to Track Protesters
After a weekend of protests, the authorities in China are using the country’s all-seeing surveillance apparatus to find those bold…
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New Zealand and Australia Ponder a Lower Voting Age
As today’s teenagers will bear the brunt of tomorrow’s problems, especially climate woes, some lawmakers think 16-year-olds deserve a say…
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A Drummer Showing the Way to ‘the Freest Musical Universe’
BUENOS AIRES — The crowd at a recent concert exploded into rapturous cries as the group’s frontman walked onto the…
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Your Friday Briefing
Emmanuel Macron’s state visit to the U.S.
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Germans Have Seen the Future, and It’s a Heat Pump
The boxy machines look and function like large air-conditioners on reverse, but Germans hope they hold the key to Europe’s…
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Prosecutor Drops Australia Parliament Rape Case, Citing Toll on Accuser
Mental trauma that Brittany Higgins faced from the proceedings presented a “significant and unacceptable risk” to her life, the prosecutor…
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Dumping of ‘Green Book’ Actor’s Body Leads to Corpse-Hiding Charge
Frank Vallelonga Jr., whose father’s story was the basis for the Oscar-winning film, was found dead in the Bronx this…