World
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Pamela Rosenkranz Wins the High Line Plinth’s Third Commission
“The whole tree might remind us of an organ,” the Swiss conceptual artist said of her vision for an unsettlingly…
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The Scooter Battery Peril Worries the Fire Department
Lithium-ion battery fires are surging in the city, but the use of the power packs is difficult to regulate, officials…
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Lavrov says Ukraine’s energy system is a legitimate target.
Russia’s foreign minister, Sergey V. Lavrov, on Thursday defended Moscow’s mass missile and drone strikes against Ukrainian civilian infrastructure, calling…
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After Xi’s Coronation, a Roar of Discontent Against His Hard-Line Politics
Protests in China have roused a tradition of dissent that had seemed spent after 10 years under Xi Jinping. The…
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An Agonizing Wait for a Migrant Worker’s Final Journey Home
When the body arrived, weeks after the laborer’s death in a faraway country, it was almost 9 p.m. and the…
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Your Thursday Briefing
A torrent of protest videos is testing the limits of China’s censorship apparatus.
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New York’s Plan to Address Crisis of Mentally Ill Faces High Hurdles
Many city residents agree something needs to be done to remove people with severe mental illness from public places. But…
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Why This World Cup Is Dogged by Corruption Allegations
FIFA’s system allegedly fostered bribery, but despite years of investigations and arrests it’s still in place.
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Special Court Needed for Russian Crimes in Ukraine, E.U. Chief Says
The idea reflects frustration with the difficulty in holding anyone accountable in the war, and actually reaching trials in a…
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Wilko Johnson, Scorching Guitarist and Punk Pioneer, Dies at 75
Known later as an actor on “Game of Thrones,” he helped lay the foundation for a 1970s rock revolution on…