World
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‘I Stood on the Sidewalk Outside the Hall and Held Up the Extra Ticket’
Extra Ticket Dear Diary: It was April 1992, and I had two tickets for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie…
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In Iraq’s Mountains, Iranian Opposition Fighters Feel the Squeeze
SULAIMANIYA, Iraq — Sitting under an oak tree on a mountainside in the Kurdish region of Iraq, Mohammad Kurd said…
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As Climate Protests Get Bolder, British Police Strike Back With New Powers
LONDON — When environmental protesters recently stopped traffic on the M25 freeway that circles London, one journalist, Charlotte Lynch, was…
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Malaysians Were Pitched Political Stability. Elections Created More Chaos.
A prime minister accused of stealing hundreds of millions of dollars. The national patriarch coming out of retirement to oust…
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Gauging Our Return to Office and the Subways, One Tip at a Time
As Azusa Dance belted out the chorus of Aretha Franklin’s “Chain of Fools” just past the turnstiles at the 34th…
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Buffalo Emerges From a Monster Snowstorm, but More Is on the Way
BUFFALO — The city of Buffalo, where heavy snow is commonly met with a shrug and a shovel, awoke on…
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The Red Sea’s Coral Reefs Defy the Climate-Change Odds
SHARM El SHEIKH, Egypt — The vast majority of the world’s coral reefs are likely to be severely damaged in…
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As the War Rages, Ukraine Wages a Daunting Battle to Rebuild
KYIV — Ukrainian efforts to stabilize some of the country’s battered electricity supply and make a dent in the seemingly…
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World Cup in Qatar Caps Big Gulf Push Into International Sports
For most of Mariam al-Anezi’s life, it felt as if no one knew where Qatar was. She would tell people…
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Why Are We Still Obsessed With Robert Moses?
It is a wonder of some kind and a sign of the city’s renewed vibrancy that night after night, hundreds…