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Is ‘Yo’ the Gender-Neutral Pronoun You’ve Been Looking For?
I am in the middle of writing a book on pronouns in English. My focus this time out is on…
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World
The U.S. announces $750 million in humanitarian and agricultural aid for Ukraine.
The United States Agency for International Development announced a total of $750 million in new assistance to Ukraine on Monday…
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World
Federal Prosecutor Urges Takeover of Rikers Island
The statement from Damian Williams was a major shift and could help persuade a judge to strip Mayor Eric Adams…
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Food
A Fruit Salad That Isn’t Sad
Tossing summer melons and berries with lime juice — and some sugar that’s been massaged with the zest — makes…
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World
Canadian Politicians Who Criticize China Become Its Targets
The polls predicted a re-election victory, maybe even a landslide. But a couple of weeks before the vote, Kenny Chiu,…
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Finance
The Economic Stakes in the Hollywood Shutdown
Strikes by actors and screenwriters have ground movie and TV productions to a halt, with consequences likely to be felt…
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World
Your Friday Briefing: Thailand in Turmoil
Also, an industry-wide strike in Hollywood, floods in Delhi and Netflix’s Asia strategy.
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US
Democrats Try a Novel Tactic to Revive the Equal Rights Amendment
Proponents of the measure to enshrine a guarantee of sex equality into the Constitution are using a creative legal theory…
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World
As Politicians Cry ‘Crisis,’ Some Migrants Are Finding Their Way
At around 7 a.m. one day last August, the first migrants sent to New York City by the governor of…
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World
Your Thursday Briefing: Biden Vows Not to “Waver” After NATO Summit
Also, Chinese hackers hit the State Department, ocean temperatures rise and Milan Kundera dies.