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Sean Combs Settled a Lawsuit, but His Troubles Were Just Beginning
The hip-hop mogul denied sexual assault accusations in a bombshell suit in November. As more allegations piled up, his business empire, and reputation, faltered.
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Biden Loves Ireland. It Doesn’t Love Him Back.
If there’s one thing Irish people know about President Biden, it’s that he’s one of us. He says so all the time. “Remember,” he recalls his grandfather saying, “the best drop of blood in you is Irish.” He has a habit of quoting the poet Seamus Heaney ...
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Is 2,000 Bags Too Many?
For the visual artist Pipilotti Rist, her collection is what happens “when a 60-something-year-old Central European woman doesn’t throw anything away.”
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World
U.S. Resolution Would Call for ‘Immediate and Sustained Cease-Fire’
A resolution for the U.N. that American diplomats are circulating was notable for its strong language in seeking a cease-fire in Gaza and the release of hostages.
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Newyork
Why ‘Uncle Vanya’ Is the Play for Our Anxious Era
IN WATCHING MIXED-BREED dogs play, I’ve often thought that mutts are more dog than the purest purebred. They’re the essence of caninity, all mud, turf and wet fur. So, too, with dramatic works: Some are purebred — think of William Shakespeare’s “The ...
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Newyork
Adding Insult to Injury
During a recent group email for my book club, one member said she couldn’t make the next meeting because she’d accidentally frost-burned her rear end with an ice pack meant to soothe a strained muscle. That’s nothing, a second member replied ...
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World
Standing Up to China, Philippine Leader Courts New Network of Partners
Escalating tensions in the South China Sea, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. says, are not only a regional issue, but a global one.
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Macron and Scholz Meet, Looking to Patch Up Differences on Ukraine
The leaders of France and Germany will try to heal an increasingly public rift over their approach to the war, and hold talks alongside Poland’s prime minister on support for Kyiv.
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Appeals Court Overturns Vybz Kartel’s Murder Conviction
A judge ruled that the dancehall artist’s 2014 trial had proceeded improperly after a claim of juror misconduct.
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World
Orban Endangers Hungary’s Status in NATO, U.S. Diplomat Says
The U.S. ambassador to Budapest raised the temperature in a long-running standoff, citing Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s pro-Russia, anti-U.S. stance and opposition to supporting Ukraine.
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