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World
U.S. and South Korea Agree to Cooperate on Nuclear Weapons
The agreement is a centerpiece of this week’s state visit by President Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea, who will appear with President Biden at the White House on Wednesday.
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News
A Tasting to Benefit the American Indian College Fund
Try dishes from five Indigenous chefs, check out an exhibit on 100 years of restaurant menus and more.
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Books
For This American, Self-Discovery Begins at a Ukrainian Call Center
“Calling Ukraine,” a novel by Johannes Lichtman, combines an expatriate story and an office satire.
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Newyork
The Arrest of Evan Gershkovich Is Further Evidence of Putin’s Brutality
Russia has a rich history of imprisoning people on bogus charges for no purpose other than to help keep a dictator in power. At the peak of the Stalinist purges, when millions were swept into the Gulag, the secret police nevertheless insisted on ...
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Books
The Things They Left Behind: How the U.S. Laid Waste to Southeast Asia
George Black’s new book, “The Long Reckoning,” describes the environmental devastation of the Vietnam War.
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Newyork
Israel’s Crisis Has a Distinctly American Flavor
TEL AVIV — Hours before Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delayed a proposed judicial overhaul that has prompted mass protests, the head of one of Israel’s most powerful unions made a small, seemingly off-topic remark as he announced a nationwide ...
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News
Lawmakers Blast TikTok’s C.E.O. for App’s Ties to China, Escalating Tensions
Lawmakers lambasted TikTok’s chief executive about the platform’s ties to China in a roughly five-hour hearing on Thursday, punctuating how the viral video app has become a prime battleground as the United States and China compete for tech leadership ...
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Newyork
What Newspapers Can Do for a Democracy’s Wandering Spirits
Next week I’m giving a talk on journalism and democracy, and I thought I would use the newsletter this weekend to think out loud about the subject. Much of the conversation around journalism and democracy concerns the problems of misinformation ...
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Newyork
American English Needs Immigrants
The immigration debate often centers on who should be welcomed into our country. Some even argue that multiculturalism dilutes our national character — that the very the essence of the country is somehow vanishing. But far from undermining the ...
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World
With an Eye on China, Philippines Moves Closer to U.S. Interests
Driven by worry about China’s aggression, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has adopted the most muscular foreign policy approach that the Philippines has seen in close to a decade.