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Far Right Spreads Baseless Claims About Biden’s Whereabouts
Many conspiracy theorists and far-right commentators are spreading doubts that President Biden is alive after he posted a letter on Sunday resigning from his presidential campaign. The theory is baseless. Mr. Biden, who learned he had Covid on July ...
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Olympians are Getting Loads and Loads of Gear
Athletes are unboxing sponsored merchandise and sharing try-on hauls on TikTok, featuring brands like Nike and Lululemon.
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I Keep the Family Tree — And I’m Flummoxed About Whom to Include.
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on genealogy, record-keeping and notions of relation.
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World
A New Candidate Must Now Defend Biden’s Legacy Abroad
More than any election in decades, this one will be marked by starkly different approaches to an era of simultaneous confrontations, from China to Russia to the Middle East.
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JD Vance, D.E.I. Candidate
Ever since speculation began that Vice President Kamala Harris might replace President Biden at the top of the Democratic ticket, there has been a steady, ugly chorus on the right. The New York Post published a column that declared that Harris would ...
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World
Bangladesh Scales Back Policy on Public-Sector Hiring That Sparked Unrest
A court ruling has sharply reduced a quota system for filling government jobs, after protests over the issue turned violent and were brutally suppressed.
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Newyork
The Olympics Should Stand With Afghanistan’s Women Athletes
When the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan in 2021, one of its first actions was to bar women and girls from participating in sports publicly. It came as no surprise to me, one of Afghanistan’s first two female Olympians. As a judo practitioner ...
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World
An Egyptian Artist Mesmerizes in Venice With an Opera and a Donkey
At the Biennale, Wael Shawky represented his country with a lush retelling of a failed revolution that offers hope in a troubled political landscape.
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Newyork
Why Are Democrats Speaking to America in Ancient Greek?
As the Democratic Party mulls how to respond to the rhetoric emerging from the Republican National Convention this week, I dearly hope it does not continue to describe Donald Trump as a threat to democracy. That’s not because I disagree with that ...
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When the Taliban Took Kabul, She Fled, and Made a New Life in New York
Nargis Baran was a rising legal star in Afghanistan. She became a target once the government fell.