Nation
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Newyork
America Is Living on Borrowed Money
The federal debt is as old as the nation, and adding to it is sometimes prudent. For governments confronting “existential crises” like wars or pandemics, borrowing makes sense as a way to mobilize national resources, as the economist Barry ...
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World
U.S. Tech Espionage Team Unveils First Cases Involving China and Russia
A new division set up by the government to pursue sanctions evasion and technology espionage announced arrests of individuals with ties to foreign governments.
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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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Newyork
As New York Bans Native American Mascots, Some Schools Try to Keep Them
SCHENECTADY, N.Y. — Everywhere you look on the campus of Mohonasen Central School District, there are indications of Indigenous tradition: on street signs, in logos made up of arrows and feathers, and — most centrally — in the profiles of three ...
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World
In a Land With No Soccer, Group Hopes to Use It to Score Climate Goals
The Marshall Islands Soccer Federation aims to draw interest in the sport — and to growing global warming events in the Pacific.
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Newyork
A Chance to Make Progress on Climate Change Now
South Africa generates 80 percent of its electricity by burning coal, more than any other industrialized nation. Some 200,000 people are directly employed by the coal mines, coal transports and coal-fired power plants that dot the flatlands east of ...
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Books
How Damar Hamlin’s Recovery Allowed Us to Breathe
This weekend the narrative around the Buffalo Bills player flipped, from soul-searching about the violence of America’s most popular sport to something more hopeful.
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Newyork
If History Is Any Guide, a Chaotic House Speaker Vote Is Just the Beginning
In recent days, we’ve watched congressional Republicans reap the whirlwind. In campaigning for the 2021 midterm elections, the G.O.P. rode a wave of extremism, saying little about the politics of hate and denial practiced by some of its candidates in ...
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World
Juan Guaidó Is Voted Out as Leader of Venezuela’s Opposition
The vote to terminate the interim government signaled that members of the opposition had lost faith in Mr. Guaidó’s ability to oust President Nicolás Maduro.
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US
U.S. Population Ticks Up, but the Rate of Growth Stays Near Historic Lows
As the nation ages, immigration emerges as a key driver of population growth. And Texas and Florida continue to gain residents, while New York and California continue to lose them.