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World
Vatican Assembly Puts the Church’s Most Sensitive Issues on the Table
Pope Francis’ calls for open-minded discussion will be tested this week as bishops meet with lay people, including women, to debate topics such as married priests and the blessing of gay couples.
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US
On a Warm Day in Iowa, Trump Heats Up His Push for Caucus Support
A Trump campaign event on Sunday was part of an effort by the former president to increase his presence in Iowa and to shut out his rivals in January’s caucuses.
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World
Slovakia’s Election Could Echo in Ukraine. Here’s What to Expect.
A leader who has railed against NATO and sanctions on Russia appears poised for a strong showing. That could threaten Europe’s unity on support for Ukraine.
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World
Maldives Votes in Presidential Runoff Overshadowed by India and China
The election has become a referendum on the two Asian giants’ influence on the small nation’s direction.
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Newyork
Who Gets the Cloned Dog in the Breakup?
A thorny question of custody is complicated by the fact that the reader adopted the original dog, but her ex paid a majority of the $50,000 needed to clone it.
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Newyork
It Took $1.7 Billion to Fix Fire Island’s Beaches. One Storm Wrecked Them.
Just a few years ago, the beach at Fire Island Pines was almost as wide as a football field, the result of a $1.7-billion government project to combat erosion on the South Shore of Long Island after Hurricane Sandy. The project seemed to provide a ...
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Newyork
Love Me, Love My Dog
A wedding is incomplete for some couples without their canine companions — whether on the dance floor, down the aisle or in the dressing room.
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Newyork
India Is on the Brink
Indian social media is a brutal place, a window on the everyday hatred and violence that has come to colonize the country in the nine years since Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government came to power. But the images from the northeastern state of ...
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Newyork
Judge Orders Release of Three of ‘Newburgh Four,’ Criticizing F.B.I.
Judge Colleen McMahon of U.S. District Court suggested that the federal agency had “invented” a conspiracy.
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Newyork
Vladimir Putin Is Still Useful to Xi Jinping. Until He Isn’t.
In 1969, China and the Soviet Union seemed on the brink of war. They fought a deadly border clash in March of that year and another in August. The Kremlin dropped hints of a nuclear strike. Over the next few years, they exchanged barbs. Mao Zedong ...