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New Zealand’s Largest City Grapples With Aftermath of Devastating Floods
At least two people were killed in the flooding in Auckland that forced hundreds of people from their homes and shut down the city’s airport, which was submerged.
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Anthropic, an A.I. Start-Up, Is Said to Be Close to Adding $300 Million
Anthropic specializes in generative artificial intelligence, a hot investment in Silicon Valley. The new funding could value the company at roughly $5 billion.
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Alan Cumming Returns British Honor Over ‘Toxicity of Empire’
The Scottish actor Alan Cumming said that he returned his Order of the British Empire, or O.B.E., in protest of the role of the monarchy and empire. He’s not the first celebrity to do so.
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New Blood Donation Rules to Loosen Restrictions on Gay and Bisexual Men
The F.D.A. proposed a more individualized policy based on questions about sexual behavior and risks.
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The French Want to Remain the French
The Associated Press offends French sensibilities and retreats from a piece of descriptive advice.
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Asia Has Had a Really Cold Month, Courtesy of the Polar Vortex
Mohe, China’s northernmost city, recorded a temperature of minus 63.4 degrees Fahrenheit this week. That was the coldest in its recorded history, and cold enough to cause hypothermia within minutes in anyone who wasn’t dressed properly. “It has never ...
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In China’s Crackdown on Protesters, a Familiar Effort to Blame Foreign Powers
The protests against “zero Covid” were a rare rebuke of Xi Jinping’s rule, and Beijing apparently seeks to deter those who might have been emboldened by them.
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Obamacare Sign-Ups Top 16 Million for 2023, Setting Another Record
Enrollment in plans through the Affordable Care Act’s marketplaces broke last year’s record, with particularly high growth in Florida, Texas and Georgia.
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With Pierogies and Artillery Shells, Scranton Fights Back in Ukraine
SCRANTON, Pa. — On a Saturday night in a small cinder-block-walled kitchen attached to St. Vladimir’s Ukrainian Catholic Church, young and old hands alike turned red from grating beets for Father Myron’s borscht. Many of those same hands had formed ...
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OMG. Trump Has Started Texting.
The former president, averse to leaving records of his communications, had long avoided text and email.
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