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A strong support network is critical after being released from detention, an expert says.
With her prison ordeal over, Brittney Griner will now face the challenge of transitioning back into life at home — where a strong support network will be critical, a mental health expert said Friday. “Most people’s trajectory isn’t the one that you ...
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World
Beijing Braces for Covid Surge After China Lifts Pandemic Curbs
Residents in the capital city buy up at-home tests and fever medication following the government’s decision to ease its “zero Covid” policy.
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‘I Will Keep Fighting’: China’s Protesters Say It’s Bigger Than Covid
The restrictions that drove people into the streets last month are being rolled back. But many of those who demonstrated say they want more.
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World
How Old Are You? South Korea Tries to Simplify What Should Be a Simple Question.
Three ways of calculating age coexist in South Korea, so lawmakers have passed a law uniting behind the world standard in an attempt to reduce confusion.
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Newyork
Britain Is Miserable, but Britons Are Fighting Back
LONDON — Britain is languishing, and the signs are everywhere. Inflation is in double digits, and the recession — the worst of all Group of 7 countries — is expected to last deep into 2024. The National Health Service is on life support, public ...
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News
Can News Be Made Into a Sustainable Business?
For a DealBook task force, a lack of trust, political polarization and a troubled business model are among the news industry’s challenges.
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Newyork
I’m an N.Y.C. Paramedic. I’ve Never Witnessed a Mental Health Crisis Like This One.
There are New Yorkers who rant on street corners and slump on sidewalks beside overloaded pushcarts. They can be friendly or angry or distrustful. To me and my colleagues, they’re patients. I’m a lieutenant paramedic with the Fire Department’s Bureau ...
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Newyork
Tell Him Your Story, and He’ll Photograph Your Wedding. For Free.
As a freshman at Princeton eight years ago, Vincent Po came to dread introductions. Many of the students he met there were prodigies, patent holders, jet-setting heirs and heiresses to the global elite. Whenever conversations inevitably turned back ...
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News
Twitter’s Rivals Try to Capitalize on Musk-Induced Chaos
New start-ups and other social platforms sense opportunity as Twitter grapples with changes from Elon Musk, its new owner.
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World
China Eases ‘Zero Covid’ Restrictions in Victory for Protesters
Beijing’s costly policy of lockdowns has pummeled the world’s second-largest economy and set off mass public protests that were a rare challenge to China’s leader, Xi Jinping.