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World
Hunter-Gatherers Were Making Baskets 9,500 Years Ago, Researchers Say
Dozens of items that were found in a cave in southern Spain more than a century ago date from the Mesolithic era and are much older than previously thought, according to a new study.
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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
There Is Only One Way to Fix the National Budget
The shutdown of the federal government that appears imminent is not just a political failure but also a failure of the imagination. Driving this particular stalemate is a small group of hard-right Republicans incensed over House Speaker Kevin ...
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Newyork
On Fire Island, a Home for Art — and the Artists Who Make It
How a New York homeowner and a pair of gay architects turned a midcentury Sears catalog kit house in the Pines into a contemporary refuge that looks nothing like its neighbors.
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World
Climate Risks Loom Over Panama Canal, a Vital Global Trade Link
Lack of rain and changing weather patterns are slowing the ship traffic that moves goods around the world.
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World
What to Know About Key Nations Seeking to Join BRICS
Saudi Arabia, Argentina, Indonesia and Egypt are among the potential candidates to expand the five-nation bloc, many of them seeking stronger ties with non-Western powers. Iran is also interested.
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US
Think the Police Should Wear Body Cameras? That Will Cost Taxpayers Extra.
The public increasingly expects that police interactions will be recorded. And police unions increasingly expect a raise for doing the recording.
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World
China Stocks Slump as Economic Gloom Spreads
A string of worrying data has taken the fizz out of markets.
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Newyork
The Ultimate Horror Movie Is Really About Heaven and Hell
It is one of those strange accidents of history that the best film ever made about the Roman Catholic Church was directed by a Jewish agnostic. The career of William Friedkin, who died on Monday at 87, spanned seven decades, but to the end of his ...
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Newyork
Wonking Out: How Super Is Your Superpower?
My most recent column was about the troubles facing the Chinese economy, which appear to be serious. However, I was careful to acknowledge that China’s three-decade economic miracle has made it a bona fide economic superpower and that its current ...