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Al-Assad’s Soldiers Hope for Amnesty. First, They Have to Take a Number.
Syria’s new rulers say they will spare conscripts of Bashar al-Assad and pursue those who oversaw his regime’s abuses. Hundreds are lining up to learn which promise applies to them.
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The Once Booming Drug Town Going Bust Under Taliban Rule
Funding its war against the United States, the Taliban reaped millions from boom towns trading opium, heroin and meth. Victorious, the group crushed the trade, leaving ghost towns in its wake.
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Suspect in Russian General’s Killing Detained Outside of Moscow
The Russian prosecutor’s office said the suspect, a 29-year-old citizen of Uzbekistan, confessed to planting the bomb on the orders of Ukrainian agents.
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Who Is Friedrich Merz of Germany?
If polls are correct, Olaf Scholz’s successor could be the 69-year-old leader of the Christian Democratic Union. He is offering to get the German economic engine humming again.
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Killing of Russian General Sends a Message, but Doesn’t Change the War for Ukraine
Ukraine’s forces are steadily losing ground on the battlefield. The assassination of a top general in Moscow won’t improve their war effort, analysts and Western officials say.
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Buy, Donate, Repeat. At 91, Leonard Lauder Has More to Give
Picasso paintings. Jasper Johns ale cans. Irving Penn photos. The cosmetics heir created the model for the headline-grabbing donation that museums dream of today.
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The Search for van Gogh’s Lost Masterpiece
Cast off by the Nazis, but heralded by curators, the artist’s painting of his doctor, made just before van Gogh’s suicide, has not been seen in 34 years.
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Lorraine O’Grady Was Ready for Fame
Through her writing and performances, the artist helped new audiences to understand the cultural roots of racism and sexism.
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No Box He Won’t Escape From: James Mangold on “A Complete Unknown”
James Mangold is no stranger to locking in on the finer rhythms of some of American music’s most indelible figures: His 2005 Johnny Cash biopic, “Walk the Line,” was a soup-to-nuts recounting of the Man in Black’s life in music, and in the same breath offering up a snapshot of the state of the American…
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Chaz Ebert on the Slate Podcast “Death, Sex & Money”
Ten years ago, in 2014, I was invited as a guest on Anna Sale’s Podcast, “Death, Sex & Money.” Still raw from my recent widowhood after the death of my husband, Roger Ebert, I nevertheless embarked on a heartfelt conversation with her. Anna reached out to me again recently to catch up on changes over…