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In Northern Gaza, Staying and Evacuation Both Carry Deadly Risks
For Gazans facing Israel’s latest offensive against Hamas in the north, every option is fraught with peril.
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Trial Over Killing of Teacher Samuel Paty Begins in France
Eight more people are facing charges over the 2020 murder of the teacher, Samuel Paty, who had displayed caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad as an illustration of free speech.
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Indonesian Tribe Adopts Korean Hangul to Preserve Ancient Cia-Cia Language
The Cia-Cia language has been passed down orally for centuries. Now the tribe’s children are learning to write it in Hangul, the Korean script.
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Heavy Rains Hit Spain, Still Reeling From Deadly Flooding
Emergency workers continued the search for victims of last week’s flash floods, while a national debate raged over who was to blame for the catastrophe.
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From Museum Guard to Memoirist, and Now the Play’s His Thing
With Patrick Bringley’s “All the Beauty in the World” now in its 10th printing, he’s debuting in two new roles: playwright and actor.
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Herzog & de Meuron to Renovate Breuer Building for Sotheby’s
The Pritzker-winning architectural firm is known for its transformation of existing structures like the Park Avenue Armory.
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Nothing Left to Prove: Quincy Jones (1933-2024)
Mention Quincy Jones to a bunch of people and I’m sure each person will highlight a different achievement. There are so many milestones that naming them all would take far more space than I am afforded here. Jones was an Oscar-winning score composer, the arranger of great jazz albums by legends like Frank Sinatra, a…
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VOTE for KAMALA HARRIS/TIM WALZ (Character Counts)
Dear Fellow Americans: Earlier in the year, I recorded a PSA (public service announcement) encouraging civility in our political discourse. At that time, it was a purely non-partisan effort. But since then, my choice for President has become crystal clear: Kamala Harris. I choose character, civility, stability, integrity and leadership. I want to maintain an…
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Tokyo International Film Festival 2024: Orang Ikan, Missing Child Videotape, Kiyoshi Kurosawa
At first, I thought maybe the audience didn’t like it. The world premiere of “Orang Ikan” at the Tokyo International Film Festival was scheduled to begin at 11:35 AM, not exactly prime time for a creature feature. But that’s just how it goes at festivals sometimes. And the audience was subdued, barely reacting to gory…
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Malcolm Washington, John David Washington, Danielle Deadwyler on the Power of “The Piano Lesson”
Note: This piece was filed in conjunction with the Telluride Film Festival and run this week with the theatrical release of Netflix’s “The Piano Lesson.” I was one of the lucky ones to witness the original Broadway production of August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson, which was a pure revelation. Now, in 2024, in a version…