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Why Iran Has Waited to Retaliate Against Israel for Hamas Leader’s Killing
Tehran is under pressure to avenge the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, but analysts said it is balancing multiple factors as it weighs a response.
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A Nazi Villa So Tainted Berlin Can’t Give It Away
The former estate of Joseph Goebbels, the Nazi propaganda minister, is too expensive to keep and perilous to sell. No one knows quite what to do with it.
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U.K. Riots Pose Critical Test for Keir Starmer
Even after restoring order, the new prime minister faces a bigger challenge: defusing the issues of fraying public services and a cost of living crisis that underlie the unrest.
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The Filipinos Living in the Shadow of China’s Military Might
More than 200 civilian settlers on a contested island in the South China Sea find themselves on the frontier of a possible conflict with China.
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New Public Art Rides the Rails in Chicago, Timed to the Democratic Convention
When the Democratic National Convention kicks off on Aug. 19, an array of art tied to the election season will greet visitors and Chicagoans alike.
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For the Rescuer of an Ancient Shipwreck, Trouble Arrived in the Mail
The packages were sent to a woman whose work had led to the heralded recovery of the Kyrenia, and to new insights into classical Greek seafaring. But their ancient contents were a problem.
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Sirocco and the Kingdom of the Winds
Patient and kindhearted, a painted storybook in motion, “Sirocco and the Kingdom of the Winds” is a lovely glimpse of what animation can be. Directed and cowritten by French moviemaker Benoît Chieux (with writing partner Alain Gagnol), and coproduced in Belgium and France, it’s a work that has a lot of influences, from “Yellow Submarine” and “Fantastic Planet” and…
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The Box Office is Everything: In Praise of the Window at the Front of the Theater
When I was in college I worked at a Dallas movie theater, the Inwood. It was an art house theater that mainly showed foreign films, independents, and some repertory titles. During my workdays there, most of the time I was working at the concession stand. But sometimes they’d put me in the box office. In case anybody very young…
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The cybersecurity kids aren’t all right
A new Sophos-commissioned survey finds burnout, fatigue, cynicism riding high in the workforce
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Uber, Facing Sexual-Assault Litigation, Pushes Plan That May Curb Suits
Uber has spent millions trying to get a proposal on the Nevada ballot that would restrict the legal fees that bankroll many lawsuits against companies.