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U.S. and Ukraine Hail Progress on Peace Plan to End War With Russia
Washington and Kyiv said that “highly productive” discussions over a proposal to end the war between Russia and Ukraine would continue.
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Russian Disinformation Comes to Mexico, Seeking to Rupture US Ties
A U.S. government cable said that Kremlin-run outlets had scaled up their efforts across Latin America, seeking to turn people against the United States and garner support for Russia.
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Bolsonaro’s Arrest Exposes Limits to Trump’s Power
President Trump tried to keep the former Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro, out of prison. He failed, and now he is moving on.
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Before Berlin’s Cowboys Are Booted Off Their Land, One Final Hoedown
The town looks straight out of the Wild West, with saloons, sheriffs and cowboy hats galore, but in this endangered patch of the American frontier, everyone is speaking German.
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Grisly Killings of a Married Couple Spark New Sectarian Unrest in Syria
The government acted quickly to tamp down reprisals in the central city of Homs as it tries to manage repeated waves of bloodshed involving minority groups.
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In a $2.2 Billion Week, the Art Market Finds Its Footing
After years of declining sales, records set from major collections (Klimt, Kahlo) primed the auction houses for a rebound at the top.
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His Right Foot: One Tiny Drawing for Sale, Said to Be by Michelangelo
The Renaissance artist painted more than 100 figures in the Sistine Chapel ceiling, yet studies for only a handful remain. Could this five-inch drawing at Christie’s be one?
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Alma Allen, American Sculptor, Is Selected for Venice Biennale
The choice of a relatively unknown artist based in Mexico City ends a chaotic, much-delayed selection process led by the State Department.
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My Dinner with Gene & Roger
In the fall of 1981, Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel fell in love with two men named Andre and Wally, and they told the world about it, thereby saving a tiny, eccentric, beguiling movie from a fast fade into commercial oblivion. I went to that movie, as did a few hundred thousand or more other…
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Wong Kar-wai’s Gorgeous, Captivating “Blossoms Shanghai” Arrives on the Criterion Channel
Earlier this year, I had the chance to sit in Chicago’s venerable Music Box Theatre and watch a 25th anniversary screening of “In the Mood for Love,” the masterful and visually ravishing exploration of romantic yearning from Hong Kong filmmaker Wong Kar-wai that became an instant classic from the moment it first screened in 2000.…