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Israel Calls Alliance With U.S. ‘Ironclad’ After Receiving Billions in Aid
The money from Washington, which includes $5 billion to replenish Israel’s defenses and $1 billion for Gazan civilians, comes as Israel readies to invade Rafah.
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Israel’s Invasion of Rafah Is All but Inevitable, Experts Say
Israel says an assault on Gaza’s southernmost city is vital to dismantling Hamas and has proposed evacuating civilians. But more than a million people have taken refuge in the city.
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Enduring Mayhem: Images From Year 3 of the War in Ukraine
A photographic chronicle of the third year of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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Flooding Inundates Kenya, Killing at Least 32 and Displacing Thousands
The rain also killed farm animals and destroyed thousands of acres of crops.
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Israeli-American Hostage, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Is Seen in Hamas Video
The video appeared to be the first time that Mr. Goldberg-Polin, who was grievously injured in the Hamas-led Oct. 7 attack, has been seen alive since he was taken captive.
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The Venice Biennale and the Art of Turning Backward
Every art institution now speaks of progress, justice, transformation. What if all those words hide a more old-fashioned aim?
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Chicago Museum Says Investigators Have No Evidence Art Was Looted
In a court filing, the Art Institute of Chicago fought Manhattan prosecutors’ efforts to seize an important Egon Schiele drawing, denying that the Nazis had stolen it.
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25 Years Later, Alexander Payne’s Election Remains as Relevant as Ever
There’s an ongoing theme in Alexander Payne’s films — the people we think are the antagonists aren’t actually bad people; we simply force ourselves into the corner of seeing them that way. From the simple-minded and unfortunately coiffed future in-laws in “About Schmidt” to the adulterous characters in “Sideways” and “The Descendants,” to the animosity of…
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Sharp Writing, Excellent Cast Keep Spy Thriller The Veil Engaging
By now, we’re all aware that Elisabeth Moss can do anything. She’s proven it again and again in film and television. However, seeing the star of “Mad Men” and “The Handmaid’s Tale” play a suave super-spy with a British accent in the opening scenes of FX’s “The Veil” is initially off-putting. Really? It’s not just…
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Nowhere Special
There are windows throughout “Nowhere Special,” real and symbolic. Over the opening credits, we view windows, giving us glimpses of the outside and a couple of interiors in a rural Irish town. One of those windows is being carefully soaped and squeegeed by John (James Norton). He smiles at a black and white cat on…