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Xi Remade China’s Military. Now a Purge Threatens its Image.
Xi Jinping, China’s leader, set out to clean up the military a decade ago. But now his crown jewel, the missile force, is under a shadow.
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Ukraine’s Marines Urge Patience With Counterattack Against Russia
Journalists from The Times spent two weeks with troops from brigades trained and supplied by NATO to get their take on how, and where, the counteroffensive is going.
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South Korean Cities Play Matchmaker to Singles Wanting to Mingle
Singles are signing up in droves for city-hosted blind-dating events, but some point to their inability to address real issues with family planning.
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UK Moves First Group of Migrants to Barge
A small group of migrants was transferred to the Bibby Stockholm, a divisive symbol of the Conservative government’s immigration stance.
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Regina Taylor to Premiere New Play, Exhibit, as Part of Aspen’s Solo Flights in September
Acclaimed actress/playwright/director Regina Taylor‘s new play, Exhibit, will be staged on Friday, September 8th, and Wednesday, September 13th, as part of “Solo Flights,” an annual week-long developmental festival in Aspen, Colorado, of one-person shows presented in the beginning stages of their making. Taylor wrote and stars in the production, which is directed by Emmy-nominee Phylicia Rashad. According…
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Corner Office
The coldness of corporate America is a much-explored cinematic landscape. The hierarchical dynamics within business spaces lend plenty of opportunity for satirical examination. Whether it’s a horror spin (“Mayhem,” “The Belko Experiment”) or flat-out comedies (“The Office” “Horrible Bosses”), social climbing and capitalist Darwinism are ripe themes for the picking. Joachim Back’s feature debut, “Corner…
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Fantasia 2023 Interview: Jenn Wexler Launches The Sacrifice Game
Jenn Wexler makes movies for the demonic teenage girl within. Her first feature, 2018’s “The Ranger,” combined her love of ‘80s horror movies and punk rock music for a scrappy, dynamic contemporary slasher movie. Her second, “The Sacrifice Game,” is more polished but no less provocative: Set at a snowbound girls’ boarding school on Christmas…
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These Clever Fish Have Mastered the Fake Out
Trumpetfish use a number of tricks to catch prey, but research shows that one of their most effective tactics has much in common with human hunters’ subterfuge.
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Can This Food Festival Keep the Spiedie Sandwich Tradition Alive?
At Spiedie Fest in Central New York, fans explore the virtues of this grilled specialty.
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Campbell Soup buys Rao’s, the beloved pasta sauce brand
The soup company paid $2.7 billion for Sovos Brands, which makes Rao’s sauces as well as pastas, frozen entrees and Noosa yogurt.