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U.N. Cuts Appeal for Aid Despite Deepening Crises
With pledges already lagging badly for this year, the global organization said that it had been forced to pare down its request for 2024 to focus on only the most life-threatening cases.
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Iran Puts Johan Floderus, E.U. Official From Sweden, on Trial
The European Union and Sweden have called for the immediate release of Johan Floderus, who has been detained in Tehran for about 600 days.
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A Human Face: Christian Friedel on The Zone of Interest
Jonathan Glazer’s “The Zone of Interest” divorces the audience from any sense that the most evil people in the world are subhuman. Based on the novel by Martin Amis, the movie doesn’t follow so much as simply watch a commandant and his family as they live next to the Auschwitz concentration camp. Sounds of unimaginable…
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How NASA Learned to Love the Worm Logo
Decades after sending it to design purgatory, the space agency celebrates a logo it still calls the worm.
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The Best Way to Cook Steak for Holiday Parties
Starting on the stove, then finishing in a low oven, ensures rosy meat with charred crusts, Genevieve Ko writes.
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Watergate Salad Makes a Comeback
The 1970s-era dish made with pistachio pudding mix, canned pineapple and mini marshmallows has caught the curious eye of the TikTok generation.
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Love vintage holiday decorations? Ask an expert how to find and use them.
Author and collector Bob Richter joins Jura Koncius for a live online chat about vintage holiday decorations.
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Carolyn Hax: Worried mom of 30-year-old wants a do-over on his eating habits
A mom worries about 30-year-old son’s eating and exercise habits and “can’t believe my shot at parenting is over.”
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Carolyn Hax: Decades-ago sexual abuse of a child haunts a family still
A mother wants her whole family together, but her daughter won’t forgive the brother who sexually molested her 30 years ago.
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Carolyn Hax: Friend suggests being an at-home mom is all about ‘drinking coffee’
A letter writer declines to be at-home parent because “I would get tired of drinking coffee,” then unwisely says this out loud.