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Bulgarian Factories and Secret Task Forces: How the West Hunts for Soviet Arms
Ukraine has long relied on Russian weapons for its armed forces. Now it is scrambling to get Soviet-era ammunition for those weapons, with the help of manufacturers even in rural corners of Eastern Europe.
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Turkish Builders Come Under Intense Scrutiny Over Shoddy Construction
More than 43,000 deaths in Turkey from an earthquake have raised painful and angry questions over whether some of those fatalities could have been avoided with better building standards.
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Wagner Leader’s Feud With Russia’s Military Leaves Questions About War Effort
The leader of Wagner appears to have backed down from his latest criticism of Russia’s senior command. But his vitriolic remarks suggested more discord in Russia’s war effort.
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Want That Coffee With Olive Oil? Starbucks Thinks Italians Will.
The company has amassed an audience in Italy, and now it is betting on two very Italian ingredients.
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Anne Imhof, Dancing in the Ruins
The German provocateur’s opening in Los Angeles shows her choreographic skills and obsession with youthful nihilism. But when the performers leave, the emptiness remains.
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Willie Cole’s Ecological Interventions Turn Trash Into Art
The artist invited the community in Newark to reimagine objects that would otherwise be destined for a landfill — to look at them in a fresh, imaginative way.
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Prime Video’s Workplace Horror-Comedy The Consultant Loses Its Edge
Christoph Waltz entered into a type of Faustian agreement a few years ago when he won two Oscars from two Quentin Tarantino movies, playing the kind of character who turns the trait “inquisitive” into a threat. Hans Landa of “Inglorious Basterds” was a great role for him in particular, and he has shown different shades…
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Only Remember Beautiful Moments: Carlos Saura (1932-2023)
After the surrealist Luis Buñuel left for Mexico and before Pedro Almodóvar’s knowing and gorgeously kitschy post-classicism, Carlos Saura was the man whose work stood in for Spain on the world stage, who had to wrench Spanish art from the blighted identity it had developed under fascism. He was not alone, of course, with directors…
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The Quiet Girl
The nameless narrator of Claire Keegan’s award-winning 2015 short story Foster is a little girl, living in rural Ireland, sent to stay with relatives she’s never met while her mother has yet another baby. Too many mouths to feed already. One might expect the story to unfold in a horror of abuse, the child thrown to…
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Reluctant Traveler Offers New Destination for Comedy Star Eugene Levy
Eugene Levy, the brilliant star and co-creator of “Schitt’s Creek,” has taken the money and power from that massive show and hit the road with Apple TV’s comedy/travel program “The Reluctant Traveler.” Over eight half-hour episodes, Levy journeys around the world, basing himself in extremely extravagant, unique, four-figures-a-night hotels that are fascinating in their own…