Israel Launches Airstrikes Near Presidential Palace in Damascus
It was the second time in days that Israel had intervened militarily in Syria amid sectarian violence targeting the Druse.
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If War Flames in Ukraine, These 2 Odd Little Enclaves May Be the Spark
STANYTSIA LUHANSKA, Ukraine — People pass the bare-bones checkpoint dragging wheeled suitcases along the muddy pavement, crossing one of the …
The Best Poetry of 2021
This year of slow and careful re-emergence has felt, to me, like an odd one for books. There was so much abundance that it taxed our attentions …
Biden Administration to Reinstate Mercury Pollution Rules Weakened Under Trump
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Monday will reinstate a way of measuring the benefits of reducing air pollution, the first step in a …
Finding Memories, and Mom’s Sewing Stuff, in a Reused Cookie Tin
It was a tweet heard ’round the internet. Two images, side by side: a regal blue Royal Dansk tin, filled with sugar-studded butter cookies …
China Courts Lula and Latin America After Trump’s Tariff Shock
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil is visiting Beijing this week, and China’s Xi Jinping will also meet top officials from other Latin American and Caribbean nations to emphasize their ties.
U.K. extends boosters to all adults while announcing two new Omicron cases.
Britain expanded its vaccine booster program to all adults on Monday, stepping up its response to the newly discovered Omicron variant of the …
Trump Seeks to Eliminate the National Endowment for the Arts
The president’s budget proposal also called for getting rid of the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Institute of Museum and Library Sciences.
Where Biden Is Most Vulnerable
A seemingly infinite volume of words has been lavished on the fight between progressives and moderates in the Democratic Party, and that’s …
More Than 220 Academic Leaders Condemn Trump ‘Overreach’
A day after Harvard sued the Trump administration over its decision to freeze billions in federal funds to the school, more than 220 higher education leaders from around the country signed a joint statement on Tuesday condemning the administration’s …