Your Monday Briefing
Check-in at Kennedy International Airport in New York on Sunday.Credit…Jeenah Moon/ReutersOmicron causes thousands of flight cancellations …
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Top Aides to Boris Johnson Quit, Adding to Downing Street Turmoil
LONDON — An exodus of senior officials from 10 Downing Street on Thursday deepened the crisis engulfing Prime Minister Boris Johnson, as he …
Start Christmas Morning With Something Sweet
Christmas is coming for those who celebrate — and the holiday season is already here. For many of us, there’s a drumming urge to welcome it all …
We Aren’t in Vegas Anymore
When future historians ponder the forces that unraveled the American social fabric between the 1960s and the 2020s, I hope they spare some time …
Square, Jack Dorsey’s payments company, changes its name to Block.
The payments company Square said on Wednesday that it was changing its name to Block, a nod to one of the main focuses of the company’s chief …
Why Sex-Positive Feminism Is Falling Out of Fashion
In her new book, “The Right to Sex: Feminism in the Twenty-First Century,” the philosopher Amia Srinivasan, who is quickly becoming one of the …
Adoptees Shouldn’t Have to Live in Fear of Being Deported
When Antonio LeBlanc, the luckless protagonist of the new film “Blue Bayou,” is arrested after fighting with two police officers, he discovers a …
How to Grow Figs in a Cold Climate
It looked like the best fig year ever, with maybe 20 fruits forming on my potted tree as the season progressed. But frost is coming any day, and …
La monarquía y el gobierno del Reino Unido, en crisis simultáneas
LONDRES — Cuando el primer ministro británico, Boris Johnson, fue hospitalizado con covid en abril de 2020, el alarmante boletín de prensa llegó …
There Will Be No Post-Covid
There have been many stages of our collective Covid reaction. There was the initial panic, with the shortages of toilet paper (I still haven’t …