World
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Europe
Arno J. Mayer, Unorthodox Historian of Europe’s Crises, Dies at 97
A Jewish refugee from the Nazis, he argued that World War I, World War II and the Holocaust were all…
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Opinion
This Was a Terrible Year, and Also Maybe the Best One Yet for Humanity
As the year ends, civilians are dying at a staggering pace in Gaza and the genocide in Darfur may be…
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Opinion
This Year, Make a Resolution About Something Bigger Than Yourself
New Year’s resolutions are penny-ante prayers. You are this way, but you hope to be that way. You used to…
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Books
Animal Magnetism — and Optimism
Four new books look to fauna to get us through tough times.
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Opinion
We Forget Henry Kissinger’s Effectiveness at Our Own Peril
Henry Kissinger was the pre-eminent statesman of post-World War II America. He was not just a policymaker, he was a…
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America
I’ve Never Watched Anything as Transformative as ‘Sailor Moon’
The show is about friendship, yes, and also liberation that does not match the world’s expectations of femininity.
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America
The Power Vacuum at the Top of the Crypto Industry
A year ago, Sam Bankman-Fried and Changpeng Zhao ran two of the largest crypto companies. As they grapple with legal…
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America
Monday Briefing: The U.N. and W.H.O.’s Dire Gaza Warnings
Plus, Shohei Ohtani’s $700 million contract
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Opinion
A World Map With No National Borders and 1,642 Animals
Anton Thomas In a hand-drawn map of the world, hundreds of animals sprawl across valleys and volcanoes, deltas and deserts.…
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America
Files Suggest Climate Summit’s Leader Is Using Event to Promote Fossil Fuels
A leaked document has talking points for the president of the United Nations climate conference, who is an oil executive,…