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Why are Russia and Turkey growing so close? Putin needs allies, and Erdogan needs bolstering.
BRUSSELS — Turkey’s mercurial president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, is in political difficulty before elections next year, with his economy imploding…
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Sports
Marshawn Lynch Disputes D.U.I. Charges
Marshawn Lynch, the former Seattle Seahawks running back, disputed the police account of his arrest on suspicion of driving under…
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Books
Review: ‘A League of Their Own’ Broadens the Field
A subset of TV’s seemingly endless crop of reboots adapt well-known properties from yesteryear but with more thoughtful or thorough…
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Politics
The Tumultuous Summer That Changed the World
In Afghanistan, August 2021 began ominously. The Americans and their allies were leaving the country, finally ending their long war…
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World
Greening Your Home Will Be Cheaper, but Expect Growing Pains
Though the average price of gasoline in the United States has dropped to about $4 per gallon, down from a…
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Books
Ukrainian Children Bring a Play From a Bomb Shelter to Brooklyn
In a converted Sunday school space in the Fort Greene neighborhood of Brooklyn on Monday, eight children, who recently arrived…
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World
The Best Summer Dinner Is Assembled, Not Cooked
Much of the so-called cooking I do in summer is just assembling. Slice up whatever produce is on hand, add…
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Real Estate
Taking Out Trash That Was Someone’s Treasure
Brigador Stamback, the founder of NYC Hoards, a company started in 2018 that carts away unsalvageable household possessions by the…
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World
Bill Pitman, Revered Studio Guitarist, Is Dead at 102
Bill Pitman, a guitarist who accompanied Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, Barbra Streisand and others from the late 1950s to the…
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Books
The Old Men and the Sea
For the past 41 years, around July 21, fans of Ernest Hemingway have been throwing him one of the most…