World
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Who’s Embargoing Whom?
The other day, my CUNY and Stone Center colleague Branko Milanovic suggested that it would be interesting to “compare Napoleon’s…
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Boy, 14, Found Fatally Shot in a Queens Driveway, Police Say
A 14-year-old boy was found fatally shot in a Queens driveway early Tuesday, and investigators were exploring whether the killing…
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The Al Qaeda That Ayman al-Zawahri Leaves Behind
When President Biden announced the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan last year, one of his main justifications was that…
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The Books Merger That’s About Amazon
Amazon isn’t on trial in a big books lawsuit. But its power is. The U.S. government is suing to stop…
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The Ukraine War: Negotiate or Fight?
More from our inbox: China and Taiwan? Look at Russia and Ukraine.The Costs of Climate ChangeThanking the Jan. 6 CommitteeYour…
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Dinner and Dancing in an Ivy-Laced Courtyard in Italy
Despite the grand surroundings, a recent dinner held in the ivy-accented courtyard of Milan’s 17th-century Palazzo Durini had a surprising…
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Can I Ditch My Roommate So I Can Live With My Friend?
I’d been living in my apartment for a year when my current roommate moved in. We didn’t know each other…
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I Collect Souvenir Spoons. I Can Explain.
For three years in the 1980s, my father, who was a partner at a class-action securities firm that bore his…
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Bernard Marson, a Catalyst for SoHo’s Renaissance, Dies at 91
Bernard Marson, who as an architect and developer figured prominently in the transformation of a Lower Manhattan industrial district into…
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Federal Prosecutors Charge 16 in Gang Racketeering Operation in Manhattan
Sixteen alleged members and associates of a street gang that has terrorized communities in the Washington Heights area of Manhattan…