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Microsoft Beats the Antitrust Odds on Its Activision Deal
Approval from British regulators for the $69 billion takeover was the last hurdle left for the tech giant, which saw…
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The Wife Has Committed Murder but It’s the Husband Who Scares Her Lawyer
In Marie NDiaye’s new novel, “Vengeance Is Mine,” a woman is haunted by a decades-old trauma she feels, but cannot…
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All States Are Border States Now
For far too long, too many Americans considered the border to be someone else’s problem — someone in Texas, maybe,…
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A Painting Stolen in Glasgow Returns More Than 30 Years Later
Thieves in Scotland made off with the painting “Children Wading” in 1989. The work was recently returned after showing up…
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Post-Punk Legend Leads Fight for Clean Water as Britain’s ‘Sewage Czar’
Feargal Sharkey, best known as the lead singer of the Undertones, has become one of the loudest voices demanding that…
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A New Law Unites Northern Ireland — in Outrage
Catholics and Protestants alike say a commission created by the British Parliament to handle hundreds of sectarian crimes will do…
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Biden Administration Awards $7 Billion for 7 Hydrogen Hubs Across the U.S.
Clean hydrogen could help fight climate change, but it barely exists today. Now the administration wants to build an entire…
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‘United Because of This Disaster’: Israelis Rush to Volunteer After Hamas Attacks
A long-divided country is pulling together in a show of solidarity, donating everything from breast milk to high-tech help.
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After Three Big Quakes, Too Scared to Sleep Anywhere but Outside
Seemingly unending earthquakes in Afghanistan have killed nearly 1,300 people and amplified already troubling times since the Taliban seized power.
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Why Are There So Many Jacintas?
The relatively uncommon name of Jacinta or Jacinda is shared among many famous people in New Zealand and Australia, with…