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Why India and China Are Fighting in the Himalayas
NEW DELHI — On a freezing December day on a remote Himalayan mountain ridge, Indian and Chinese soldiers fought with…
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What a 1985 Novel Can Tell Us About Life in the 2020s: Almost Everything
Noah Baumbach’s funny and very stylish film adaptation of “White Noise” is a great invitation to return to the source…
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10 New Books Coming in January
Age of Vice, by Deepti Kapoor The fates of three people in New Delhi converge in this high-octane new novel.…
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‘Terrorist’ — to Whom?
BROTHERLESS NIGHT, by V. V. Ganeshananthan The word “terrorist,” or some variation thereof, shows up six times on the opening…
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Librarians Are Meeting Younger Readers Where They Are: TikTok
The pandemic hurt children’s reading skills. Librarians are doing what it takes to connect them with books — including dance…
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For Kashana Cauley, Doomsday Isn’t So Hypothetical
THE SURVIVALISTS, by Kashana Cauley Few demographics illustrate the global anxieties of our era better than New Yorkers, who make…
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This Diet App Sends a Goblin to Eviscerate Your Kitchen
Rachel Harrison’s feminist horror novels are some of the most original and entertaining out there, and her collection of stories,…
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Rabbi Haim Druckman, a Leader of Religious Zionism, Dies at 90
An influential educator, he was a strong advocate of creating Jewish settlements in the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem.
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The First Afterlife of Pope Benedict XVI
The first pope to resign was Celestine V, born Pietro Da Morrone, who was living the life of a pious…
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Katie Couric: What Barbara Walters Made Possible for Women
Every female broadcast journalist working today owes a debt of gratitude to the O.G., Barbara Walters, who died Friday at…