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Xi Broke the Social Contract That Helped China Prosper
The protests in China against the government’s draconian Covid controls have been compared to those in 1989, when students demonstrated…
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Silicon Valley Made Big Promises in Africa. Where Are the Results?
Jack Dorsey, the billionaire co-founder of Twitter, is a major investor on the African continent. Meta’s C.E.O., Mark Zuckerberg, has…
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He Sold a Message of Climate Doom. He Has Regrets.
Produced by ‘First Person’ Once nicknamed “Green Jesus,” Steven Guilbeault began his career as an extreme climate activist — scaling…
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A Good Job Is a Gift That Keeps Giving
This article is part of Times Opinion’s Holiday Giving Guide 2022. Read more about the guide in a note from…
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Best TV Shows of 2022
In a year dominated by the familiar, series like “Reservation Dogs,” “The Rehearsal,” “Bad Sisters” and others showed us something…
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Best Classical Music Performances of 2022
The concert world, seemingly back to normal, saw Ukrainian musicians banding together, a new “Ring” at Bayreuth, and the opening…
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Germany’s Coach Is Out of His Depth, and So Is Its Chancellor
BERLIN — The start was promising. In a WhatsApp group — under the peppy name “Get prepared” — the coach…
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Georgia Voters Defy Efforts to Suppress Them
Tuesday afternoon, I waited over an hour and a half to vote in Atlanta in the Georgia Senate runoff between…
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Armed for the Holidays
Here’s a factoid filled with holiday anti-cheer: The country went through three infamous mass shootings in November. Yeah, six people…
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Christine McVie’s 12 Essential Songs
The singer, songwriter and keyboardist, who died on Wednesday, was a hitmaker for Fleetwood Mac whose crystalline voice and roots…