World
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The Architect Who Made Singapore’s Public Housing the Envy of the World
With a focus on affordability, community, convenience and light, Liu Thai Ker replaced squalid slums with spacious high-rises. A recent…
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As Rafah Offensive Grinds On, Hunger in Gaza Spirals
Aid officials and health experts expect famine this month unless Israel lifts barriers to aid, the fighting stops and vital…
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The Capital of Women’s Soccer
The success of Barcelona’s team has made Catalonia a laboratory for finding out what happens when the women’s game has…
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Here It Comes: Another Hot Summer in Europe
Extreme heat and other weather challenges are in the forecast this summer, and travel advisers, tourists and local officials are…
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The Cannes Love Affair With American Cinema Takes Unexpected Turns
Whether it’s Demi Moore’s performance in “The Substance” or Sean Baker’s tale of a Brooklyn sex worker, this year’s jury…
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An Extraordinary Documentary About the Most Precious of Lives
Margreth Olin’s “Songs of Earth” works almost like a poem as she records her parents and the Norwegian landscape.
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Australia’s ‘National Crisis’ of Domestic Abuse
The government has committed hundreds of millions of dollars for people fleeing domestic violence, but among those who work with…
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China Has a Plan for Its Housing Crisis. Here’s Why It’s Not Enough.
A new approach by China’s top leaders is bold but pales against the problem: a vast number of empty apartments…
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Friday Briefing
We’re covering a stumbling U.S. aid effort in Gaza and the latest Chinese military drills around Taiwan.
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Russia, in New Push, Increasingly Disrupts Ukraine’s Starlink Service
Russia has deployed advanced tech to interfere with Elon Musk’s satellite internet service, Ukrainian officials said, leading to more outages…