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Friday Briefing: Narendra Modi’s India
We explain what to expect from his third term.
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World
Arrest Threatens Nepal’s Standing as South Asia’s Model for Free Speech
A media executive was arrested after his company published critical reports about a powerful government minister.
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News
We Haven’t Hit Peak Populism Yet
We used to have long debates about American exceptionalism, about whether this country was an outlier among nations, and I…
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Business
Rex Murphy, a Dominant Pundit on the Right in Canada, Dies at 77
In newspaper columns and on radio and TV, he was his country’s “premier provocateur,” gaining a wide audience for his…
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World
Protests Swell in Georgia Over ‘Foreign Interests’ Bill
The authorities in the Eastern European nation said security forces had used water cannons and tear gas as demonstrators took…
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World
Philippines Closes Schools as Heat Soars to ‘Danger’ Level
Scorching temperatures coincided with a nationwide strike of jeepneys, the main mode of public transport in the country.
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News
Beyoncé’s ‘Cowboy Carter’ Settles the Score With Haters — and With History
Beyoncé released a genre-bending country album, “Cowboy Carter,” last week. After listening to it in all the requisite settings —…
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Alice Randall Made Country History. Black Women Are Helping Tell Hers.
In “My Black Country,” the musician and author who cracked a Nashville color barrier is telling her story — and…
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Oct. 7 Shattered Netanyahu’s Legacy. The War Saved Him — for Now.
The moment Israel’s devastating war in the Gaza Strip ends, the unfinished conflict within Israel over its future will begin…
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Beyoncé’s Country Is America: Every Bit of It
On the bold, sprawling “Cowboy Carter,” the superstar plays fast and loose — and twangy — with genre.