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How to Choose the Nobel Laureate: Tap a Literature Professor

About five years ago, Ankhi Mukherjee, a professor of world literature at Oxford University, received a letter asking whether she…

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Workers Exposed to Extreme Heat Have Few Protections

Tens of millions of Americans are struggling to cope with soaring temperatures. OSHA is developing new workplace safety standards, but…

News

Gun Deaths Rising Sharply Among Children, Study Finds

Firearm injuries are a leading cause of death among young children and teenagers in the United States.

World

TikTok Shuts Shopping Feature in Indonesia Following Ban

TikTok’s retail ambitions have confronted an obstacle in its second-largest market, which views the app as a threat to local…

World

Move Over, Machu Picchu: There’s More to See in Peru

In recent years, Peru has engaged in a grass-roots effort to elevate Huchuy Qosqo, Waqrapukara and other archaeological sites that…

Finance

Diesel Prices Could Keep Inflation High

The cost of the fuel has been rising in recent weeks and could spike this winter because of supply problems,…

World

With Iranian Girl in Coma, Suspicion Falls on Government

Exactly what happened to 16-year-old Armita Geravand is unclear, but the circumstances have fueled accusations that Iran’s morality police must…

World

A Wartime Election in Ukraine? It’s a Political Hot Potato.

In normal circumstances, President Volodymyr Zelensky would be running for re-election next spring. Analysts say an election is unlikely, but…

World

From a Capitol Hill Basement, Bannon Stokes the Republican Party Meltdown

The former Trump adviser has helped create the spectacle of G.O.P. dysfunction, using it to build his own following and…

World

Haiti, Desperate for Peace, Turns to Police Notorious for Violence

Police officers from Kenya are being dispatched to bring order to gang-ravaged Haiti, but in their own home country, they…

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