World
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The Case for Longtermism
Imagine living the life of every human being who has ever existed — in order of birth. Your first life…
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I’m Taiwanese and I Want to Thank Nancy Pelosi
TAIPEI, Taiwan — As a Taiwanese, I’m sometimes asked what it’s like living in “the most dangerous place on earth.”…
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They Were Sure Their High School Was Making Them Sick. Experts Disagreed.
Al Lupiano, his wife and his sister all had brain tumors. It started in 1999 when Mr. Lupiano, then 27,…
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How Changing One Law Could Protect Kids From Social Media
Parenthood has always been fraught with worry and guilt, but parents in the age of social media have increasingly confronted…
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Gender Is Complicated for All of Us. Let’s Talk About It.
Produced by ‘The Ezra Klein Show’ It’s hard to think of anything changing more quickly in our society right now…
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U.S. Seeks to Reassure Asian Allies as China’s Military Grows Bolder
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Just a few hours after five Chinese missiles blasted into Japanese waters near Taiwan, the foreign…
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As Missiles Fall, Generations Split on Taiwan’s Relationship With China
KINMEN COUNTY, Taiwan — The San Jiao Fort cafe on Kinmen Island may well be the best place in Taiwan…
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Welcome to Soccer’s Strangest Season
Gian Piero Ventrone surveyed his handiwork with just the hint of a smile. A few minutes earlier, Ventrone, Tottenham Hotspur’s…
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‘Captain Condom’ Turned the Tide in Thailand’s War on AIDS and Overpopulation
BANGKOK — Mechai Viravaidya twice saw Thailand in desperate trouble — first from a ruinous population explosion and then from…
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In ‘A League of Their Own,’ Abbi Jacobson Makes the Team
Abbi Jacobson really can play baseball, she insisted. Just not when the cameras are rolling. “I fully get the yips…