World Bank President Ajay Banga Addresses Climate Change
Post Date: Friday - December 8, 2023 - 5:04am
Ajay Banga, who took over the top job in June, has prioritized global warming issues in his first months on the job....
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Politicians Used to Feel Shame Over Their Scandals. Not Anymore.
Post Date: Friday - December 8, 2023 - 5:04am
Are sex, money and hypocrisy enough to end a political career these days?...
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Campus Antisemitism, Free Speech and Double Standards
Post Date: Friday - December 8, 2023 - 5:03am
Colleges have discovered the virtues of free speech only now, when the speech in question hurts Jews....
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Zombie TV Has Come for Cable
Post Date: Friday - December 8, 2023 - 5:03am
Many of the most popular channels have largely ditched original dramas and comedies, morphing into vessels for endless reruns....
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Americans More Upbeat About Future Social Security Benefits
Post Date: Friday - December 8, 2023 - 4:00am
Half of U.S. nonretirees expect the Social Security system will pay them benefits when they retire, up from 45% in 2015 and 36% in 2010....
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From the Kremlin to the Kitchen: Russian Life in 6 Charts
Post Date: Friday - December 8, 2023 - 2:00am
Gallup takes stock of public opinion in Russia in 2023, outlining six key insights that offer a glimpse into life for those on the other side of the conflict in Ukraine....
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White House Disavows U.S. Islamic Group After Leader’s Oct. 7 Remarks
Post Date: Friday - December 8, 2023 - 1:29am
The director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations said in a speech that he was “was happy to see” Palestinians break out of Gaza on the day Hamas attacked Israel....
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China’s Electric Car Factories Are Facing a Worker Shortage
Post Date: Friday - December 8, 2023 - 12:01am
China misjudged the rapid expansion of its electric vehicle sector, leaving a shortfall of skilled technicians as young people shun manufacturing careers....
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The Glory of Designs by Women (It’s About Time)
Post Date: Thursday - December 7, 2023 - 11:38pm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute reimagines the record of fashion, celebrating designers known but also those long, and wrongly, forgotten....
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Man Who Killed 3 U.N.L.V. Faculty Members Had Pursued College Jobs, Officials Say
Post Date: Thursday - December 7, 2023 - 10:38pm
The 67-year-old gunman taught at East Carolina University for nearly 16 years and had a target list of faculty members there and at U.N.LV., the police said....
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Universities Face Congressional Inquiry and Angry Donors Over Handling of Antisemitism
Post Date: Thursday - December 7, 2023 - 10:23pm
Congress has opened an investigation into Harvard, M.I.T. and University of Pennsylvania, a $100 million gift was withdrawn, and demands have grown for the universities’ presidents to resign....
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Hunter Biden Charged With Evading Taxes on Millions From Foreign Firms
Post Date: Thursday - December 7, 2023 - 10:21pm
The Justice Department charged President Biden’s son after a long-running and wide-ranging investigation with substantial political repercussions....
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At a Hanukkah Rally in New York, Prayers, Candles and Calls for Cease-Fire
Post Date: Thursday - December 7, 2023 - 10:09pm
On the first night of Hanukkah, which comes two months into the Israel-Hamas war, demonstrators mourned the Israelis and Palestinians who had been killed....
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Biden Tied Ukraine Aid to Border Security, and It Backfired on Him
Post Date: Thursday - December 7, 2023 - 8:44pm
President Biden faces difficult choices about how far to go in giving in to conservative demands that he choke off the number of migrants admitted to the United States....
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Chris Christie, Fresh Off Feisty Debate, Courts Voters in New Hampshire
Post Date: Thursday - December 7, 2023 - 8:21pm
Mr. Christie rejoined the campaign trail, energized by a debate performance in which he seized the spotlight with attacks on Mr. Trump and his rivals....
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