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@tnewstimes · 1 year ago

Mourning Technoblade: Fans Grieve a Minecraft Star They Never Met

Late last month, more than 10.4 million subscribers to a YouTube channel received a notification that usually brought good news: Technoblade, an expert Minecraft player, had posted a new video. For f...

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@tnewstimes · 1 year ago

What Baby Boomers Want (Options!), Senior Housing Delivers

The pandemic crushed the senior housing market, cutting occupancy rates and stalling construction. Now, as the market begins an uneven rebound, developers are adapting to the coming wave of aging baby...

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@tnewstimes · 1 year ago

Outbreaks in China prompt lockdowns and fears of more economic woes

More than a dozen Chinese cities are grappling with a spate of Covid-19 outbreaks driven by Omicron subvariants, prompting widespread lockdowns and mass quarantines of millions of people that could wo...

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@tnewstimes · 1 year ago

Bolsonaro Gathers Foreign Diplomats to Cast Doubt on Brazil’s Elections

BRASÍLIA — President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil called dozens of foreign diplomats to the presidential palace on Monday to tell them that he believed the country’s voting systems could be rigged, a pote...

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@tnewstimes · 1 year ago

Plans to Fight Global Warming Face an Obstacle in Paris: Trees

PARIS — Long a favorite spot for picnics and sunbathing, the lawns surrounding the Eiffel Tower have recently become the scene of furious protests. First came a social media campaign. Then a rally by...

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@tnewstimes · 1 year ago

Sharing Stories, and a View, Aboard the California Zephyr

I woke up around 5 a.m. to a low but incessant rumbling. Faint hints of daylight had appeared over my fellow passengers’ heads, most of which were still bent in rest. Some people yawned; others stared...

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@tnewstimes · 1 year ago

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce leads a Jamaican sweep of the 100-meter race

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica raised her right hand with her index finger pointed high as she crossed the finish line at Hayward Field for her fifth world championship in the 100-meter dash. With...

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@tnewstimes · 1 year ago

Jamaica’s women have taken over sprints. It’s another story for the men

As Usain Bolt, Yohan Blake and Warren Weir posed for photos with the Jamaican flag draped around their backs after a sweep of the 200-meter final at the 2012 Olympics, Jamaica’s dominance in men’s spr...

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@tnewstimes · 1 year ago

Ukrainian Plane Carrying Serbian Munitions Bound for Bangladesh Crashes in Greece

ATHENS — A Ukrainian cargo plane carrying 11.5 tons of Serbian-made weapons destined for Bangladesh crashed in northern Greece late Saturday, killing eight Ukrainian crew members and setting off a spr...

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@tnewstimes · 1 year ago

Lily Safra, Star-Crossed Socialite and Philanthropist, Dies at 87

Lily Watkins was born on Dec. 20, 1934, in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Her father, Wolf Watkins, was a British engineer who had moved to Latin America in search of business opportunities and found them whil...

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@tnewstimes · 1 year ago

Biden Meets With Arab Leaders Amid Doubts About U.S. Commitment to Region

BEIRUT, Lebanon — President Biden will meet in Saudi Arabia on Saturday with leaders from the United States’ closest partners in the Arab world to discuss working together to contain Iran and bring st...

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@tnewstimes · 1 year ago

Largest Study to Date Shows How Covid Vaccines Impacts Periods

Nearly half of the participants of a recent study who were menstruating regularly at the time of the survey reported heavier bleeding during their periods after receiving the Covid-19 vaccine. Others...

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@tnewstimes · 1 year ago

Sables and Minks and Chinchillas Galore: Ivana Trump’s Opulent Style

“Ivana Trump’s look wasn’t for everyone,” the designer Dennis Basso said Thursday afternoon, a few hours after Ms. Trump’s death was announced by former President Donald J. Trump, her ex-husband, in a...

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@tnewstimes · 1 year ago

Baseball’s Efforts in China May Show Up at the Draft

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — None of the hundred or so fans at a recent Ban Johnson summer collegiate league game here felt compelled to leap from their lawn chairs to applaud when a batter, known just by the n...

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@tnewstimes · 1 year ago

As Israelis praise Biden, some Palestinians protest over his visit

Palestinians protested on Friday over President Biden during his meetings with Palestinian health workers and officials, amid widespread frustration with U.S. support for Israel and the Biden administ...

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@tnewstimes · 1 year ago

Texas Sues Biden Administration Over Access to Emergency Medical Abortions

HOUSTON — Days after President Biden moved to ensure some abortion access in states with bans in place, Attorney General Ken Paxton of Texas on Thursday filed suit challenging the federal guidance tha...

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@tnewstimes · 1 year ago

Biden calls for a ‘lasting negotiated peace’ between Israel and the Palestinians https://tnewstimes.com/2022/07/14/world/biden-calls-for-a-lasting-negotiated-peace-between-israel-and-the-palestinians...

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@tnewstimes · 1 year ago

Biden calls for a ‘lasting negotiated peace’ between Israel and the Palestinians https://tnewstimes.com/2022/07/14/world/biden-calls-for-a-lasting-negotiated-peace-between-israel-and-the-palestinians...

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@tnewstimes · 1 year ago

Gates Foundation Adds $20 Billion to Its Coffers

When the news emerged last year that Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates were divorcing, the question of whether their foundation would lose ready access to its founders’ substantial resources quickly...

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