When the New York Philharmonic moved to Lincoln Center in 1962, its new hall had no women’s dressing rooms. That’s because there were no women in …
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In Indonesia, an Earthquake, Landslides and Homes ‘Flat to the Earth’
Supartika was cooking lunch at home in a mountainous village famed for its rice, when without warning, she felt the earth beneath her convulse …
Continue readingChina Factory Fire Kills 38
A fire swept through a two-story factory in central China on Monday, killing 38 people in one of the most deadly fires in the country in recent …
Continue readingBeijing Is Tackling Its Air Pollution Problem. Why Can’t New Delhi?
A decade ago, the capitals of Asia’s two largest countries both had some of the dirtiest skies in the world. On the worst days, millions were …
Continue readingDutch Fans Stand by Their Team, if Not the World Cup
AMSTERDAM — In a normal World Cup year, bars, pubs and cafes in the Netherlands are decorated in orange well before the tournament and filled to …
Continue readingOutbreaks Test China’s Efforts to Limit the Cost of ‘Zero Covid’
Barely a week after no longer requiring residents to show a negative Covid test to use mass transit, the authorities in the northern Chinese city …
Continue readingEastern Europe Was the Crucible of Modern Football. Now It’s a Wasteland.
There is a theory that, other than Uruguay at the inaugural tournament in 1930, every World Cup winner has been in some way influenced by the …
Continue readingDoes Fusion Voting Offer Americans a Way Out of the Partisan Morass?
One of the great paradoxes of America’s polarized political system is that people seem to hate it, yet few can conceive of a way out. Every once …
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Rescuers searching for survivors in Cianjur, Indonesia.Credit…Rangga Firmansyah/Associated PressA deadly earthquake shakes Indonesia A …
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