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‘This is America’s fight’: Europe largely stays out of the fray on Pelosi’s trip.

BRUSSELS — Europe is increasingly wary about China’s human rights abuses in Xinjiang, crackdown in Hong Kong, widespread censorship and…

A ‘Reversible’ Form of Death? Scientists Revive Cells in Dead Pigs’ Organs.

The pigs had been lying dead in the lab for an hour — no blood was circulating in their bodies,…

What Californians Need to Know About Monkeypox

A long line for the monkeypox vaccine at San Francisco General Hospital last month.Credit...Jim Wilson/The New York TimesCalifornia this week…

‘Mothercare’ Takes a Hard Look at What Happens When Duty Outlives Love

MOTHERCAREOn Obligation, Love, Death, and AmbivalenceBy Lynne TillmanIllustrated. 161 pages. Soft Skull. $23. Care work — tending to the sick…

Read Your Way Through Cairo

Credit...Raphaelle MacaronThis story is part of a new series exploring the world through books. We’ve asked some of our favorite…

When White People Become People of Color

THE LAST WHITE MAN, by Mohsin Hamid The opening sentence of “The Last White Man,” the latest novel by the…

‘Cazando el agua’: una cruel sequía afecta a México

México, o gran parte de él, se está quedando sin agua. Una sequía extrema ha hecho que las llaves de…

Pelosi’s widely watched flight to Taipei took a circuitous route. Here’s why.

Nancy Pelosi’s plane departing Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, for Taipei on Tuesday evening was one of the most closely tracked flights…

Taiwan and Ukraine: Two crises, 5,000 miles apart, are linked in complex ways.

Hours before Russia began its invasion of Ukraine in late February, the Chinese Foreign Ministry issued a statement that was…

Pelosi cites ‘America’s determination to preserve democracy.’

After weeks of silence ahead of a high-stakes visit to Taiwan, Speaker Nancy Pelosi was anything but understated on Wednesday…

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