People
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Opinion
Layoffs by Email Show What Employers Really Think of Their Workers
Google’s parent company, Alphabet, recently announced that it would lay off around 12,000 people, 6 percent of its work force.…
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News
New Zealand’s Largest City Grapples With Aftermath of Devastating Floods
At least two people were killed in the flooding in Auckland that forced hundreds of people from their homes and…
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Finance
Anthropic, an A.I. Start-Up, Is Said to Be Close to Adding $300 Million
Anthropic specializes in generative artificial intelligence, a hot investment in Silicon Valley. The new funding could value the company at…
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News
Alan Cumming Returns British Honor Over ‘Toxicity of Empire’
The Scottish actor Alan Cumming said that he returned his Order of the British Empire, or O.B.E., in protest of…
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Health
New Blood Donation Rules to Loosen Restrictions on Gay and Bisexual Men
The F.D.A. proposed a more individualized policy based on questions about sexual behavior and risks.
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News
The French Want to Remain the French
The Associated Press offends French sensibilities and retreats from a piece of descriptive advice.
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News
Asia Has Had a Really Cold Month, Courtesy of the Polar Vortex
Mohe, China’s northernmost city, recorded a temperature of minus 63.4 degrees Fahrenheit this week. That was the coldest in its…
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News
In China’s Crackdown on Protesters, a Familiar Effort to Blame Foreign Powers
The protests against “zero Covid” were a rare rebuke of Xi Jinping’s rule, and Beijing apparently seeks to deter those…
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News
Obamacare Sign-Ups Top 16 Million for 2023, Setting Another Record
Enrollment in plans through the Affordable Care Act’s marketplaces broke last year’s record, with particularly high growth in Florida, Texas…
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News
With Pierogies and Artillery Shells, Scranton Fights Back in Ukraine
SCRANTON, Pa. — On a Saturday night in a small cinder-block-walled kitchen attached to St. Vladimir’s Ukrainian Catholic Church, young…