New York City commits to involuntary commitment

Walk down the passage connecting the subway on 34th Street-Herald Square to a commuter line bound for New Jersey and you will...

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Florida comes to Washington, DC

THE START of Donald Trump’s second term has been dizzying. But to Republicans in Tallahassee, a southern capital city draped ...

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Catch up:Musk’s deadline for federal workers delayed; Bank of England cuts rates

A judge delayed the deadline for American federal workers to respond to a buyout offer from Thursday to at least Monday. The ...

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Catch up:Trump claims America will control Gaza; Bank of England cuts rates

Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social, his social-media site, that Israel would hand Gaza to America after the war, days after f...

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France’s bitter retreat from west Africa

For nearly a decade the French embassy in Bamako, the capital of Mali, was the political nerve centre of a counter-terrorism ...

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Performing in a cinema near you:Bob Dylan and Maria Callas

Everyone knows a genius when they see one. At least they do in biopics. In “A Complete Unknown”, a young Bob Dylan rocks up a...

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Corporate America’s diversity wars are just getting started

“I am a woman of colour. I am a mom. I am a cis-gender millennial who has been diagnosed with generalised anxiety disorder. I...

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Donald Trump’s new trade war with China is also an opioid war

More than six years after Donald Trump, then in his first term as America’s president, mounted a trade war against China, the...

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America’s scheme for Gaza contains much to regret

DONALD TRUMP’S first two weeks in the Oval Office have featured plenty of jaw-dropping moments. Even so, his proposal of an A...

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An encounter with the reception desk

Good morning, Madam. Welcome to Frostings. How may I help you? Good morning! I’m here for a meeting with Victor Rumbaba. Is h...

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