For months, the Strand bookstore in downtown Manhattan, from its fiction stacks to its cookbook section to its rare books, has been nearly deserted. But…
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Sweden, U.S. Election, French Open: Your Friday Briefing
Within the clichés were grains of truth. A few of them: The smile: “Stop smiling,” Emily’s boss, Sylvie, commands. “People will think you are stupid.”…
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Coronavirus Briefing: What Happened Today
A closer look at the treatment Trump praises as ‘a cure’ President Trump has lauded the experimental treatment he received for his coronavirus infection, releasing…
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Coronavirus Briefing: What Happened Today
Cases are surging in America’s breadbasket After savaging the Northeast in the spring and the South and the West this summer, the virus is now…
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Coronavirus Briefing: What Happened Today
Almost one million dead In just 10 months, the coronavirus has killed nearly one million people around the world. At least 3,000 new deaths have…
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Coronavirus Briefing: What Happened Today
Who should get vaccines first? What would happen if coronavirus vaccines were distributed based on population, instead of going to the richest countries first? According…
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Trump Led From Briefing Room After Shooting Outside White House
President Trump was abruptly pulled out of the White House briefing room in midsentence during a televised news conference on Monday after what was reported…
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Your Friday Briefing – The New York Times
U.S. stocks plunge, shaking global markets Australian markets dropped and Asian markets appeared set to follow after the U.S. stock market ended an improbable three-month…
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China’s Workers, Boris Johnson, SpaceX Launch: Your Wednesday Briefing
(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good morning. We’re covering China’s young workers struggling in a post-virus economy, public opinion turning…
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Coronavirus, Russia, Dominic Cummings: Your Tuesday Briefing
(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good morning. We’re covering an unkept promise to Russian medical workers, the furor over a…
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