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Magazine
I Reneged on the Terms of My Study-Abroad Grants. What Do I Owe My Home Country?
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on how to make amends after violating the conditions of a scholarship.
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Politics
My Brother’s Thanksgiving Lament
Thanksgiving began as a time of prayer. We could use some prayers right now, in a country inflamed with hate…
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World
Car Talk and Birthday Wishes Punctuate Biden’s ‘Trust but Verify’ Diplomacy
Despite simmering tensions, President Biden and President Xi Jinping exchanged the kind of pleasantries that adversarial leaders deploy when they…
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World
Icelandic Town Evacuated as Earthquakes Portend Volcanic Eruption
Officials said that “the likelihood of a volcanic eruption” in the near future was “considerable” in Grindavik, home to about…
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Jamaica Fears Brain Drain as Teachers Leave for U.S. Schools
Okeef Saunders loves his job teaching history to high school students in Jamaica’s capital. But he is getting ready to…
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Business
A Push for Tech Hubs in Overlooked Places Picks 31 to Vie for Money
A new federal program will be a test of whether spreading funds outside of big cities will result in economic…
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World
Israel Will Evacuate Towns Near Its Border With Lebanon as Tensions Escalate
As Israel prepares for a possible ground invasion of the Gaza Strip, tension is also flaring on its northern border…
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Arts
CMAT Makes Country Music Sad, Smart and Strange
In April 2020, a new force in Irish music announced herself with a song about love, loss and fried chicken.…
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Politics
I Wish ____ Would Run
We asked readers which other candidates they would like to see in the presidential race.
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Business
Lebanon Freezes Accounts of Former Central Bank Governor
The action comes days after a U.S.-led coalition accused Riad Salameh of decades of corruption to enrich himself at the…
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