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Here Are the Members of Congress Giving Up Their Seats, Setting Up a 2024 Fight
More than three dozen members of Congress have already said they are planning to leave their seats, setting the stage for major turnover in the 2024 election. Few of the departures that have been announced are expected to alter the balance of power in the closely divided House, where the vast majority of seats are …
Battle for Influence Rages in Heart of Wagner’s Operations in Africa
In palmier times, the leader of the Wagner group, Yevgeny V. Prigozhin, appeared at a Russian cultural center in the capital of the Central African Republic, sitting with schoolchildren and promising them free laptops. But Mr. Prigozhin’s death in August has rattled the mercenary group’s once-cozy relations with the Central African Republic, which is now …
Can Taiwan Continue to Fight Off Chinese Disinformation?
Suspicious videos that began circulating in Taiwan this month seemed to show the country’s leader advertising cryptocurrency investments. President Tsai Ing-wen, who has repeatedly risked Beijing’s ire by asserting her island’s autonomy, appeared to claim in the clips that the government helped develop investment software for digital currencies, using a term that is common in …
U.S. Navy Rescues Central Park From Pirate Attack in Gulf of Aden
The U.S. Navy intervened to stop the hijacking of a commercial cargo ship by pirates in the Gulf of Aden near Somalia on Sunday, according to American defense officials. Sailors from the U.S.S. Mason, a Navy destroyer, captured the attackers who had boarded the Central Park, a chemical tanker, a senior defense official said. Zodiac …
Here’s What We Know About the Israeli Hostages Released on Sunday
Dafna and Ella were at home with their father, Noam Elyakim; his partner, Dikla Arava; and her son, Tomer, in Kibbutz Nahal Oz during the Oct. 7 attack. In the early hours of the attack, photos surfaced on the Telegram messaging platform of the two girls sitting on mattresses in a location unfamiliar to their …
Can Instagrammable Office Design Lure Young Workers Back?
Inside the “blueberry muffin” conference room, the walls are, naturally, painted blue. Not just any blue — it’s the calming color you might find a baby’s bedroom, what the paint can refers to as “sea to shining sea.” Anchoring the room is a table, red and oblong, adorned with fake succulents in purple pots. Nearby …
3 Takeaways From the Investigation Into Trump’s Pardon of Jonathan Braun
Two days after Donald J. Trump left the White House, The New York Times published a story about how one of his last acts as president had been to commute the 10-year sentence of Jonathan Braun, a marijuana smuggler who had ongoing legal problems and a reputation for making violent threats. In his final weeks …
Biden to Skip U.N. Climate Summit, White House Says
President Biden will not attend a major United Nations climate summit that begins Thursday in Dubai, skipping an event expected to be attended by King Charles III, Pope Francis and leaders from nearly 200 countries, a White House official said Sunday. The official, who asked to remain anonymous to discuss the president’s schedule, did not …
What’s Your Dream Office Setup?
Over the years, office layouts have changed from cubicle-heavy to open floor plans. Now, amid return-to-office efforts, office design is once again undergoing a shift. We toured freshly redesigned workplaces in New York and interviewed employees, company executives, scholars and designers to understand what the new prevailing corporate aesthetic says about how we view work …