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Laurence Russell

How 'Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley' Hit Its Anti-Authoritarian Stride

The title character of 'Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley' scares cops and destroys park signs in the latest game adaptation of Tove Jansson’s creation.

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Gisela Williams

A Beloved Copenhagen Cafe Gets Serious About Dinner

The chef Frederik Bille Brahe has transformed the Apollo Bar & Kantine into his version of a fine dining restaurant, and celebrated with a meal for his family and collaborators.

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Kenneth Chang

NASA Seeks ‘Hail Mary’ for Mars Sample Return Mission

The agency will seek new ideas for its Mars Sample Return program, expected to be billions of dollars over budget and years behind schedule.

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Matthew Goldstein

Lawmakers Question Bank of America About Leon Black’s Payments to Epstein

A Senate committee sent a letter asking the bank whether it had adequately followed procedures before clearing $158 million in payments.

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Derrick Bryson Taylor and Maya Tekeli

Copenhagen’s Old Stock Exchange Building Partly Collapses in Fire

The 17th-century building, one of the city’s best-known structures, was once the financial center of Denmark.

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Paul Mozur and David E. Sanger

Microsoft Makes High-Stakes Play in Tech Cold War With Emirati A.I. Deal

Microsoft said it would invest $1.5 billion in G42, an Emirati company with ties to China, as Washington and Beijing maneuver to secure tech influence in the Gulf.

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Michael Barbaro, Cade Metz, Stella Tan, Michael Simon Johnson, Mooj Zadie, Rikki Novetsky, Marc Georges, Liz O. Baylen, Diane Wong, Dan Powell, Pat McCusker and Chris Wood

A.I.’s Original Sin

A Times investigation found that tech giants altered their own rules to train their newest artificial intelligence systems.

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Ashley Wu

The Popularity of Marathons

Participation is up — as are finish times.

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Jamelle Bouie

The Smothering of Abortion Rights Reveals Something Else About Republicans

Both the federal and the Arizona Supreme Courts have conjured a past that rejects the right to bodily autonomy.

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Mark Horvath, Adam Westbrook and Lindsay Crouse

Being Homeless Is Not a Crime

Hundreds of thousands of people are homeless. This filmmaker wants you to see them.

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Katherine Miller

Donald Trump Is His Own Chaos Whisperer

At rallies, he does alt-universe loops in which he suggests that if the election hadn’t been taken from him, nothing bad would have befallen the world.

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Charlie Savage

Secret Rift Over Data Center Fueled Push to Expand FISA Surveillance Program

Privacy advocates are raising alarms about a mysterious provision the House added to a surveillance bill last week. The Senate is likely to vote on the bill later this week.

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Craig Marks

Taylor Swift and Beyoncé Avoided a Collision on the Charts. (Again.)

Pop’s two reigning queens are often cast as rivals, but they have continually supported each other — and spaced out their album releases.

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Melissa Eddy

Why Germany Can’t Break Up With China

China remains one of the most important markets for Germany’s export-driven economy, prompting a three-day visit by the German chancellor, who has stressed the importance of open markets.

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Alan Rappeport

IMF Sees Steady Growth but Warns of Rising Protectionism

The International Monetary Fund offered an upbeat economic outlook but said that new trade barriers and escalating wars could worsen inflation.

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Rebecca Davis O’Brien

Trump, Trailing Biden in Cash, Relies on Big Donors to Try to Catch Up

Major Republican donors have begun to open their checkbooks for Donald Trump now that he is the presumptive nominee, as he struggles to keep pace with President Biden.

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Chris Hamby

U.S. to Limit Deadly Mining Dust as Black Lung Resurges

Federal regulation capping toxic airborne silica has been decades in the making. The delay has cost miners dearly.

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Joe Sexton

Farewell, and Thanks, to a Man Who Kept Kids Safe

When they lost their beloved crossing guard, the students at Avenues of the World School — Spider-Man, Wilder, Miss Seattle and the rest — paid tribute in cocoa and chalk.

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Emily Anthes and Chang W. Lee

In Australia, ‘Cats Are Just Catastrophic’

Feral cats take a heavy toll on the world’s wildlife, especially Down Under. The solution? Smarter traps, sharpshooters, survival camp for prey species, and the “Felixer.”

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Marc Santora

Ukraine’s Big Vulnerabilities: Ammunition, Soldiers and Air Defense

The shortages add up to a dire situation for Ukraine in the third year of the war, presenting commanders with near impossible choices on how to deploy limited resources.

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