Syrians Mourn All They Have Lost, Even as They Celebrate
Thoughts of loved ones dead or missing complicate joyous relief at the prospect of Bashar al-Assadâs losing power.
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Thoughts of loved ones dead or missing complicate joyous relief at the prospect of Bashar al-Assadâs losing power.
A confidential Navy program is studying whether intense fighter jet operations can cause devastating brain injuries in flight crews.
Back out on the road, and after working through his extreme grief, the longtime rocker is connecting with more fans than ever.
One December morning, a millennial critic awoke to discover that she had been begrudgingly charmed by an onslaught of Hallmark and Netflix holiday films.
Victims of abuse are seeking more than $1.2 billion in damages, arguing that the company abandoned a 2021 system it developed to find abusive material.
With the fall of President Bashar al-Assad of Syria, Vladimir V. Putin has suffered one of the biggest geopolitical setbacks of his quarter-century in power.
President Bashar al-Assad had kept opposition forces at bay for a decade with help from Russia and Iran. But rebels struck at a moment of weakness for those countries.
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A weeklong celebration of cookies takes months of planning and baking, not to mention various photo and video shoots.
Michael Kimmelman, the architecture critic for The New York Times, visited the Paris landmark last summer amid the restoration.
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater returns for its annual December season with an enigmatic premiere by Jamar Roberts and the revival of âGrace.â
A reader asks whether she needs to let her new colleagues, most of whom work remotely, know that she is undergoing chemotherapy treatments.