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In the Bahamas, a Lingering Sympathy for Sam Bankman-Fried
As the self-appointed standard-bearer for the crypto industry at large, Mr. Bankman-Fried was working to diversify the economy of an island that has long looked to expand beyond…
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With ‘Zero Covid,’ China Proved It’s Good at Control. Governance Is Harder.
A widely circulated WeChat article speculated that the shortage of fever medications reflected the government’s lack of preparation for loosening control. And if the government…
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The Week in Business: Who Comes After Elon Musk?
What’s Up? (Dec. 18-24)Vox Populi, Vox MuskElon Musk said that he would resign as Twitter’s chief executive once he found a successor “foolish enough to take the job.” Last…
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How to Travel the World While Putting Nature First
The report recommends reconnecting people to nature. How?Some hotels in the tropics are connecting the consumer with the nature around them — often, even food will be sourced…
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Germany’s Energy Crisis Is a Cue to Chop Wood and Stock Up
Tightly stacked cords of wood line the side of a couple’s home in southern Germany, while another family farther north has lined their basement with shelves stacked with pasta,…
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Betting Apps Can Make Anyone a Sports Fan. Even Me.
“You set aside money,” said Dr. Marc Potenza, a psychiatry professor at Yale and director of the university’s division on addictions research. “Some people, when they win that…
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Don Christopher, Who Turned Lowly Garlic Into a Staple, Dies at 88
Mr. Christopher and his friends thought they would draw a few thousand people to the festival; instead, more than 15,000 came. Within a few years it was attracting more than…
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Reasons for Optimism in 2023
As 2022 comes to an end amid stubborn inflation, a “tripledemic,” a climate crisis and a brutal war with no end in sight, it can be difficult to remember that good things…
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Britain’s Soaring Energy Costs Strain Crisis Responders
The day after an arctic blast of air hit Britain, plunging temperatures below freezing and blanketing the country in frost, a 72-year-old man finally got through to the advice…
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She Worked for Twitter. Then She Tweeted at Elon Musk.
Early in November, Twitter’s roughly 7,500 employees received a terse email from a generic address: “In an effort to place Twitter on a healthy path, we will go through the…
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