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Disillusioned with grad school, Nigel Braun dropped out to film chemistry videos in his parents’ garage in Montreal. Then millions began viewing his whimsical and occasionally dangerous experiments. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/17/world/canada/nilered-youtube-nigel-braun.html Author : Vjosa Isai and Nasuna Stuart-Ulin Publish date : 2024-08-17 09:01:28 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

More than 300 have been processed in a prison in Ukraine, providing the country with a much-needed “exchange fund” for future swaps of prisoners of war. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/17/world/europe/ukraines-incursion-russian-conscripts.html Author : Andrew E. Kramer and David Guttenfelder Publish date : 2024-08-17 13:01:38 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

A 9-year-old Palestinian boy lost his mother, father and two siblings in an Israeli airstrike early in the Gaza war. Within months, he, too, was killed. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/17/world/middleeast/there-is-no-childhood-in-gaza.html Author : Raja Abdulrahim Publish date : 2024-08-17 09:13:50 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Gains among Black, Hispanic and young voters lift her into a tie across four swing states, new Times/Siena polls show. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/17/upshot/poll-harris-trump-sun-belt.html Author : Nate Cohn Publish date : 2024-08-17 11:33:49 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

The bridge’s destruction is a setback for Russian supply lines as Ukraine seeks to consolidate its territorial gains in the Kursk region of western Russia. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/17/world/europe/ukraine-russia-bridge.html Author : Constant Méheut Publish date : 2024-08-17 09:22:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Twenty-five years ago was a landmark time for cinema, with films that captured our collective hope and paranoia about the coming millennium. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/17/briefing/the-movies-of-1999.html Author : Alissa Wilkinson Publish date : 2024-08-17 10:15:08 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

The collapse of a steel mill project during the Great Depression preserved natural lands linked to First Nations people in Windsor, Ontario. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/17/world/canada/canada-windsor-national-park.html Author : Ian Austen Publish date : 2024-08-17 10:00:05 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Nemat Shafik was vilified on almost all sides for her handling of the protests over the Israel-Hamas war. When given an offramp, she took it. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/16/us/columbia-president-nemat-shafik.html Author : Alan Blinder, Stephanie Saul, Sharon Otterman and Mark Landler Publish date : 2024-08-16 20:22:24 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

It would be one of the deadliest attacks in the country since Israel began fighting its war in Gaza. Negotiators have been pushing to reach a cease-fire in that war, hoping to avert a wider conflagration. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/17/world/middleeast/lebanon-israel-hezbollah-strike-cease-fire.html Author : Victoria Kim and Euan Ward Publish date : 2024-08-17 08:44:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

In her first major policy speech, the vice president argued that her Republican opponent was too focused on the past, painting herself as someone who would protect the middle class for generations. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/16/us/politics/kamala-harris-raleigh-nc-economy.html Author : Erica L. Green, Jim Tankersley and Nicholas Nehamas Publish date : 2024-08-16 22:08:47 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Both candidates embrace expansions of government power to steer economic outcomes — but in vastly different areas. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/16/business/economy/harris-trump-economy-inflation.html Author : Jim Tankersley Publish date : 2024-08-16 22:13:17 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

The powerful storm is expected to bring heavy rain, strong winds and the threat of floods and landslides to eastern Japan, including Tokyo, on Friday. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/15/world/asia/typhoon-ampil-japan.html Author : John Yoon Publish date : 2024-08-15 10:43:50 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

New Jersey’s attorney general is investigating the killing of Victoria G. Lee, whose family has said the police escalated a nonthreatening episode. The police said Ms. Lee had a knife. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/16/nyregion/fort-lee-shooting-victoria-lee.html Author : Shayla Colon Publish date : 2024-08-17 03:37:30 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

There were no immediate reports of major damage, but the island’s fire department warned of the risk of landslides in mountainous areas. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/15/world/asia/taiwan-earthquake.html Author : John Yoon Publish date : 2024-08-15 12:57:24 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Washington says it would defend the South against North Korea with nuclear arms, if need be. But more and more people in the South think it should rely on itself. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/17/world/asia/south-korea-nuclear-arsenal.html Author : Choe Sang-Hun Publish date : 2024-08-17 04:01:16 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

The militant group has vowed to retaliate against Israel for the assassination of a commander. But if that leads to an all-out war, Lebanon may turn against it. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/16/world/middleeast/hezbollah-lebanon-israel.html Author : Maria Abi-Habib and Hwaida Saad Publish date : 2024-08-16 08:50:28 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Specimens of what appear to be the largest eurypterid species found in Australia could shed light on the sudden extinction of the massive arthropods. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/16/science/giant-sea-scorpions-australia.html Author : Rebecca Dzombak Publish date : 2024-08-17 02:30:10 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Kenya has strict rules about displaying the flag. But some people have been wearing and waving them, and draping them on coffins, as a symbol of resistance. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/16/world/africa/kenya-protests-flag-ruto.html Author : Abdi Latif Dahir Publish date : 2024-08-16 09:02:07 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

The planned service from Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery was slated to cost $42.99 a month and aimed at fans who had abandoned cable TV. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/16/business/media/fox-disney-warner-sports-streaming.html Author : Benjamin Mullin Publish date : 2024-08-16 22:14:39 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

The Paris prosecutor’s office said that the diplomat had been struck in the face with the butt of a pistol. The robbery took place in Paris’s affluent 7th arrondissement. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/16/world/europe/new-zealand-robbery-paris.html Author : Eve Sampson and Ségolène Le Stradic Publish date : 2024-08-16 19:57:14 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

New advances in screening, prevention and treatment of TB make tremendous progress possible — if we tap them. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/16/opinion/tuberculosis-infectious-disease-prevention.html Author : Atul Gawande Publish date : 2024-08-16 23:00:44 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Secretary General António Guterres’s public comments came just before Gazan health authorities announced the first case of the disease in the enclave in many years. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/16/world/middleeast/gaza-polio-crisis.html Author : Farnaz Fassihi and Ephrat Livni Publish date : 2024-08-16 21:52:58 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

The order came in response to a Biden administration challenge to Republican-led efforts to block federal rules prohibiting discrimination against transgender people in schools. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/16/us/politics/supreme-court-transgender-discrimination-schools.html Author : Abbie VanSickle and Michael D. Shear Publish date : 2024-08-16 23:05:28 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Top officials from the U.S., Israel, Egypt and Qatar ended two days of talks in Doha aimed at trying to resolve remaining disagreements between Israel and Hamas. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/16/world/middleeast/cease-fire-talks-doha-israel-hamas.html Author : Ronen Bergman, Julian E. Barnes, Farnaz Fassihi, Aaron Boxerman and Adam Rasgon Publish date : 2024-08-16 22:30:10 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

The former president said Thursday the reason was because those given the nation’s highest military award are “either in very bad shape because they’ve been hit so many times by bullets, or they’re dead.” Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/16/us/politics/trump-civilian-award-military-honor.html Author : Michael Gold Publish date : 2024-08-16 21:48:23 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.