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I carry one of the most useful lessons of childhood with me to this day: always take a book. That rule served me well in third grade, when I sneakily read The Baby-Sitters Club under my desk during math class.

Paco Rabanne, the Spanish-born designer, has died at the age of 88 in Portsall, Brittany.

Notre-Dame Cathedral’s spire will be back in place by the end of the year, but a full reopening following the devastating fire of 2019 will not happen before next year’s Paris Olympic Games. The reconstruction is still on track for

Kyiv presses criminal charges against Wagner group chief; EU-Ukraine summit begins  CNBC “Europe will still stand with you to win and rebuild” | DW News  DW News E.U. Leaders Meet With Zelensky in Ukraine: Live Updates  The New York Times Zelenskyy Meets Von

Families of victims of police brutality gathered this week in Memphis for the funeral of Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man who died three days after being beaten and pepper-sprayed by police at a traffic stop. A combination of body

Keerthana Gopalakrishnan once considered herself an effective altruist. As a college student in India, she immersed herself in the social movement, reading its canonical texts like Doing Good Better, listening to its podcasts, and devouring effective altruism (EA) blogs in

Ukraine is warning that a major Russian offensive is imminent – and that the next few months will be crucial in deciding the course of the war.

Pentagon tracking suspected Chinese spy balloon over the US  CNNView Full Coverage on Google News

Elon Musk is an expert at capturing people’s attention, and these days, the headlines are following Musk’s takeover of Twitter and the ensuing chaos as he tries to reshape the platform in the way he believes it should be run.

One month ago, he was leading the fifth-largest country in the world. These days, he is wandering around Florida supermarkets, eating fried chicken alone at fast-food restaurants, and holding court for supporters from the driveway of a modest home owned