Good luck with that, says Olivier Sibony, who studies decision-making at HEC Paris, a business school. A distinguishing ...

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A FTER WEEKS of nebulous ceasefire talks at the urging of a semi-engaged President Donald Trump, the war between Russia and ...

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Washington, DC is a city of symbols. Its monuments, museums, and ceremonial buildings speak of permanence and power. But for many, it’s also home. Now, as Donald Trump reshapes the federal city from ...

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But sending in the National Guard without a governor’s consent is extremely rare. The most recent comparable example comes ...

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Rio de Janeiro’s favela of Rocinha sees makeshift dwellings spiral down the mountain, all but crashing into the turquoise ...

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E VER SINCE the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered by Bedouin shepherds in the 1940s, debate has raged over their exact age.