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Icebreakers are corny, corporate get-to-know-you exercises. But there’s something thrilling in dispensing with small talk. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/briefing/breaking-through.html Author : Melissa Kirsch Publish date : 2025-03-29 10:35:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

In a censored nation that runs on rumor and omens, people in Myanmar wonder whether the latest disaster might be a portent of regime change. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/world/asia/myanmar-quake-junta.html Author : Hannah Beech Publish date : 2025-03-29 08:55:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

President Trump has turned a central precept of American diplomacy on its head, embracing fellow leaders who abandon democratic principles. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/world/europe/trump-authoritarians-inspiration.html Author : Michael D. Shear Publish date : 2025-03-29 04:01:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

More than 20 inches of rain — about a half-year’s worth — fell in some areas near the border on Thursday and Friday. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/us/texas-flooding-deaths.html Author : Hank Sanders and Annie Correal Publish date : 2025-03-29 04:15:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Myanmar’s military government said more than 1,600 people were injured. The 7.7-magnitude earthquake on Friday near Mandalay was felt in parts of Southeast Asia. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03/29/world/earthquake-myanmar-thailand Author : The New York Times Publish date : 2025-03-29 05:29:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

For now, President Trump’s 200 percent tariff on wine remains just a threat. But jittery American wine importers have already hit pause on orders from Tuscany. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/world/europe/italy-wine-trump-tariff-threat.html Author : Emma Bubola Publish date : 2025-03-29 04:01:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

The trip was both a reconnaissance mission and a passive-aggressive reminder of President Trump’s determination to fulfill his territorial ambitions, no matter the obstacles. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/us/politics/greenland-jd-vance-usha.html Author : David E. Sanger Publish date : 2025-03-29 01:34:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Voters in two heavily Republican House districts in Florida will decide who to send to Congress. See which party is ahead in turnout so far. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/us/elections/florida-house-special-election-turnout.html Author : Ilana Marcus, Christine Zhang and Alex Lemonides Publish date : 2025-03-29 01:11:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Brianna Stern of Los Angeles accused Andrew Tate of beating and choking her while they were in a relationship, according to a complaint. Mr. Tate, through his lawyers, denied her allegations. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/world/europe/andrew-tate-sexual-assault-lawsuit.html Author : Isabella Kwai and Neil Vigdor Publish date : 2025-03-28 23:43:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

The president complained in an executive order that the Smithsonian had advanced “narratives that portray American and Western values as inherently harmful and oppressive.” Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/arts/design/trump-smithsonian-institution-eo.html Author : Zachary Small and Jennifer Schuessler Publish date : 2025-03-28 22:52:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Ranchers claim livestock has been sickened by toxic chemicals in fertilizer made from sewage. Now Synagro, a Goldman Sachs-backed firm, has lost a deal to make sludge fertilizer there. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/climate/sewage-sludge-fertilizer-pfas-synagro-forever-chemicals.html Author : Hiroko Tabuchi Publish date : 2025-03-28 21:10:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

The S&P 500 index dropped 2 percent as investors weighed hotter-than-expected inflation data and braced for President Trump’s next round of tariffs. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/business/stock-market-inflation-consumer-sentiment.html Author : Danielle Kaye Publish date : 2025-03-28 20:11:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Earthquake-stricken Myanmar faces a humanitarian crisis. Political complexities are likely to hamper international aid delivery, leaving vulnerable people at risk. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/world/asia/myanmar-earthquake-aid.html Author : Jenny Gross Publish date : 2025-03-28 18:37:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

The search in dense, muddy swampland came after the U.S. Army vehicle disappeared in a waterlogged area on Tuesday. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/world/europe/missing-american-soldiers-lithuania-vehicle.html Author : Andrew Higgins and Tomas Dapkus Publish date : 2025-03-28 17:24:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

The attack in the southern outskirts of the Lebanese capital, an area where Hezbollah holds sway, followed rocket fire toward northern Israel. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/world/middleeast/israel-beirut-evacuation-hezbollah.html Author : Euan Ward and Aaron Boxerman Publish date : 2025-03-28 15:57:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

More than 140 people were reported dead across Southeast Asia. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/world/asia/earthquake-myanmar-thailand-death-toll.html Author : Lynsey Chutel Publish date : 2025-03-28 14:46:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Just Stop Oil, the group that made headlines for high profile stunts to protest use of fossil fuels, said it was ending protests in museums after achieving its initial demand. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/world/europe/climate-activists-museum-protests.html Author : Jonathan Wolfe Publish date : 2025-03-28 13:23:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Biographers took an account of a scuffle in “Tender Is the Night” as a record of a real-life event. But uncovered documents suggest Fitzgerald may have behaved worse than he wrote. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/books/f-scott-fitzgerald-rome-arrest-1924.html Author : Elisabetta Povoledo Publish date : 2025-03-28 11:51:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

The 7.7.-magnitude quake caused havoc across a swath of Southeast Asia. Three deaths were reported in Bangkok, where a skyscraper that was under construction collapsed. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03/28/world/myanmar-earthquake Author : The New York Times Publish date : 2025-03-28 10:37:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Why has fighting and opposing Trump proved so hard? It’s not just because Republicans hold all the cards in government. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/opinion/democratic-party-trump.html Author : Jamelle Bouie, M. Gessen, Nicholas Kristof and Zeynep Tufekci Publish date : 2025-03-28 09:04:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

People in Mandalay, near the epicenter of the 7.7.-magnitude quake, were rushed to the main hospital. Shaking was felt as far away as Bangkok in neighboring Thailand. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/world/asia/myanmar-earthquake.html Author : John Yoon Publish date : 2025-03-28 07:55:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Severe storms dumped about half a year’s rainfall in two days, leading to flash floods across both sides of the border. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/us/texas-mexico-flooding-rain.html Author : John Yoon Publish date : 2025-03-28 06:30:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

For centuries, residents in central Japan have chronicled a mysterious natural phenomenon in winter. They see its disappearance as a bad omen. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/world/asia/japan-climate-lake.html Author : Martin Fackler and Hisako Ueno Publish date : 2025-03-28 04:46:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Mining companies and the Trump administration want the metals to boost manufacturing. Environmentalists and some countries worry industrial mining would harm oceans. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/climate/mining-company-seeks-trump-support-to-shortcut-access-to-seabed-metals.html Author : Eric Lipton Publish date : 2025-03-28 02:46:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

The conduct took place over several years even as employees were training to combat human trafficking, according to a document released to The Times in a lawsuit. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/world/americas/fbi-agents-in-southeast-asia-used-prostitutes-watchdog-says.html Author : Mara Hvistendahl Publish date : 2025-03-28 00:34:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.