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A reporter’s Siberian memories of Gorbachev, and that Pizza Hut commercial.
I was 6 when the Soviet Union broke up. I had no idea at the time that the person most…
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Mijaíl Gorbachov, líder soviético reformista, muere a los 91 años
Mijaíl S. Gorbachov, cuyo ascenso al poder en la Unión Soviética puso en marcha una serie de cambios revolucionarios que…
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Roland Mesnier, Pastry Chef to Five Presidents, Dies at 78
Roland Mesnier, the inventive White House pastry chef whose ambrosial and whimsical desserts briefly shifted the weight of office from…
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Ruby C. Williams, Folk Artist With a Produce Stand, Dies at 94
At a produce stand in a rural part of Florida east of Tampa, Ruby C. Williams would sell you some…
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Main Target of Russian Mercenaries in Africa Is Civilians, Report Says
As Russian mercenaries from the private military group Wagner have been operating in Ukraine, their counterparts in Africa have received…
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Mikhail S. Gorbachev, Reformist Soviet Leader, Is Dead at 91
Mikhail S. Gorbachev, whose rise to power in the Soviet Union set in motion a series of revolutionary changes that…
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Your Wednesday Briefing: China Plans the Communist Party’s 20th Congress
President Xi Jinping of China during a national award ceremony in Beijing on Tuesday.Credit...Li Xueren/Xinhua, via Associated PressChina’s ...
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Scenes from the Devastating Flooding in Pakistan
The deadly rain has hardly stopped for three months in Pakistan. More than 1,100 people are dead. A million homes…
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Trump Hires Former Florida Solicitor General as Lawyer in Documents Case
Former President Donald J. Trump has hired a high-profile lawyer to help him with the aftermath of the F.B.I. search…
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Response to Trump Search Highlights Violent Rhetoric From the Right
One week after a team of F.B.I. agents descended on his private club and residence in Florida, former President Donald…