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Global Forest Loss Remains High, Despite Recent Progress

Despite major progress in protecting vast tracts of rainforest, the world failed again last year to significantly slow the pace of global forest destruction, according to a report issued on…

In Final Four, Caitlin Clark and Iowa can break streak of Hawkeyes heartbreak

IOWA CITY, Iowa — Second-seeded Iowa led top-seed UNLV by 20 points in the 1987 men’s basketball Elite Eight. The 1970 Iowa men’s basketball team still holds the Big Ten…

6 Insiders Tell You What They Love to Do in Switzerland

Where are the best places to go in Switzerland? The New York Times recently posed that question to six executives and creators in the Swiss watch industry — and got…

Biden and Corporate America? It’s ‘Complicated.’

In the days before delivering his State of the Union speech last month, President Biden called the chief executives of General Motors and Cisco Systems to ask their advice on…

South Korea’s Doctors’ Walkout Spurs Thousands of Complaints

Six weeks after thousands of residents and interns at South Korean hospitals walked off the job, frustration is rising. Patients have filed more than 2,000 complaints about surgeries and other…

How a Violin Maker’s Dreams Came True in Cremona, Italy

Art of Craft is a series about craftspeople whose work rises to the level of art. When Ayoung An was 8, her parents bought her a violin. She slept with…

Protest Outside Netanyahu’s Home Turns Into ‘Riot,’ Israeli Police Say

The Israeli police clashed with antigovernment protesters outside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s home in Jerusalem overnight, on the third day of demonstrations calling for early elections and his ouster. The…

Julia Stiles, 25 Years After “10 Things I Hate About You”

Larisa Oleynik, who played Kat’s kid sister, Bianca, recalls rewatching “10 Things” recently. “The thing I love so much — and I’m going to get emotional — is, she’s so…

Louisiana Gov. says athletes should ‘risk their athletic scholarship’ if absent for national anthem after LSU-Iowa

The 2023 championship rematch between Iowa and LSU in this year’s Elite Eight was a scintillating production that stockpiled praise from celebrities, athletes and fans alike, while shattering the record…