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Mr. Schmemann, an Opinion writer, is a former Moscow bureau chief of The Times. Efforts to halt the war in Ukraine, now approaching its fourth year, have all failed. The Trump administration is now ...

Ms. Feng is a documentary filmmaker from Shanghai. In America, romance and sex — or the lack thereof — have become preoccupations for millions of people struggling with intimacy. “Are young people ...

Stephen DiKerby receives funding from the National Science Foundation. Whether the universe will “end” at all is not certain, but all evidence suggests it will continue being humanity’s cosmic home ...

Last Thanksgiving was full of backhanded compliments and pointed remarks. Despite my best efforts to steer the conversation away from politics, it did not go well. The same snarky political comments ...

The last thing anyone wants to think about at year-end is taxes, but it’s the first thing you should think about, advisers say. President Donald Trump’s signature tax and spending package introduced ...

Alicia Denby does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

All good cons eventually crumble, and we’re starting to see the earliest signs that the MAGA movement – one of the greatest and most destructive cons in American history – may be poised to fall. It’s ...

Peace talks in Geneva to end Russia's war in Ukraine wrapped up today. We don't know yet what is in the latest document, but the heavily pro-Russian draft plan drawn up by Russia and the U.S. has ...