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How psychedelics affect the brain
New York Times, Published on 08/04/2026
» NEW YORK — As researchers have sought to demonstrate the therapeutic benefits of mind-altering drugs like LSD and psilocybin “magic mushrooms,” many have struggled to explain exactly how these compounds work on the human brain.
US expects foreign adversaries to stoke anger over election results
New York Times, Published on 06/11/2024
» WASHINGTON — Russia continued to push out disinformation to undermine faith in the United States election Tuesday, but American officials said they were bracing for an even bigger assault of false narratives in the days and weeks after the vote.
Power outage plunges all of Cuba into darkness
New York Times, Published on 19/10/2024
» HAVANA - Cuba's power grid failed, and the entire nation plunged into darkness Friday, less than a day after the government stressed the need to paralyse the economy to save electricity in the face of major gasoline shortages and large-scale, regular outages.
Assange, in first speech since release, says he was jailed for journalism
New York Times, Published on 02/10/2024
» BRUSSELS — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange told a rights group Tuesday that his imprisonment had set a "dangerous precedent" for arresting journalists and criminalising activities that were essential to the work of investigative journalists — his first public statement since being released from a British prison in June.
Drugs, sex, baby oil: ‘Freak-offs’ at core of Sean 'Diddy' Combs' troubles
New York Times, Published on 26/09/2024
» NEW YORK - A woman and a male prostitute meet for sex in a luxury hotel suite that, in the government's telling, has been lit for filming and stocked with baby oil and drugs. Another man watches and sometimes captures the events on video. These sexual marathons, complete with a cleanup staff, sometimes went on for days.
Trump shooter appears to have acted alone, motive unclear
New York Times, Published on 15/07/2024
» WASHINGTON - The 20-year-old gunman who tried to assassinate former President Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania appears to have acted alone, FBI officials said Sunday, but investigators remain unsure of his motives and political beliefs and have not yet been able to determine what evidence might be on his cellphone.
Teenagers resent social media and efforts to take it away
New York Times, Published on 24/05/2023
» NEW YORK: In Manhattan, one high school freshman said he is trying to cut down on scrolling through TikTok, but questioned whether age restrictions on social media use could ever effectively stop tech-savvy teenagers.
Quake death toll above 23,000 in Turkey, Syria
New York Times, Published on 11/02/2023
» The death toll in Turkey and Syria from this week’s catastrophic earthquake surpassed 23,600 on Friday as relief organisations struggled to overcome an array of obstacles to deliver aid to survivors in both countries.
'To save whales, don’t eat lobster'
New York Times, Published on 14/09/2022
» American lobster may be a beloved and delicious splurge, but it is no longer a sustainable seafood choice and consumers should avoid eating it, according to Seafood Watch, a group that monitors how fish and other seafood are harvested from the world’s oceans.
Chinese hackers targeted Russian defence data, report says
New York Times, Published on 06/06/2022
» TEL AVIV: The emails landed March 23 in the inboxes of scientists and engineers at several of Russia’s military research and development institutes, purportedly sent by Russia’s Ministry of Health. They carried a subject line that offered seemingly tantalizing information about a “list of persons under U.S. sanctions for invading Ukraine".