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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.
American journalist abducted in Iraq, security officials say
New York Times, Published on 01/04/2026
» NEW YORK — An American journalist was kidnapped in Baghdad by “unknown individuals” Tuesday evening, and government security forces have begun operations to find her and track down the abductors, according to Iraq’s Interior Ministry.
Nepal’s young protesters find an unlikely partner: the army
New York Times, Published on 11/09/2025
» KATHMANDU — When protesters in Nepal torched parliament, the Supreme Court and the homes of five former prime ministers on Tuesday, no one seemed to be in charge of a country in anarchy. Then, that night, Gen Ashok Raj Sigdel, the chief of the Nepali army, appeared in a short video, urging calm in the streets.
Gunman kills four and himself at Midtown Manhattan building
New York Times, Published on 29/07/2025
» NEW YORK — A gunman killed at least four people and himself at an office tower that houses Blackstone Incorporated, Rudin Management, the National Football League and KPMG among others, sparking hours of chaos and fear in Midtown Manhattan on Monday evening.
Wildfire burns in 3,200 acres of New Jersey forest area
New York Times, Published on 23/04/2025
» PINE BARRENS — A fast-moving wildfire in the Pine Barrens section of southern New Jersey spread to 3,200 acres of the heavily forested area by Tuesday evening, prompting the shutdown of a 17-mile (27.3-kilometre) stretch of one of the state’s busiest highways, authorities said.
'Make Greenland great again'? No, thank you, Greenlanders say.
New York Times, Published on 09/01/2025
» NEW YORK — Christian Ulloriaq Jeppesen remembers how this all started.
She was a child Instagram influencer. Her fans were grown men.
New York Times, Published on 14/11/2024
» NEW YORK — For her 18th birthday in March, "Jacky Dejo," a snowboarder, bikini model and child influencer turned social media entrepreneur, celebrated on the secluded island of Dominica.
Yes, ambassadors can get away with murder
New York Times, Published on 19/10/2024
» LONDON - On Monday, the Canadian government accused India's high commissioner, the equivalent of an ambassador in Commonwealth countries, and five other diplomats of participating in a vast criminal conspiracy that used homicide and extortion to silence critics of India living in Canada.
Israeli strikes in Lebanon kill nearly 500, injure 1,600
New York Times, Published on 24/09/2024
» JERUSALEM — Dozens of Israeli fighter jets bombed Hezbollah targets in southern and eastern Lebanon on Monday, killing hundreds and wounding more than a thousand others, Lebanese officials said, in the deadliest attacks in the country since 2006, when Israel and Hezbollah fought their last all-out war.
Britain's violent riots: What we know
New York Times, Published on 08/08/2024
» LONDON - After days of violent rioting set off by disinformation around a deadly stabbing rampage, authorities in Britain had been bracing for more unrest Wednesday. But by nightfall, large-scale anti-immigration demonstrations had not materialised, and only a few arrests had been made nationwide.