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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.
A vintage Kabul cinema finally falls to Taliban bulldozers
New York Times, Published on 24/12/2025
» KABUL — A movie theatre that bore witness to Afghanistan’s modern history — from the cosmopolitan vibrancy of the 1960s to the silencing and repression that followed not one but two Taliban takeovers — has been razed to make way for a shopping mall.
Trump’s $100,000 H-1B visa application fee upheld by judge
New York Times, Published on 24/12/2025
» NEW YORK — A federal judge said the Trump administration can move ahead with a US$100,000 fee on new H-1B visa applications, providing a setback for US technology companies that rely on hiring skilled foreign workers.
Trump administration orders nearly 30 US ambassadors to leave their posts
New York Times, Published on 23/12/2025
» WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has ordered nearly 30 ambassadors in embassies around the world to return to the United States within weeks, a move that would leave a large gap in the American diplomatic corps even as President Donald Trump has said he wants to resolve conflicts through diplomacy.
‘No meeting planned’ between Putin and Zelenskyy, top Russian diplomat says
New York Times, Published on 23/08/2025
» BERLIN — Russia’s top diplomat said in an interview released Friday that “there is no meeting planned” between President Vladimir Putin of Russia and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine.
Google agrees to pay $1.4 billion to settle 2 privacy lawsuits
New York Times, Published on 10/05/2025
» SAN FRANCISCO — Google agreed to pay US$1.4 billion to the state of Texas on Friday to settle two lawsuits accusing it of violating the privacy of state residents by tracking their locations and searches, as well as collecting their facial recognition information.
Trump's tariff on cheap Chinese imports will cost big tech billions
New York Times, Published on 03/05/2025
» NEW YORK — The expansion of the loophole for tariff-free shipments of goods nearly a decade ago gave rise to Temu, Shein and other low-cost online retailers offering items straight from Chinese factories at unfathomable discounts.
Vietnamese journalist gets 2 1/2 years in prison for Facebook posts
New York Times, Published on 01/03/2025
» HO CHI MINH — A court in Vietnam sentenced one of the country's most influential journalists to 2 1/2 years in prison Thursday for "abusing democratic freedoms" with about a dozen posts on Facebook that criticised or questioned the government.
How a country’s economy was looted dry by politicians
New York Times, Published on 04/12/2024
» DHAKA - The new governor of Bangladesh’s central bank, Ahsan Mansur, calculates that about US$17 billion was looted from the country’s financial system by politicians in the 15 years before the government of Sheikh Hasina collapsed in August.
SpaceX Starship launch ends with dramatic water landing
New York Times, Published on 20/11/2024
» BROWNSVILLE — The late-afternoon launch brought United States President-elect Donald Trump to the company's South Texas launch site along the Gulf of Mexico for a show of solidarity with Elon Musk, SpaceX's founder and the world's richest man, who helped catapult the former president back to the White House.