The Week in Arts: Season 2 of ‘The Deuce,’ 5-Minute Dances at Joe’s Pub

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One Last Time, McCain Counterprograms Trump

By JAMES PONIEWOZIK from NYT Arts https://ift.tt/2NzXKNH

Washington Prepares to Honor John McCain: The Senator Is to Lie in State in U.S. Capitol

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How to Manage in ‘Support the Girls’

By MEKADO MURPHY from NYT Movies https://ift.tt/2PRZZ0c

‘Support the Girls’ | Anatomy of a Scene

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Clock changes: EU backs ending daylight saving

Time could be up for the practice of changing clocks in the autumn and spring in the EU.

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China targets video gaming to tackle myopia in children

New restrictions will try to tackle rising levels of near-sightedness among children.

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India winking song: Actress not blasphemous, court rules

India's top court dismisses a Muslim group's complaint over a video that has gone viral this year.

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Aretha Franklin: Four Tops lead Detroit tribute concert before funeral

Stars of soul, gospel and jazz honour the music legend on the eve of her funeral in Detroit.

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Who is getting dressed up to watch a goat race?

A selection of the best photos from across Africa and of Africans elsewhere this week.

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In Classic Car Market, Exceptional Is the Rule

By SCOTT REYBURN from NYT Arts https://ift.tt/2C00Fh8

When We Almost Stopped Climate Change

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Summer Road-Tripping While Black

By ALLYSON HOBBS from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/2PQjCFQ

The Catholic Church Is Sick With Sex

By TIMOTHY EGAN from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/2onxOtw

We Are Not a ‘Cabal,’ Just Critics of Trump

By BEN RHODES from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/2wtX59K

New York Today: A Maple Syrup Boom

By ALEXANDRA S. LEVINE and LUIS FERRÉ-SADURNÍ from NYT New York https://ift.tt/2LKLwA9

Son, Given Up for Adoption, Leads Birth Parents to Altar 36 Years Later

By NATALIE SHUTLER from NYT Fashion & Style https://ift.tt/2wy0qUA

An All-but-Extinct Piano Plays Once More

By CLEVELAND JOHNSON from NYT Arts https://ift.tt/2ort8TE

Twisting for Solos, the Violist Is a Quartet’s Odd Player Out

By CORINNA da FONSECA-WOLLHEIM from NYT Arts https://ift.tt/2Poe5p3

The Notorious Kimi Raikkonen

By LUKE SMITH from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/2CcuGdY

Formula One Uses Technology to Make Drivers Safer

By KATE WALKER from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/2N6YyMO

After Years of Dismal Results, a Reorganization at McLaren

By IAN PARKES from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/2LI4eIB

Nafta, John McCain, Coca-Cola: Your Friday Briefing

By CHRIS STANFORD from NYT Briefing https://ift.tt/2BZUSIq

He’s a Doctor. To Syria’s Regime, He’s an Enemy.

By Unknown Author from NYT World https://ift.tt/2wsIQSQ

Cambodian Court Sentences Australian Filmmaker to 6 Years for Espionage

By JULIA WALLACE from NYT World https://ift.tt/2N6lETR

A Mother’s Fragmented Identity

By SARAH MENKEDICK from NYT Well https://ift.tt/2NGjgQA

Beto O’Rourke Dreams of One Texas. Ted Cruz Sees Another Clearly.

By MATT FLEGENHEIMER and TAMIR KALIFA from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2CaSaQi

How Modern Medicine Has Changed the Supreme Court

By DHRUV KHULLAR and ANUPAM B. JENA from NYT The Upshot https://ift.tt/2PkyECM

Why the Artist Mari Andrew Loves Solo Travel

By KELLY DINARDO from NYT Travel https://ift.tt/2oqwW7D

How to Protect Your Cellphone (and Your Data) When You Travel

By SHIVANI VORA from NYT Travel https://ift.tt/2NzSDwS

Michigan and Notre Dame Bolster a Sport Built on Rivalries

By MARC TRACY from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/2MHEd1d

College Football’s Biggest Rivalries

By MARC TRACY from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/2PViAsv

Lot-Line Window? Keep Your Fingers Crossed

By SARA CLEMENCE from NYT Real Estate https://ift.tt/2opdlo3

How Burak Cakmak, Dean of Fashion at Parsons, Spends His Sundays

By SHIVANI VORA from NYT New York https://ift.tt/2omCy2G

Trump Approach on Nafta Relieves Automakers’ Worst Fears

By NEAL E. BOUDETTE from NYT Business Day https://ift.tt/2wvnxiE

A Parade of Francophiles, With Peter Mayle in the Lead

By CHRISTINE MUHLKE from NYT Books https://ift.tt/2wxGpgU

New in Paperback: ‘Unbelievable,’ ‘Improvement’

By JOUMANA KHATIB from NYT Books https://ift.tt/2PovbTY

Letters to the Editor

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‘The Garden Party’ Is a Tale of Mismatched Families, a Wedding and Lots of Wine

By MAGGIE SHIPSTEAD from NYT Books https://ift.tt/2LHjwx2

‘In the Garden of the Fugitives’: A Literary Tale of Love and Obsession

By S. KIRK WALSH from NYT Books https://ift.tt/2LHUmi1

Poetry’s Hanging Judge Tries On a Detective Hat

By ROBERT P. BAIRD from NYT Books https://ift.tt/2wtJwqW

He Wrote a Memoir About Infiltrating the Ku Klux Klan. Then Spike Lee Turned It Into a Film.

By EMILY EAKIN from NYT Books https://ift.tt/2wtbDGX

Are Ben Marcus’s Dark and Disturbing New Stories the Literary Answer to ‘Black Mirror’?

By JEFF GILES from NYT Books https://ift.tt/2Pn9vqZ

She Gambled on Her Claim to Link Russians and Trump. She Is Losing.

By RICHARD C. PADDOCK from NYT World https://ift.tt/2C4XDZf

Eminem Releases ‘Kamikaze,’ a Surprise Album

By DANIEL VICTOR from NYT Arts https://ift.tt/2PSEiNx

Cambodia jails Australian filmmaker found guilty of espionage

James Ricketson was arrested while he was flying a drone over an opposition rally in Cambodia.

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News Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of the Week’s Headlines

By CHRIS STANFORD and ANNA SCHAVERIEN from NYT Briefing https://ift.tt/2NAWk5i

Too Many Chinese Children Need Glasses. Beijing Blames Video Games.

By RAYMOND ZHONG from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2onQXLX

He Knows His Way Around a Half-Butt (That’s Snooker Talk)

By ROSLYN SULCAS from NYT Theater https://ift.tt/2PTYkai

Tenderly Photographing the End of Her Father’s Life

By JONATHAN BLAUSTEIN from NYT Lens https://ift.tt/2NACMhD

Coca-Cola Bets on Coffee With $5.1 Billion Deal for Costa

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Man charged over threats against reporters who criticised Trump

The man is charged after allegedly saying he would kill journalists who criticised Donald Trump.

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China’s State Media: Trump Tweets Come From an ‘Alternative Universe’

By AUSTIN RAMZY from NYT World https://ift.tt/2Pm8O1i

Hacking a Prince, an Emir and a Journalist to Impress a Client

By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK and AZAM AHMED from NYT World https://ift.tt/2N2iqk9

Australia’s Catholic Leaders Reject Call to Report Sex Abuse Heard in Confessions

By RICK ROJAS from NYT World https://ift.tt/2POWjfT

15 Chapters of Grand Slam Drama for the Williams Sisters

By BEN ROTHENBERG and VICTOR MATHER from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/2PgNfyY

Trump threatens to pull US out of World Trade Organization

The US president says he will abandon the global trade body "if they don't shape up".

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Australia abuse inquiry: Catholic Church rejects call to overhaul confession

Catholic leaders in Australia say priests should not be forced to break the seal of confession.

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Astronauts tackle air leak on International Space Station

A "micro-fracture" from a possible collision with a rock fragment sets off alerts on the ISS.

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UN 'alarmed' by reports of China's mass detention of Uighurs

The UN says credible reports suggest that up to a million Muslim Uighurs are held in detention camps.

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Gérard Depardieu: French actor accused of rape

French actor Gérard Depardieu is accused of rape and sexual assault - accusations he denies.

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John McCain: Sarah Palin 'excluded from his funeral'

A "stay-away message" was reportedly conveyed to Sarah Palin via McCain family intermediaries.

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Bobi Wine: Uganda's pop star MP 're-arrested at airport'

A young MP facing treason charges is allegedly detained while attempting to board a plane.

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Argentina raises rates as peso plummets

Central bank raises benchmark interest rate in an effort to stabilise the country's financial crisis.

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Florida sheriff backs Uber driver who killed 'goofball'

"This is a justifiable homicide all day long," says a Florida sheriff about the shooting.

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Hayabusa-2: Japan sets date for spacecraft's asteroid touchdown

Japan's space agency sets dates for its plan to explore the surface of an asteroid with robots.

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Stéphane Pauwels arrest: Football presenter charged over armed robbery

One of Belgium's top football TV presenters is charged with being an accomplice to an armed robbery.

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McCain and Biden's long friendship

The Arizona senator and the former vice-president shared a decades-long friendship.

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The power of 'pink money' in India

Some businesses in India have found that catering to the LGBT community makes financial sense.

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Colorado police tell handcuffed journalist: 'Act like a lady'

Susan Greene was arrested as she used her phone to record police detaining an African American.

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The first cyclist to 'Everest' on Everest

JJ Zhou took on a fiendish cycling challenge on the world's highest mountain.

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Why a plane is dropping trout into a lake from above

A mountain lake is being re-stocked with trout from the air by the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources.

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Tablet bends 'like ancient scroll'

A Canadian university has developed a tablet with a flexible screen that can rolled up.

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How Eto'o helped homeless ex-Cameroon captain

Cameroon's Norbert Owona, homeless for two years, thanks Samuel Eto'o for promising him a new house.

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Why were there so many serial killers in the 1980s?

One historian suggests in a new book that the ravages of World War Two might have contributed.

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Why Australia is talking about a French au pair

A minister's decision to personally intervene in a visa case is attracting national attention.

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Movie madness: Why Chinese cinemas are empty but full

Chinese government investigators say certain investment companies are faking box office results.

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Iosif Kobzon: Russians mourn 'Soviet Sinatra'

Iosif Kobzon was the soundtrack to the lives of many Russians but had a controversial career.

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Why India activist arrests have kicked up a storm

The issue has heated up online and people are staging protest rallies against the arrests.

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U.S. to End Funding to U.N. Agency That Helps Palestinian Refugees

By EDWARD WONG from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2wxzrsh