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How the Taliban Outlasted a Superpower: Tenacity and Carnage
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Hunger Program's Slow Start Leaves Millions of Children Waiting

Hunger Program's Slow Start Leaves Millions of Children Waiting

By JASON DePARLE

Child hunger is soaring, but two months after Congress approved billions to replace school meals, only 15 percent of eligible children had received benefits.

How the Taliban Outlasted a Superpower: Tenacity and Carnage

How the Taliban Outlasted a Superpower: Tenacity and Carnage

By MUJIB MASHAL

The Taliban stand on the brink of realizing their most fervent desire: U.S. troops leaving Afghanistan. They have given up little of their extremist ideology to do it.

China's Young Struggle for Jobs in the Post-Outbreak Era

China's Young Struggle for Jobs in the Post-Outbreak Era

By ALEXANDRA STEVENSON and KEITH BRADSHER

Finding work for a generation has become a major priority for the country's leaders, who have promised a better life in exchange for a lack of political freedom.

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Canada's 'Voice of the Nation' Rings Out in a Capital Quieted by a Virus

World | Ottawa Dispatch

Canada's 'Voice of the Nation' Rings Out in a Capital Quieted by a Virus

By IAN AUSTEN

In a belfry high above Ottawa, the Dominion Carillonneur performs live music for a tiny audience, chiming 53 bells to help keep up morale during a health crisis.

Twitter Must Cleanse the Trump Stain

Opinion

Twitter Must Cleanse the Trump Stain

By KARA SWISHER

The president is spreading a vile conspiracy theory on the platform. Maybe Twitter should finally hold him to its rules.

Today's Videos

'Wearing a Mask Is Now Cool,' Cuomo says

VideoVideo: 'Wearing a Mask Is Now Cool,' Cuomo says

By REUTERS

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo strongly encouraged New York residents to wear a mask as the state reopens more regions.

'I Don't Regret What I Did,' Cummings Says of Trip During Lockdown

VideoVideo: 'I Don't Regret What I Did,' Cummings Says of Trip During Lockdown

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Dominic Cummings, a top aide to Prime Minister Boris Johnson of Britain, denied he broke the country's lockdown rules by driving 260 miles to his parents' home while experiencing coronavirus symptoms.

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