All but 7 Countries on Earth Have Air Pollution Above WHO Standard
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All but 7 Countries on Earth Have Air Pollution Above WHO Standard

Only 10 countries and territories out of 134 achieved the World Health Organization’s standards for a pervasive form of air pollution last year, according to air quality data compiled by IQAir, a Swiss company. The pollution studied is called fine particulate matter, or PM2.5, because it refers to solid particles…

United Airlines Planes Have Seen 8 Incidents in 2 Weeks. What’s Going On?
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United Airlines Planes Have Seen 8 Incidents in 2 Weeks. What’s Going On?

An engine fire sparked by plastic packaging wrap, a tire lost shortly after takeoff and a plane veering off the runway: These are among the eight incidents that have occurred over the past two weeks on flights operated by United Airlines. While no injuries — or worse — have been…

Review: Ibsen’s ‘Enemy of the People,’ Starring Jeremy Strong
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Review: Ibsen’s ‘Enemy of the People,’ Starring Jeremy Strong

Dissent is necessary to democracy, sure. But how much does it cost? That’s the fundamental question posed by Henrik Ibsen’s “An Enemy of the People” — and, in highly dramatic fashion, by the preview I attended of its latest Broadway revival. At that performance, on Thursday, just as the play…

Opinion | The Internet Is a Wasteland, So Give Kids Better Places to Go
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Opinion | The Internet Is a Wasteland, So Give Kids Better Places to Go

Female adolescence was nightmarish enough before smartphones, but apps like Instagram and TikTok have put popularity contests and unrealistic beauty standards into hyperdrive. (Boys, by contrast, have more problems linked to overuse of video games and porn.) The studies Haidt cites — as well as the ones he debunks —…

Serbian Leader Says Kushner Deal Is Not an Effort to Influence Trump
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Serbian Leader Says Kushner Deal Is Not an Effort to Influence Trump

The president of Serbia on Monday batted away any suggestion that he might have intentionally tried to steer a valuable real estate project in Serbia’s capital to Jared Kushner, Donald J. Trump’s son-in-law, in an effort to influence Mr. Trump should he return to the White House. “I died laughing,”…