The Week in Arts: Idris Elba Revives Luther; Margaret Thatcher Sees the Queen

By THE NEW YORK TIMES from NYT Arts https://nyti.ms/2HMAaga

Frank Lucas: Man who inspired American Gangster dies aged 88

Frank Lucas, played on-screen by Denzel Washington, was known for peddling heroin in Harlem.

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Alexander Wang: Spring 2020

By Unknown Author from NYT Fashion https://nyti.ms/2Xlfe59

What’s on TV Saturday: ‘Ask Dr. Ruth’ and ‘Bad Times at the El Royale’

By JACLYN PEISER from NYT Arts https://nyti.ms/2Z16Yb2

On Politics: The Biggest Stories of the Week

By ISABELLA GRULLÓN PAZ from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2Z5VnaJ

Canadian national inquiry: Giving a voice to missing and murdered women

Beverley Jacobs and Terri Brown fought tirelessly on behalf of missing and murdered indigenous women.

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Deaths of indigenous women 'a Canadian genocide', leaked report says

Leaked national report describes possibly thousands of deaths of indigenous women as genocide.

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UK's Chagos Islands descendants feel like 'lost nation'

Evicted from their homeland, Chagos Islands families living in the UK are divided by immigration law.

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Venezuela crisis: What happened to uprising against Maduro?

A beleaguered people say they had hopes their misery would end but now they go back to one thing - survival.

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Sayyida Salme: The tragic life of Zanzibar's rebel princess

Sayyida Salme is a little known 19th Century princess who fled Zanzibar after scandalising the royals.

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MacKenzie Bezos: Novelist and Amazon shareholder

What do we know about the novelist who is the third-richest woman in the world?

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Tiananmen 30 years on - China's great act of 'forgettance'

Older people are not allowed to remember; the younger generation aren't even allowed to know.

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Louisiana passes law banning abortions after heartbeat is detected

Restrictive abortion law signed by the Democratic governor could ban abortions after just six weeks.

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Hungary boat crash: Captain of vessel involved in collision arrested

The collision between the vessel and a tour boat in Budapest has left at least seven people dead.

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Trump: Robert Mueller 'conflicted' and a 'Never Trumper'

The US president launches a fierce personal attack on the special counsel in the Russia inquiry.

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Spelling Bee: Can these parents spell as well as their kids?

Children at this year's US National Spelling Bee are facing words like horripilation and parochialism.

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Ethan Bramble: Tattooed model mocks arrest warrant in Australia

Police are seeking 23-year-old Instagram model Ethan Bramble, who has tattoos to 98% of his body.

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Philippines sends tonnes of rubbish back to Canada

The Philippines says the rubbish was falsely labelled as plastic recycling when it was sent in 2014.

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Uber posts $1bn loss weeks after stock market listing

The taxi company's first set of figures since going public come after its share price slumped.

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Claus von Bülow: Socialite cleared of trying to murder his wife dies aged 92

The socialite was convicted but later acquitted of giving his heiress wife an insulin overdose.

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R. Kelly facing 11 more sex crime charges

The new charges carry heavier sentences than the 10 others he already faces.

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'World's smallest' surviving premature baby released from US hospital

Baby Saybie was given just hours to live when she was born weighing just 245g (8.6oz) in San Diego.

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The man who might have stopped Sri Lanka's Easter bombings

Few realised before the attacks that Sri Lanka had a problem with Islamist militancy. One man who did was Mohammad Razak Taslim.

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My Ramadan Diary: Fasting for 18 hours with depression and anxiety

We spent the day with Maryam to find out how she copes with her mental health issues while fasting for Ramadan.

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The sea-cooled eco-resort that's nearly mosquito-free

The Brando resort in French Polynesia is close to being carbon neutral and self-sustainable.

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Australia's 'new wave' of stereotype-shunning comedy

A new era of "seriously formidable" acts have shunned past stereotypes to find global success.

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Fran Rivera: Bullfighter sparks revenge porn row in Spain

Spanish women hit back at Fran Rivera's comments after a revenge porn victim took her own life.

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Champions League final: Everything you need to know

As Liverpool and Tottenham prepare to face each other in the Champions League final in Madrid, football broadcaster Lynsey Hooper shares an easy guide to the game.

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Erosion forcing Nigerian families to abandon their homes and farms

A community in southern Nigeria face losing their homes and food shortages due to erosion.

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Philippines sends rotting exported waste back to Canada

Exported waste, intended for recycling, is being sent back to Canada by the Philippines.

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Adel al-Jubeir: 'Saudi Arabia does not want a war with Iran'

The kingdom is hosting two summits of Gulf and Arab leaders to discuss growing tensions in the region.

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Weighing little more than an apple at birth, Saybie is the smallest baby to ever survive

Saybie is believed to be the world's smallest infant to survive after weighing just 8.6 ounces or 245 grams at birth.

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'I Thought We Were Going to Die': US Missionaries Ambushed, Saved by Mysterious Man on Motorcycle

These American missionaries were ambushed by an armed gang firing machine guns at them in Haiti. One missionary was shot and was bleeding out, but then a mysterious man showed up.

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South Africa gets gender-balanced cabinet

For the first time in the country's history, half of all ministers in South Africa's cabinet are women.

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Robert Mueller Breaks His Silence

By Unknown Author from NYT Podcasts https://nyti.ms/30Wti7e

Before I Could Change the World, I Had to Change Myself

By SUSAN FOWLER from NYT Opinion https://nyti.ms/2HKlePp

Joe Biden: Be Proud of Your Crime Bill

By BRET STEPHENS from NYT Opinion https://nyti.ms/2W0yfZb

To Make Headway on Climate Change, Let’s Change the Subject

By JUSTIN GILLIS from NYT Opinion https://nyti.ms/2YXVC7I

In This ‘Death of a Salesman,’ Willy Loman Is Black

By MATT WOLF from NYT Theater https://nyti.ms/2HM1riU

She Came to New York for the Vogue Ballroom Scene. She Found a Family.

By LIZZIE FEIDELSON from NYT Magazine https://nyti.ms/2VXqiE9

A Sword Swallower’s Tough Act

By JAMIE LAUREN KEILES from NYT Magazine https://nyti.ms/2YUulTt

He’s a Professional Dancer, But His Stage Is the E Train

By JAIME LOWE from NYT Magazine https://nyti.ms/2WakUSW

Princess Nokia on Remaking Rap for a Queer, Feminist New York

By MATTHEW SCHNIPPER from NYT Magazine https://nyti.ms/30T5EIV

12 Performers Show What It Takes to Light Up the Stage

By Unknown Author from NYT Magazine https://nyti.ms/2HK5xbh

How Does a Normal Person Transform Into an Opera Singer?

By SAM ANDERSON from NYT Magazine https://nyti.ms/30TtCDY

The Nonstop Life (and Latin Beats) of Pedrito Martinez

By WESLEY MORRIS from NYT Magazine https://nyti.ms/30VoG1t

A 13-Year-Old Gospel Singer and the Hard Work of Making Music Your Life

By SUSAN DOMINUS from NYT Magazine https://nyti.ms/2Ww7bFw

The Life of a Working Female Comic: Late Nights, an 11-Year-Old in Tow

By ADRIAN NICOLE LeBLANC from NYT Magazine https://nyti.ms/2HKnRAS

Last of a Rare Breed: The Manhattan Piano Player

By MARK BINELLI from NYT Magazine https://nyti.ms/2MhQOZk

How to Be a Principal Ballerina at 41

By RIVKA GALCHEN from NYT Magazine https://nyti.ms/2Wzn1z9

How Kelli O’Hara Gets Ready for Broadway, Night After Night

By TAFFY BRODESSER-AKNER from NYT Magazine https://nyti.ms/2YYgBqR

This Performer Has to Master 14 Parts at Once, and Let Go of His Ego

By SCOTT HELLER from NYT Magazine https://nyti.ms/2IdPqBw

Narendra Modi to Begin Second Term as India’s Prime Minister in Grand Ceremony

By MUJIB MASHAL from NYT World https://nyti.ms/2JLi6Fm

Why Violence Is Up in Pockets of Brooklyn

By AZI PAYBARAH from NYT New York https://nyti.ms/2QBtODc

Your Thursday Briefing

By INYOUNG KANG and CHRIS STANFORD from NYT Briefing https://nyti.ms/2WuOuSt

You Make the Call: Leaving Williamsburg for Better Value in Brooklyn

By JOYCE COHEN from NYT Real Estate https://nyti.ms/2XgUHP4

‘Why Are So Many of Our Girls Dying?’ Canada Grapples With Violence Against Indigenous Women

By DAN BILEFSKY from NYT World https://nyti.ms/2ELlqMG

Four Years After Beau Biden’s Death, His Father Bonds With Voters in Pain

By KATIE GLUECK from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/30SWMTD

The Fight Is Still Happening for the Rest of Us

By RYAN SCHUESSLER from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2JKZg15

36 Hours in Bend, Ore. (and Environs)

By DAVE SEMINARA from NYT Travel https://nyti.ms/2wzaKMl

Deadwood Has Drawn Fortune-Seekers Since 1876. HBO Is Only the Latest.

By RICHARD RUBIN from NYT Travel https://nyti.ms/2JOdWN0

Airlines’ Gift to New Parents: Loyalty Status

By ELAINE GLUSAC from NYT Travel https://nyti.ms/30MGLP0

As Everest Melts, Bodies Are Emerging From the Ice

By BHADRA SHARMA and KAI SCHULTZ from NYT Sports https://nyti.ms/2W0dUDj

Adam Silver Says the N.B.A Is Flying, and He Is Sort of Right

By KEVIN DRAPER from NYT Sports https://nyti.ms/2VZTgDs

Does the N.B.A. Peak During the Finals or Free Agency?

By MARC STEIN from NYT Reader Center https://nyti.ms/2QA6KV3

The United States of Socialism?

By Unknown Author from NYT Opinion https://nyti.ms/2WEER41

Perk for the Ultrarich: Buy an $85 Million Apartment, Get a Trip to Space

By JAMES BARRON from NYT New York https://nyti.ms/2YUtX7x

‘The Fall of the American Empire’ Review: A Satirical Take on the Crime Story

By GLENN KENNY from NYT Movies https://nyti.ms/2WesFHv

I’m a Veteran Without PTSD. I Used to Think Something Was Wrong With Me.

By MELISSA THOMAS from NYT Magazine https://nyti.ms/2IcRzgL

What Truck Drivers Think About Autonomous Trucking

By WENDY MACNAUGHTON from NYT Business https://nyti.ms/2Ke9Ahm

What the Bond Market Is Trying to Tell Us: (Worry)

By MATT PHILLIPS and STEPHEN GROCER from NYT Business https://nyti.ms/2XfF6zo

The Central Park Five: ‘We Were Just Baby Boys’

By AISHA HARRIS from NYT Arts https://nyti.ms/2XfLKFG

How a City in Fear Brutalized the Central Park Five

By JIM DWYER from NYT Arts https://nyti.ms/2IbRIBl

In Turkey, Keeping Alive a Language of Whistles

By MALIN FEZEHAI from NYT Arts https://nyti.ms/2WflUFi

Leonardo Drew Rides His Magic Carpet to a New Field

By HILARIE M. SHEETS from NYT Arts https://nyti.ms/2QA6LZ7

Dodgers Rally in the Ninth Against Edwin Diaz to Beat the Mets

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS from NYT Sports https://nyti.ms/2Msk53I

On Politics: Mueller Breaks His Silence

By Unknown Author from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/313cEmK

Why Is Israel Going to Have Another Election?

By SHMUEL ROSNER from NYT Opinion https://nyti.ms/2IbQoyt

Disney could pull productions from Georgia over abortion law

Disney's CEO says it would be "difficult " to over-rule people who didn't want to work in the state.

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Nesamani: Who is he and why is the world praying for him?

Who is Nesamani and why is seemingly everyone in the world praying for him on Twitter?

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Your Surgeon’s Childhood Hobbies May Affect Your Health

By KATE MURPHY from NYT Well https://nyti.ms/2Z1Va8x

If You Licked These Photos They Would Taste Like New York. (So Don’t Lick Them.)

By JOHN LELAND from NYT Lens https://nyti.ms/2EJYRHY