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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. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2N5Ap9q

China targets video gaming to tackle myopia in children

New restrictions will try to tackle rising levels of near-sightedness among children. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2NAnadV

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. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2Najm6o

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. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2PSUXjV

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. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2LIqIca

‘Support the Girls’ | Anatomy of a Scene

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By MEKADO MURPHY from NYT Movies https://ift.tt/2Nzh25M

In Classic Car Market, Exceptional Is the Rule

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

When We Almost Stopped Climate Change

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By Unknown Author from NYT Podcasts https://ift.tt/2Nyov4U

Summer Road-Tripping While Black

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

The Catholic Church Is Sick With Sex

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

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

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

New York Today: A Maple Syrup Boom

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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

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

An All-but-Extinct Piano Plays Once More

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

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

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

The Notorious Kimi Raikkonen

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

Formula One Uses Technology to Make Drivers Safer

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

After Years of Dismal Results, a Reorganization at McLaren

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

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

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

Cambodian Court Sentences Australian Filmmaker to 6 Years for Espionage

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

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

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

A Mother’s Fragmented Identity

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

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

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

How Modern Medicine Has Changed the Supreme Court

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

Why the Artist Mari Andrew Loves Solo Travel

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

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

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

Michigan and Notre Dame Bolster a Sport Built on Rivalries

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

College Football’s Biggest Rivalries

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

Lot-Line Window? Keep Your Fingers Crossed

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

Home Alone, With a Spy Cam

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By RONDA KAYSEN from NYT Real Estate https://ift.tt/2BZPcy6

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

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

Trump Approach on Nafta Relieves Automakers’ Worst Fears

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

A Parade of Francophiles, With Peter Mayle in the Lead

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

New in Paperback: ‘Unbelievable,’ ‘Improvement’

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

Letters to the Editor

By Unknown Author from NYT Books https://ift.tt/2CfpIgz

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

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

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

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

Poetry’s Hanging Judge Tries On a Detective Hat

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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.

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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’?

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

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

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

Eminem Releases ‘Kamikaze,’ a Surprise Album

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tenderly Photographing the End of Her Father’s Life

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

Cambodia jails Australian filmmaker found guilty of espionage

James Ricketson was arrested while he was flying a drone over an opposition rally in Cambodia. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2C0O51l

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

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By MICHAEL J. de la MERCED from NYT Business Day https://ift.tt/2MI0kEU

Man charged over threats against reporters who criticised Trump

The man is charged after allegedly saying he would kill journalists who criticised Donald Trump. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2CaU4AO

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

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

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

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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

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

15 Chapters of Grand Slam Drama for the Williams Sisters

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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". from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2PMYsse

Catholic Church rejects Australian call to overhaul confession

Catholic leaders in Australia confirm they will not force priests to report sexual abuse. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2METYWM

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. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2N6ClOU

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. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2PUJJf9

Gérard Depardieu: French actor accused of rape

French actor Gérard Depardieu is accused of rape and sexual assault - accusations he denies. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2wsF4c5

John McCain: Sarah Palin 'excluded from his funeral'

A "stay-away message" was reportedly conveyed to Sarah Palin via McCain family intermediaries. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2PSPrhA

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. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2wuUg8p

Argentina raises rates as peso plummets

Central bank raises benchmark interest rate in an effort to stabilise the country's financial crisis. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2LAbd6h

Florida sheriff backs Uber driver who killed 'goofball'

"This is a justifiable homicide all day long," says a Florida sheriff about the shooting. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2C0VU6Z

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. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2PhwP9M

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. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2NytToH

McCain and Biden's long friendship

The Arizona senator and the former vice-president shared a decades-long friendship. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2opOXms

The power of 'pink money' in India

Some businesses in India have found that catering to the LGBT community makes financial sense. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2PkzZJE

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. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2Pkjaii

The first cyclist to 'Everest' on Everest

JJ Zhou took on a fiendish cycling challenge on the world's highest mountain. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2NC2pyG

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. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2PPH2LJ

Tablet bends 'like ancient scroll'

A Canadian university has developed a tablet with a flexible screen that can rolled up. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2NyuA1l

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

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

Honey, I Swept the Floor!

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By BROOKE WILLIAMS from NYT Style https://ift.tt/2Pk01gs

Yankees Looking to Trade for Andrew McCutchen, a Former M.V.P.

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By TYLER KEPNER from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/2N3KVhz

Why You Should Tell Your Co-Workers How Much Money You Make

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By TIM HERRERA from NYT Smarter Living https://ift.tt/2PjuTO3