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On the Water’s Edge: Vancouver by Bike

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by New York TimesMay 23, 2022May 23, 202200

When I returned to Vancouver in the late 1980s, biking in the city was different than it is today. In my memory, the only people brave enough to ride downtown were bike couriers. On sunny afternoons there would be a dozen of them lounging and smoking outside the HSBC bank......

U.S. Military Airlifts Baby Formula From Europe

New York TimesMay 23, 2022

by New York TimesMay 23, 202200

A shipment of infant formula intended to fill a nationwide shortage arrived in the United States from Europe on Sunday, and a second flight was expected to bring additional supplies in the coming days, the Biden administration said. The shipment, equivalent to about 500,000 eight-ounce bottles, contained a hypoallergenic formula......

Naomi Osaka Loses in the First Round in Paris

New York TimesMay 23, 2022

by New York TimesMay 23, 202200

Christopher Clarey PARIS — Amanda Anisimova knocked Naomi Osaka out of another Grand Slam tournament on Monday, defeating her, 7-5, 6-4, in the first round of the French Open. Anisimova, a 20-year-old American with a power game that bears quite a resemblance to Osaka’s, had to save two match points......

Ukraine Live Updates: Zelensky Urges Global Business Elite to Further Punish Russia

New York TimesMay 23, 2022

by New York TimesMay 23, 202200

New York Times – For more and to sign up click here For decades, crude oil piped in from Russia has flowed into a giant refinery in Schwedt, an industrial city on the banks of the Oder River in Germany, providing jobs for thousands of workers and a reliable source......

Meta to give researchers more information on political ad targeting.

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by New York TimesMay 23, 2022May 23, 202200

Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, said that it planned to give outside researchers more detailed information on how political ads are targeted across its platform, providing insight into the ways that politicians, campaign operatives and political strategists buy and use ads ahead of the midterm elections. Starting on Monday,......

The Dallas Mavericks Just May Not Be Good Enough Yet

New York TimesMay 23, 2022

by New York TimesMay 23, 202200

Scott Cacciola DALLAS — Jason Kidd, the coach of the Mavericks, had a concise message for his players before Game 3 of the N.B.A.’s Western Conference finals on Sunday night. Open shots, he reminded them in the locker room, are easier to make than contested shots, so get into the......

Guy Fieri, Elder Statesman of Flavortown

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by New York TimesMay 23, 2022May 23, 202200

MIDDLETOWN TOWNSHIP, N.J. — Guy Fieri looks as if he has prepared his whole life to be a middle-aged rock star. He has grays in the famous goatee now, a faint tan line beneath his chain necklace and a pair of hulking middle-finger rings that do not slow his incorrigible......

Biden Says U.S. Military Would Defend Taiwan if China Invaded

New York TimesMay 23, 2022

by New York TimesMay 23, 202200

New York Times – For more and to sign up click here Mr. Biden had ignored the practiced imprecision of his predecessors with regard to China and Taiwan before in his presidency. Last August, in reassuring allies after his decision to abandon the government of Afghanistan, he promised that “we......

7 Great Biking Cities (and Which Trails to Ride)

New York TimesMay 23, 2022

by New York TimesMay 23, 202200

A bike is a game changer when exploring a new city: It’s cheap, speedy and a fun way get in some exercise while on vacation. From a 1,300-foot climb in Bogotá to a 22-mile, best-of-Paris loop (don’t worry, there’s wine and ice cream at the end), seven writers offer their......

8 Rails-to-Trails Adventures in the U.S.

New York TimesMay 23, 2022

by New York TimesMay 23, 202200

Lauren Sloss In the early 20th century, the patchwork of the United States was quilted together by almost 300,000 miles of railroad lines. When train transport fell into disuse in the 1950s and ’60s, a movement began to transform those abandoned industrial corridors into recreational space. Those miles of track......

Measuring Family Milestones, Beneath America’s Tallest Peak

New York TimesMay 23, 2022

by New York TimesMay 23, 202200

Caroline Van Hemert I didn’t understand then how much would change, or how quickly. Soon after, the park road was closed because of melting permafrost and landslides, locking a bike trip to Polychrome Pass into the archives of the past. I couldn’t see past the present chaos of family life,......

In Texas, a Proxy Fight Over Democrats’ Stance on Immigration

New York TimesMay 23, 2022

by New York TimesMay 23, 202200

The inaction could prove costly this election year: Some organizations that helped win crucial swing states for Democrats in 2018 and 2020 have no plans to knock on doors or call voters this midterm season, because they are so furious at the party’s stance on immigration. Among them is Lucha,......

The Era of Borderless Data Is Ending

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by New York TimesMay 23, 2022May 23, 202200

Every time we send an email, tap an Instagram ad or swipe our credit cards, we create a piece of digital data. The information pings around the world at the speed of a click, becoming a kind of borderless currency that underpins the digital economy. Largely unregulated, the flow of......

In the Fresh Food Business, a Middleman Can Be a Good Thing

New York TimesMay 23, 2022May 23, 2022

by New York TimesMay 23, 2022May 23, 202200

Then I built a platform for a kind of expert network for professionals who could help source commodities for a finder’s fee — a company like Nestlé looking for a key ingredient in a certain country, or is there somebody I can talk to in France about grapes? We gathered......

Biden Says U.S. Military Would Defend Taiwan if China Invaded

New York TimesMay 23, 2022

by New York TimesMay 23, 202200

New York Times – For more and to sign up click here TOKYO — President Biden indicated on Monday that he would use military force to defend Taiwan if it were ever attacked by China, dispensing with the “strategic ambiguity” traditionally favored by American presidents in outlining what the United......

Biden to Begin New Asia-Pacific Economic Bloc With a Dozen Allies

New York TimesMay 23, 2022

by New York TimesMay 23, 202200

SEOUL — President Biden has enlisted a dozen Asia-Pacific nations to join a new loosely defined economic bloc meant to counter China’s dominance and reassert American influence in the region five years after his predecessor withdrew the United States from a sweeping trade accord that it had negotiated itself. The......

Russian-Speaking Technologists Rebuild Their Lives in a San Francisco Home

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by New York TimesMay 23, 2022May 23, 202200

He soon founded a nonprofit social network for entrepreneurs called Mesto — the Russian word for place — hoping to boost the start-up market in Russia and other parts of the former Soviet Union. As he launched a new start-up of his own, Duplicat, which aimed to identify fraud in......

A Vote by Activision Workers Could Give Unions a Foothold in Gaming

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by New York TimesMay 23, 2022May 23, 202200

Jessica Gonzalez can sometimes still hear the eerie theme music for one of the Call of Duty video games in her mind. She jokes that the soundtrack will play on a loop in her subconscious when she gets older. Throughout the mid-2010s, Ms. Gonzalez spent months working grueling, 14-hour overnight......

Your Monday Briefing

New York TimesMay 23, 2022

by New York TimesMay 23, 202200

New York Times – For more and to sign up click here Russia renews its assault on eastern Ukraine Ukrainian and Russian forces traded fresh blows yesterday near Sievierodonetsk, military authorities and analysts said, as Moscow renewed its push toward the city, one of the last major Ukrainian strongholds in......

A Saga Between Tries, Novak Djokovic Again Aims for His 21st Slam

New York TimesMay 23, 2022

by New York TimesMay 23, 202200

Kurt Streeter Novak Djokovic has been here before, nipping at the heels of major title No. 21. He had a chance at the U.S. Open last summer. Winning the men’s singles final against Daniil Medvedev would have been a signal moment in sports. Djokovic would have burst through the logjam......

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