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Oct
Weather report: Istanbul
Weather report: Istanbul. Looking out from Galata Bridge on the waterfront in Istanbul, Türkiye—Friday, October 18, just after 9:
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Oct
Note: A mystery of fewer deaths
A mystery of fewer deaths. More than 100,000 Americans died of drug overdoses last year, according to the United
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24
Oct
Note: ‘Pursuance’
111 MHz: ‘Pursuance.’ A brief fragment from an expanded reissue of a 2015 record of glorious, ringing, solo electric guitar
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Oct
Staying alive
Why are fewer Americans dying of drug overdoses? Magdalena Cerdá on what we know and don’t know about the the U.S. opioid crisis’s fourth wave.
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23
Oct
Note: Vladimir Putin calls a friend
Vladimir Putin calls a friend. North Korea has now sent 3,000 soldiers to Russia to support its war against
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22
Oct
Note: The bill comes due in Tehran
The bill comes due in Tehran. The war in the Middle East just passed the one-year mark, but now it
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22
Oct
Coming home to roost
How much is Iran driving the conflict in the Middle East? Alex Vatanka on the Islamic Republic’s relationship with Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis—and the tension between its ideology of revolution and instinct for self-preservation.
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22
Oct
Note: ‘Yourcelium’
111 MHz: ‘Yourcelium.’ James McKeown, who records as Hawksmoor is a modular synth player and composer from Bristol, U.K.
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Oct
Note: ‘The Starmer Project’
5 W Main: The Starmer Project. This month, the British press has been taking stock of Sir Keir Starmer’s
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Oct
Note: Living in a world of storms
Living in a world of storms. Hurricane Helene, which made landfall in the Southeastern United States in late September, killed
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