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Businesses in Europe Seek to Limit Sanctions Against Russia

As businesses campaign to maintain ties with Moscow, the world’s seven wealthiest nations said on Friday they would impose additional sanctions on Russia resulting from its military action in Ukraine.

A Consensus in Washington, but No Action on a Harbor

The Savannah Harbor Expansion Project in Georgia has gone nowhere, even though Democrats and Republicans, Congress and the White House agree it is essential and overdue.

Walmart Fortune Is Helping to Spread Charter Schools

The foundation led by the family that built Walmart has spent more than $1 billion on some of the fastest-growing, and most divisive, trends in education.

Arrests Belie Egyptian Vows of Religious Tolerance

The architects of the military takeover promised religious tolerance and pluralism, but prosecutors continue to jail Coptic Christians, Shiite Muslims and atheists on charges of blasphemy.

Tiffany James with her 5-month-old son, Knoble, in February after a meeting of the Washington-area chapter of Fertility for Colored Girls, a support group.
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Infertility, Endured Through a Prism of Race

Black women face infertility more often than white women but are less likely to seek medical help. Above, Tiffany James and her son, Knoble, at a support group in Washington.

City Hall Memo
Carriage Horse Ban Is No Walk in the Park for Mayor

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio’s plan to ban horse-drawn carriages in Central Park has erupted into a cause célèbre, even as he is trying to refocus his administration.

Xishuangbanna Journal
Where Ivory Is Prized, Wild Elephants Find Safety

Government protections are helping to increase the number of Asian elephants, but forests are rapidly giving way to rubber and other cash crops.

From T Magazine
In Lagos, the Wealthy Class Takes Stock

The creative community seeks to preserve the culture of one of Africa’s fastest-growing cities through art and fashion.

Baby Food Industry Battles Mom’s Kitchen

Sales of commercially prepared baby food have been steadily falling since 2005 as parents take a do-it-yourself approach, but the industry is hardly waving a white diaper.

Connecticut Girl, 16, Is Fatally Stabbed at School

Milford police took a student into custody after Maren Sanchez was attacked shortly before classes were to begin.

Table For Three
Oh, How They Like to Dish

A conversation with Liz Smith, a gossip columnist, and Jess Cagle, editorial director of People magazine about celebrity, ambition and the difference between gossip and news.

Wise Controls on E-Cigarettes

The rules proposed by the F.D.A. would lay the foundation to protect the public from devices whose risks are largely unknown.

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    Ensuring Money for Charity Is Put to Work

    Researching a charity does not guarantee your money will end up where you want it, writes Ron Lieber.

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    A Rocket Is Aimed at Detroit (Run! Jump!)

    “Brick Mansions” comes close to being a high-impact allegory of race and class.

    Possessed by Demons

    In “The Quiet Ones,” a professor and his aides experiment with a possible cure for a haunted woman.

     

    The Road to His Destiny

    “Locke” is set almost entirely within a car in a hypnotic landscape.

    Property Values
    What You Get for ... $2,500,000

    This week’s properties include island houses in Washington and Rhode Island and a lake house in Georgia.

    Beijing Auto Show
    In China, Dawn of a Gilded Age

    China has become an important automotive market, and the Beijing show will reflect that. More than 1,000 new models are expected to be on display during the show, which opens on Monday.

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    Corner Office
    Angus Davis of Swipely, on Working Around Flaws

    Mr. Davis, the chief executive of Swipely, which sells software, says his flaws are “part of who I am, and it’s part of how we get things done.“

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