Does ‘Creative’ Work Free You from Drudgery, or Just Security?

By JODY ROSEN from NYT Magazine https://nyti.ms/2RZ5lM2

How Iran’s Greatest Director Makes Art of Moral Ambiguity

By GILES HARVEY from NYT Magazine https://nyti.ms/2D66mYr

Locast, a Free App Streaming Network TV, Would Love to Get Sued

By EDMUND LEE from NYT Business https://nyti.ms/2CURADK

As Chances of No-Deal Brexit Rise, British Companies Scramble to Prepare

By PETER S. GOODMAN from NYT Business https://nyti.ms/2sZzJH7

Marlon James: By the Book

By Unknown Author from NYT Books https://nyti.ms/2CYjSwX

As a Reporter, She Wrote About Business. As a Novelist, She Writes About Murder.

By AMELIA LESTER from NYT Books https://nyti.ms/2RZ5uiy

Guildford pub bombings inquest resumes 45 years on

Five people and 65 others were injured when the IRA bombed two Guildford pubs in 1974.

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Kylie Minogue: Man warned after harassing pop star

Officers issued a harassment warning after being called to an address in west London.

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Rough sleeping in England down for first time in eight years

4,677 people are estimated or counted to have been sleeping rough in England.

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U.S. sees no impact from EU trade mechanism for Iran

The U.S. embassy in Germany said on Thursday it was seeking additional details about a new European mechanism to facilitate non-dollar trade with Iran, but did not expect it to affect its effort to apply maximum economic pressure on Tehran.

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Brexit: 'Extra time' may be needed, says Jeremy Hunt

Jeremy Hunt says a delay beyond the 29 March deadline depends on progress in the coming weeks.

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'American Dying' cooled Earth's climate

European settlement of the Americas killed so many people, it disturbed Earth's climate.

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Sudan's Bashir says border with Eritrea reopens after being shut for a year

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir said on Thursday that his country was reopening its border with Eritrea, which has been shut for about a year.

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Afghan Government Control Over Country Falters, U.S. Report Says

By ROD NORDLAND from NYT World https://nyti.ms/2SiNnDp

Jackie Robinson Showed Me How to Fight On, Not Fight Back

By CLAIRE SMITH from NYT Sports https://nyti.ms/2Rojg9b

Whether They Wanted it or Not, Jackie Robinson Raised Americans’ Consciousness

By GEORGE VECSEY from NYT Sports https://nyti.ms/2G4bq3t

Trevor Noah Doesn’t Think Weather Reporters Ought to Freeze in the Cold

By GIOVANNI RUSSONELLO from NYT Arts https://nyti.ms/2G0nPp2

Could You Last 11 Days Without the Internet? Tonga Finds Out the Hard Way

By DANIEL VICTOR from NYT World https://nyti.ms/2Rv8pdq

U.S. likely to announce suspension of INF treaty obligations: U.S. official

The U.S. government will likely announce the suspension of its obligations under the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) with Russia in coming days, after bilateral talks failed to make headway, a senior U.S. official told Reuters.

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Italy's Berlusconi says new government possible even without snap vote

Former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said on Thursday a new center-right government that would sweep the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement from power could be formed even without a snap election.

from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2RtpeW7

Brazilians little moved by Vale overtures in wake of disaster

Residents of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais reacted with indifference and in many cases dismissal at a raft of measures mining giant Vale SA pledged to adopt in recent days in the wake of a dam burst that likely killed over 300 people.

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Sudan's Bashir says border with Eritrea, shut for a year, reopens

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir said on Thursday that his country was reopening its border with Eritrea, which has been shut since January 6, 2018.

from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2TmpTuh

The Best Movies and TV Shows New to Netflix Australia in February

By NOEL MURRAY from NYT Watching https://nyti.ms/2MMcPw4

‘Russian Doll’: Programmer, Debug Thyself

By JAMES PONIEWOZIK from NYT Arts https://nyti.ms/2SexJsK

Frida Kahlo Was a Painter, a Brand Builder, a Survivor. And So Much More.

By REBECCA KLEINMAN from NYT Arts https://nyti.ms/2sYCybg

Germany, France, Britain to launch mechanism for trade with Iran

Germany, France and Britain have officially set up a European mechanism to facilitate non-dollar trade with Iran and circumvent U.S. sanctions, two diplomats said on Thursday.

from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2RvlaoF

Zimbabwe's public sector union backs down on strike, says situation is volatile

Zimbabwe's umbrella public sector union has backed down from plans for a national strike, an official said on Thursday, citing the volatile situation in the country after violent protests this month were met by a security crackdown.

from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2WxwunD

Venezuela's Guaido asks EU to keep pressure on Maduro

Venezuela's self-declared interim president Juan Guaido has asked European Union governments to keep up the pressure on President Nicolas Maduro.

from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2WynheL