Almost All the Colleges I Wanted to Go to Rejected Me. Now What?

By KWAME ANTHONY APPIAH from NYT Magazine https://nyti.ms/2PC1BeO

Reinventing the Tomato for Survival in a Changing World

By TEJAL RAO from NYT Food https://nyti.ms/2J42knJ

From Apples to Popcorn, Climate Change Is Altering the Foods America Grows

By KIM SEVERSON from NYT Food https://nyti.ms/2V2y5ox

How Does Your Love of Wine Contribute to Climate Change?

By ERIC ASIMOV from NYT Food https://nyti.ms/2J3ZhMv

These Five Cuisines Are Easier on the Planet

By SOMINI SENGUPTA from NYT Climate https://nyti.ms/2IOtvnh

In a Switch, Some Republicans Start Citing Climate Change as Driving Their Policies

By LISA FRIEDMAN from NYT Climate https://nyti.ms/2VErPTe

The New Mall Tenant Is Your Office

By TOM ACITELLI from NYT Business https://nyti.ms/2J3YwTF

Oliver Sacks’s Final, Posthumous Work

By DANIEL MENAKER from NYT Books https://nyti.ms/2V6A7Uu

Italian ex-PM Berlusconi hospitalized with abdominal pain: source

Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi was taken by ambulance to Milan's San Raffaele hospital suffering abdominal pain on Tuesday, a source familiar with the situation said.

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Former Italian PM Berlusconi hospitalized: report

Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi was taken by ambulance to Milan's San Raffaele hospital on Tuesday, newspaper Corriere della Sera reported on its website.

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Emperor Akihito thanks Japanese people in farewell remarks

Following are remarks by Japanese Emperor Akihito at his abdication ceremony on Tuesday in the Imperial Palace's Matsu no ma, or Hall of Pine.

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Algerian ex-PM in court for corruption probe: Ennahar TV

Algeria's ex-Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia appeared in court as part of a corruption probe, private channel Ennahar TV reported on Tuesday.

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Cambridge to study how it profited from Atlantic slavery

The University of Cambridge said on Tuesday it would conduct a two-year academic study of how it benefited from or validated the Atlantic slave trade and other forms of coerced labor during the colonial era.

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Departing Japanese Emperor Akihito thanks the people, prays for peace

Japanese Emperor Akihito, in his final remarks as his three-decade reign drew to a close on Tuesday, thanked the people for their support and expressed hope for a peaceful future.

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Japan's Akihito, in final words as emperor, thanks the public, prays for peace

Japanese Emperor Akihito, in his final remarks as his three-decade reign drew to a close on Tuesday, thanked the people for their support and expressed hope for a peaceful future.

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Spain's Sanchez weighs options after election win, outlook murky

(This April 29 story has been refiled to fix typo in second mention of IESE business school in 22nd paragraph)

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Sri Lanka’s President Lifts Ban on Social Media

By KAI SCHULTZ from NYT World https://nyti.ms/2GOa3nl

Photographing Trafficked Animals in Colombia

By IVAN VALENCIA and EVELYN NIEVES from NYT Lens https://nyti.ms/2XX0IAt

Learning With: ‘Lego Is Making Braille Bricks. They May Give Blind Literacy a Needed Lift.’

By JEREMY ENGLE from NYT The Learning Network https://nyti.ms/2VzCw9D

His Punch Lines Cross Moral Lines. Anthony Jeselnik Gets Away With It.

By JASON ZINOMAN from NYT Arts https://nyti.ms/2L9AfxX

U.S. envoy to Sri Lanka says threat is real as security forces maintain high alert

The U.S. ambassador to Sri Lanka said on Tuesday that some of the Islamist militants involved in the Easter Sunday bombings on the island were likely still at large and could be planning fresh attacks.

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Late Night Congratulates Trump on His 10,000th Lie

By TRISH BENDIX from NYT Arts https://nyti.ms/2WgrrHI

Contaminated blood scandal: Inquiry hearings to begin

A public inquiry starts to hear evidence as families call for "justice" for people affected.

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Japanese Emperor Akihito begins historic abdication

Akihito, who says he is too old for the role, is the first Japanese emperor to stand down in 200 years.

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State of the Nation report: Social mobility in UK 'virtually stagnant'

Inequality will remain entrenched in the UK "from birth to work" unless ministers act, a report warns.

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'Our water pollution is a cancer'

"Waterkeeper" Nabil Musa fights Iraq's water crisis, which he calls the country's gravest threat yet.

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Rod Rosenstein: US deputy attorney general quits

Rod Rosenstein, who was once accused of treason by the president, exits after a turbulent two years.

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Cambridge investigates its slavery links

The University of Cambridge is to investigate whether it gained financially from the slave trade.

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Rail firms want independent body to oversee network

Long-distance routes should also be serviced by more than one company to spark competition, they said.

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Anti-social behaviour 'nightmare' ignored, says report

Victims' commissioner says authorities are downplaying the harm caused by crimes such as vandalism.

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Climate change: Electric car target 'needs to be sooner'

The government's plan to ban the sale of petrol and diesel cars by 2040 is too tame, its advisers will say.

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Labour to discuss 'confirmatory ballot' for Brexit

The party's governing body will decide whether to back a confirmatory ballot in the EU elections.

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Elise Christie: Message of hope after being left 'broken' by anxiety & depression

British short track speed skater Elise Christie says she "ended up broken" from "debilitating" anxiety and depression, but has now recovered.

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'Russian spy whale'

A beluga whale was found with suspicious equipment off Norway's coast

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Music royalties reach record high but songwriters 'on minimum wage'

But there are claims that "a lot of songwriters are making less than minimum wage".

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Newspaper headlines: Cambridge slavery probe and backlash over rape victim phone demand

Stories about victims of crime, including rape, feature on Tuesday's front pages.

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News Daily: NHS blood infection inquiry, and Japanese abdication

Your morning briefing for 30 April 2019.

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Debenhams closures: Four ways to use the empty stores

Across the UK, empty department stores are being turned into everything from housing to arts spaces.

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Glimpsing a world beyond human extinction

Writer and explorer Robert MacFarlane explores the "underland" beneath our feet.

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Esperanza Spalding: A jazz singer looking to inspire a generation

Award-winning jazz singer Esperanza Spalding is working to bring the arts to some of the nation's toughest schools.

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The Dorset family who are living plastic-free

The Fynes family decided to go plastic-free after seeing ducks eating rubbish at a picnic site.

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A supermarket is being piloted which has no tills, forcing customers to pay by app.

A supermarket is being piloted in London which has no tills, forcing customers to pay by app. Emma Simpson reports.

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Families in Blackpool are getting lessons in resilience to improve mental health

Families in Blackpool are getting lessons in resilience, as part of a £10 million programme to improve mental health.

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Sports Illustrated features first burkini girl

Halima Aden becomes the first model to wear a burkini in Sports Illustrated's swimsuit issue.

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Minecraft player loses five-year-long game

Phil Watson is "killed" by a zombie baby and a spider.

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Japanese Emperor Akihito's human touch

Emperor Akihito will be remembered as the man who began the modernisation of Japan's Chrysanthemum Throne.

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Jeopardy: How a pro gambler 'cracked' US game show

Sports bettor James Holzhauer's unusual strategy is paying off as he crushes Jeopardy records.

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Is the UK economy at a new moment of sea-change?

Forty years ago Mrs Thatcher came to power, is the UK economy at another historic moment of change?

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London nail bombings remembered 20 years on

Twenty years have passed since a campaign of terror that killed three people and injured dozens.

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What's happening to rape prosecutions?

Rape victims in England and Wales are being asked to hand their phones to police as evidence.

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European elections: What pay can UK MEPs expect?

If the UK takes part in the European elections, what pay and benefits can MEPs expect?

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U.S. believes Sri Lanka militants may be plotting more attacks: ambassador

The United States believes members of the militant group blamed for Sri Lanka's Easter Sunday attacks may be at large and planning more assaults, the U.S. ambassador to Sri Lanka said on Tuesday.

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