Julian Barnes’s final novel is about Julian Barnes

Departure(s)” blurs fact and fiction and bears some resemblance to the author’s Booker Prize winner, “The Sense of an Ending.

The mysterious Prussian clockmaker who claimed until his dying breath to be Marie-Antoinette’s dead son

Years after Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette met their fates at the guillotine, Karl-Wilhelm Naundorff convinced members of the ...
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GDB 48.0: McDavid and Draisaitl vs. Schaefer and Sorokin (7 PM, SN1)

Matthew Schaefer is the youngest player in the NHL at 18 years and 132 days old, yet he’s one of the most exciting players in ...
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Faberge's rare Winter Egg fetches record £22.9 mn at auction

Faberge's The Winter Egg, considered one of his most beautiful creations, sold for nearly £23 million ($30 million) at auction Tuesday in London, smashing the sales record for the legendary jeweller ...
Reuters

Japan to test mine rare-earth mud from deep seabed

TOKYO, Dec 23 (Reuters) - Japan will conduct test mining of rare-earth-rich mud from the deep seabed off Minamitori Island, some 1,900 kilometres (1,180 miles) southeast of Tokyo, from January 11 to ...
The New York Times

How U.S. Defense Industry Dodged a Rare-Earth Shortage After China’s Curbs

America’s ability to make precision-guided missiles was threatened during Trump’s tariff war. But experienced players have rescued the supply chain, for now. By Farah Stockman Farah Stockman covers ...
The New York Times

The U.S. Must Break China’s Chokehold on Our Economy

The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstanding values. It is separate from the newsroom. President Trump started ...