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Monthly Archives: June 2017

Empire State Building lit in Qatar Airways’ colors amid dispute

Eduardo Munoz Alvarez | AFP | Getty Images People look at the New York skyline with the Empire State Building lit in burgundy and white in honor of Qatar Airways and its 10th Anniversary of flying to the United States, as seen from Weehawken, New Jersey on June 27, 2017. …

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Review: In ‘Okja,’ a Girl and Her Pig Take on the Food Industrial Complex

Photo The computer-generated Okja, left, and An Seo Hyun in “Okja.” Credit Netflix Okja is a most remarkable pig. As big as a medium-sized elephant, with a snout that looks more canine than porcine, she is slobbery and sometimes flatulent, but also loyal, gentle and brave. Okja is devoted, above …

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Alibaba exec claims Chinese counterfeit market is sputtering

Everett Rosenfeld | CNBC Gao Hongbing, an Alibaba Group vice president and director of AliResearch, discusses the Chinese consumer at the World Economic Forum’s “Summer Davos” meeting in Dalian, China. DALIAN, China — The Chinese market for counterfeits is petering out as consumers grow more choosy about quality and brand-names, …

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Iran accuses US of ‘brazen’ plan to change its government

JEWEL SAMAD | AFP | Getty Images Iran’s envoy to the United Nations Gholamali Khoshroo speaks during a Security Council meeting after a vote on the Iran resolution at the UN headquarters in New York on July 20, 2015. The UN Security Council on July 20, unanimously adopted a resolution …

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Review: Midlife Crisis, With Pachyderm, in ‘Pop Aye’

Photo Thaneth Warakulnukroh and Bong the elephant in “Pop Aye,” directed by Kirsten Tan. Credit Kino Lorber There’s a wonderful moment in “Pop Aye,” when an elephant gives the camera — and you — the stink eye. Then again, maybe the elephant, called Pop Aye and played by a majestic …

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What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘Okja,’ ‘Younger’ and ‘Broadchurch’

Photo An Seo Hyun, left, and her pet in “Okja.” Credit Netflix A South Korean girl embarks on an odyssey to save her massive pet pig in “Okja.” Liza finds that telling the truth isn’t as easy as she had hoped in the season premiere of “Younger.” And “Broadchurch” returns …

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Toshiba says it’s suing Western Digital for $1 billion

Kazuhiro Nogi | AFP | Getty Images A shareholder of Toshiba arrives at a shareholders’ meeting in Chiba, Chiba prefecture in Japan on June 28, 2017. Japan’s Toshiba said on Wednesday it is filing a lawsuit against joint venture partner Western Digital. Toshiba is claiming 120 billion yen ($1.07 billion) …

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Christie’s Owner Unveils Plans for Private Paris Museum

Photo An artistic rendering of the Japanese architect Tadao Ando’s design for a new museum inside the Bourse de Commerce building in Paris. Credit Artefactory Lab; Tadao Ando Architect & Associates; NeM/Niney & Marca Architectes; Agence Pierre-Antoine Gatier; Courtesy Collection Pinault – Paris PARIS — François Pinault’s decades-long battle to …

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Geri Allen, Pianist Who Reconciled Jazz’s Far-Flung Styles, Dies at 60

Photo Geri Allen in 2012. She gained prominence in the 1980s. Credit Chester Higgins Jr./The New York Times Geri Allen, an influential pianist and educator whose dense but agile playing reconciled far-flung elements of the jazz tradition, died on Tuesday at a hospital in Philadelphia. She was 60. The cause …

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‘Pretty Little Liars’ Finale: How a Mystery Hid Its Villain

Needless to say, there are spoilers ahead, so any readers who don’t want to know the identity of A.D., the latest “A,” — or why the show’s sex scenes became more revealing, or which plot points provoked the angriest viewer reactions — should turn back now. These are edited excerpts …

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