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Helping Children Understand Death – The New York Times

Most tender is the protective way the boy watches his grandfather sleep, sensing the man’s own frail mortality. “If a fly comes stepping with its sticky feet across Grandpa’s bald forehead — whoosh — I will blow it away. If an ant comes crawling from his shoes up his pants …

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Paris Opera ballerinas, who retire at 42, kick up a fuss over Macron pension plans

PARIS (Reuters) – Ballerinas in white tutus danced scenes from Swan Lake on the forecourt of the Paris Opera on Tuesday to protest against President Emmanuel Macron’s plans to scrap their special pension benefits. A view shows the Palais Garnier opera house with a banner that reads ”Paris opera on …

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No Christmas mass at Notre-Dame for the first time since Napoleon

General view shows the Notre Dame Cathedral, as works continue to stabilise the cathedral’s structure nine months after a fire caused significant damage, in Paris, France, December 23, 2019. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes PARIS (Reuters) – For the first time in more than 200 years, worshippers will not be able to attend …

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A Christmas journey from olive orchard to Nativity carving

A Palestinian worker carries a bucket containing cross models carved from olive wood to be sold during Christmas season, at a workshop in Bethlehem in the Israeli-occupied West Bank December 17, 2019. Picture taken December 17, 2019. REUTERS/Raneen Sawafta BETHLEHEM, West Bank (Reuters) – As Christmas pilgrims pore over the …

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Banksy’s ‘Scar of Bethlehem’ nativity unveiled in West Bank hotel

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (Reuters) – British street artist Banksy has brought a somber Christmas spirit to a hotel he founded in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, with a nativity scene evoking the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. An artwork dubbed “scar of Bethlehem” by street artist Banksy is displayed in the Walled …

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U.S. House passes new North American trade deal, Senate timing unclear

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a new North American trade deal on Thursday that includes tougher labor and automotive content rules but leaves $1.2 trillion in annual U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade flows largely unchanged. The House passed legislation to implement the U.S.-Mexico Canada Agreement 385-41, with 38 …

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U.S. House passes new North American trade deal replacing NAFTA

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a new North American trade deal on Thursday that includes tougher labor and automotive content rules but leaves $1.2 trillion in annual U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade flows largely unchanged. FILE PHOTO: The flags of Canada, Mexico and the U.S. are seen on …

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U.S. House set to approve North American trade deal replacing NAFTA

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives is set to approve a rewritten North American trade deal on Thursday that includes tougher labor and automotive content rules than its predecessor, but leaves $1.2 trillion in U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade flows largely unchanged. FILE PHOTO: The flags of Canada, Mexico and the …

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Consumer data, inflation index, more earnings

Here are the most important things to know about Friday before you hit the door. 1. Consumer data We’ll get consumer spending and personal income economic data on Friday. Consumer spending data will come out at 8:30 a.m. from the Commerce Department. Economists polled by Dow Jones are expecting a …

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Art exhibit by 12-year-old ‘young Jackson Pollock’ opens in New York

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Cynics who view pricy abstract art and scoff “a kid probably painted that” are finally right. At just 12 years old, Xeo Chu is setting sales records with his colorful, abstract paintings, which are selling for more than $150,000 and are being compared to works by …

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