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Author: Alanna Mitchell

World

It’s Official: The Leap Second Will Be Retired (a Decade from Now)

November 19, 2022November 20, 2022Alanna MitchellComments Off on It’s Official: The Leap Second Will Be Retired (a Decade from Now)

On Friday, an international vote was taken to ditch the leap second, a technical fudge that has caused headaches since its inception 50 years ago.

World

Time Is Running Out for the Leap Second

November 14, 2022November 15, 2022Alanna MitchellComments Off on Time Is Running Out for the Leap Second

To the world’s timekeepers, the leap second is a kludge, a bane, a pain in the little hand. Now they’re proposing to ditch it. Will our days ever be the same?

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Putin Proposes One More Year of Nuclear Caps With U.S.

September 22, 2025September 22, 2025Ivan Nechepurenko and Paul Sonne

Egypt Pardons Alaa Abd El Fattah, Its Most Prominent Political Prisoner

September 22, 2025September 22, 2025VIVIAN YEE

Egypt Pardons Most Prominent Political Prisoner

September 22, 2025VIVIAN YEE

Zubeen Garg, Singer of Hit Bollywood Song ‘Ya Ali,’ Dies at 52

September 22, 2025Mark Walker and Suhasini Raj

For Arab Nations With Ties to Israel, Attacks on Qatar and Gaza City Raise Anxiety

September 22, 2025September 22, 2025Erika Solomon

Super Typhoon Ragasa Hits the Philippines, Headed for Hong Kong

September 22, 2025September 22, 2025Tiffany May and Xinyun Wu

As U.N. General Assembly Gathers, Here’s What to Watch For

September 22, 2025September 22, 2025Pranav Baskar

High-Tech Greenhouse Brings Fresh Produce to Canada’s Arctic

September 22, 2025September 22, 2025Norimitsu Onishi and Renaud Philippe

Russia’s Ban on I.B. Schools Deepens Its Rupture With the West

September 22, 2025September 22, 2025Valerie Hopkins and Nataliya Vasilyeva

Foreigners Have Flocked to Copenhagen for Weddings. Is the Honeymoon Over?

September 22, 2025September 22, 2025Amelia Nierenberg
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