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24 Hours of Le Mans: 100 Years of Endurance and Innovation
The famous race, often a testing ground for the automotive industry, has hit its centennial.
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Macron Faces Fresh Test as Outlook for French Finances Dims
S&P Global restated a negative outlook for France’s ability to repay mounting debt. Two other ratings agencies have lowered their views in recent weeks.
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The Exclusive, Elusive World of Real Tennis
“If you wanted to design a game that was going to put people off from playing it,” one court tennis enthusiast said, “you would probably design a real tennis court.”
Kaija Saariaho, Pathbreaking Composer, Is Dead at 70
She brought new colors to modernist music, sometimes using electronics, and became the first female living composer to have two operas staged by the Met.