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Sandra Mwayera wailed as her older brother slouched next to her in the back seat of a car — he had died from cholera as he waited for treatment among dozens of others outside a hospital in Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare.“My brother! My brother! Why have you abandoned me?” she pleaded. “Come back, please. Come back!”In neighboring Zambia, inside the 60,000-seat National Heroes Stadium in the capital, Lusaka, rows of gray cots lined rooms at a makeshift treatment center where 24-year-old Memory Musonda had died. Her family said they were not informed until four days later — the government buried her,…

Creative CanvasA signet ring, unlike a pinkie ring, traditionally has a flat surface, either smooth or engraved. For those looking to create their own family crest, Rebus, a jeweler in the Hatton Garden district of London, has stacks of books with family crests and insignia from centuries past that can be engraved in 18-karat gold or silver rings (starting at $380 for sterling silver). The jewelry house, which has a team of on-site engravers, creates monograms and symbols and will help clients to design their own motifs.For the New York jeweler Kim Dunham, each bespoke signet ring begins with an…

Sunday night’s overtime Super Bowl shattered ratings records.An audience of 123.4 million watched the Kansas City Chiefs beat the San Francisco 49ers, according to preliminary figures from Nielsen and CBS, which broadcast the game. That figure easily eclipsed last year’s record high of 115.1 million, when Kansas City defeated the Philadelphia Eagles. Final Nielsen ratings for the Super Bowl will be issued on Tuesday.The figure is the total who watched on CBS, the Paramount+ streaming app, the Spanish-language channel Univision, N.F.L. digital channels or Nickelodeon, which aired a child-friendly telecast. The vast majority watched the game on CBS, which recorded…

Strikes and rescues in RafahThe Israeli military said it had launched a wave of attacks to divert attention and provide cover for a raid by special operations forces that successfully rescued two hostages in Rafah, in Southern Gaza. Gaza’s health ministry said dozens of Palestinians were killed in the crowded city, where more than a million displaced people have sought shelter.Here’s the latest.The two men who were rescued — Fernando Simon Marman, 60, and Louis Har, 70 — are dual citizens of Israel and Argentina. They were in good condition and were undergoing tests at a hospital in Tel Aviv,…

LAS VEGAS — The NFL is defending its title for the first time in 19 years. The Kansas City Chiefs defeated the San Francisco 49ers 25-22 in overtime at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on Sunday to win their third Super Bowl title in five seasons and solidify their status as the league’s modern dynasty. .This one, like the first two with Kansas City and its superstar quarterback Patrick Mahomes, featured a thrilling second-half comeback and, this time, some overtime heroics .Jake Moody’s 27-yard field goal gave the 49ers a 22-19 lead on the first play of overtime, but the…

Daniella Kallmeyer has been putting women in suits since the debut of her Kallmeyer label in 2012. It has taken that long for the rest of the fashion world to fall in love with them.“We’ve been doing this from Day 1,” said Ms. Kallmeyer, who has been designing clothes for 15 years. “Just let women wear suits. It’s a uniform — men get to wear uniforms. Men get to have these signals and identifiers that are part of a code of dressing.”Tailoring is what the label is known for. The actress Sarita Choudhury wore a Kallmeyer zebra-print trench on “And…

For even those who have only a passing interest in golf, one of the sport’s most memorable images is of Tiger Woods playing his way to another major tournament victory while wearing a red polo shirt with a white Nike swoosh.That image is officially in the past, however. In January, Mr. Woods announced the end of his 27-year deal with Nike, which had made him hundreds of millions of dollars. The partnership was marked by memorable ads and, of course, the red Nike shirts that Mr. Woods wore during many final rounds on Sundays.When Mr. Woods announced the ending of…

Some Israelis want the government to agree to a deal that would free the remaining hostages in exchange for an end to the Israeli assault, fearing that the offensive puts them in jeopardy. Mr. Netanyahu said in a statement on Monday that “only continued military pressure, until total victory, will bring about the release of all of our hostages.”Mr. Netanyahu says that securing Rafah is critical to Israel’s goal of ending Hamas control in Gaza. On Sunday, he promised civilians there safe passage to areas of northern Gaza, though he offered no details.President Biden, after meeting at the White House…

President Biden said on Monday that Israel should not proceed with a major ground offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah without a “credible plan” to protect more than one million people who are sheltering there.Mr. Biden spoke after meeting at the White House with King Abdullah II of Jordan, a key figure in the push for a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip. It was the first face-to-face conversation between the two leaders since the Israel-Hamas war started.“Many people there have been displaced — displaced multiple times, fleeing the violence to the north, and now they’re packed into Rafah…

Red, yellow and white confetti fell at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, confirming their coronation. The Kansas City Chiefs once again experienced that feeling that only one team can achieve during the NFL season, completing a daunting goal and delivering an exciting feeling.In the 8th Super Bowl, the Chiefs defeated the San Francisco 49ers 25-22 in overtime and became the first defending champion of the NFL in 20 years. The win cemented the franchise’s golden era and cemented its status as one of the true dynasties in the league’s 104-year history.”This is just the beginning,” Patrick Mahomes insisted. “We’re not…