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The end was “as stunning as it was swift”, said Rania Abouzeid in The New Yorker. Less than a fortnight after launching a lightning strike from its stronghold in northern Syria, the rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) this week …

“‘Nightbitch’ stars Amy Adams as a mother who is so full of rage about her loss of identity” that she becomes feral and starts turning into a dog, said Deborah Ross in The Spectator. There’s nothing I can say to …

What happened Gukesh Dommaraju, 18, became the youngest chess world champion when he unseated China’s Ding Liren at the FIDE World Chess Championship in Singapore Thursday. The Indian prodigy broke a record set by Russia’s Garry Kasparov, who was 22 …

Before President-elect Donald Trump chose Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, a Stanford University professor of medicine, to lead the National Institutes of Health, Bhattacharya rose to prominence during the Covid-19 pandemic. The doctor opposed lockdowns and, later, vaccine and mask mandates. An …

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A pair of states are hoping to send a message to gun manufacturer Glock with a lawsuit filed Dec. 12. The case, brought by the attorneys general of Minnesota and New Jersey, alleges that the Austrian firearms maker knowingly sells …

What happened President Joe Biden Thursday commuted the sentences of 1,499 people and granted 39 pardons. The White House called it the “largest single-day grant of clemency in modern history.” Who said what Those whose sentences were commuted had been …

What happened New NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte warned Europe Thursday that Russia’s Vladimir Putin wants to “wipe Ukraine off the map” and might come for other parts of Europe next. “It is time to shift to a wartime mindset,” Rutte …

‘The Jay-Z allegation once again reveals a culture of impunity in hip-hop’ Tayo Bero at The Guardian Jay-Z’s response to a rape allegation is a “stunning display of the culture of silence and complicity in hip-hop which continues to harm …

The government has announced an ambitious programme to complete the UK’s net zero transition to clean energy by 2030. Implementing the “colossal” Clean Power 2030 plan will cost £40 billion a year until the end of this decade, but the …

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The challenges of modern womanhood are powering a blood-spattered resurgence in one of cinema’s goriest genres. New female-focused “body horror” movies have tackled everything from unrealistic beauty standards to modern clampdowns on reproductive rights, but some cinemagoers are finding it …

Could “sexsomnia” claims derail more rape trials? Will 3D printing undermine gun controls? And has the rainbow lace campaign tied itself in knots? Olly Mann and The Week delve behind the headlines and debate what really matters from the past …

“We are living in an age of geeks”, and Tate Modern’s “Electric Dreams: Art and Technology before the Internet” is an exhibition that would delight “our techie overlords in Silicon Valley”, said Alastair Sooke in The Daily Telegraph. It is …

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After weeks of speculation about where he would land, sought-after baseball outfielder Juan Soto, who hit 41 home runs and drove in 128 runs last season, signed this week with the New York Mets for 15 years and $765 million. …

Gift-giving can feel like a difficult needle to thread. On the one hand, you want to be generous and give a gift you know the receiver will cherish. On the other, you have your own budget to contend with, along …

The historian/writer chooses her favourite novels (and a memoir). Last week, she was crowned winner of the Wolfson History Prize 2024 for her book “Shadows at Noon: The South Asian Twentieth Century”. Speak, Memory Vladimir Nabokov, 1951 This is my …

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A Liverpool man whose debilitating injuries mysteriously vanished in 1923 experienced a “miracle”, the Archbishop of Liverpool confirmed this week. John “Jack” Traynor, who was injured while serving for the navy during the First World War, was reportedly cured while …

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This week’s question: Orcas in the Pacific Northwest have been spotted wearing dead salmon as “hats,” reviving a trend last seen in the 1980s. If Disney were to make an animated movie about a killer whale that dreams of a …

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For more than fifty years, Voice Of America has been one of this country’s most powerful media assets, operating under its chartered mandate to “present a balanced and comprehensive projection of significant American thought and institutions” as well as the …

‘The Secret Service’s dual mission is its key strength’ Matt O’Neill at The Hill Some “former Secret Service agents have recently claimed that the agency’s dual mission of protection and investigation overburdens its operations,” but this “fundamentally misrepresents how the …

What happened Dozens of drones have been spotted over several areas of New Jersey since mid-November, including a sensitive military research facility and Donald Trump’s golf resort, and state and federal officials said Wednesday they were concerned — and stumped. …

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What happened FBI Director Christopher Wray said Wednesday he will step down at the end of President Joe Biden’s term, seven years into his 10-year tenure. President-elect Donald Trump had vowed to fire Wray if he did not step aside, …

Donald Trump’s presidency ended with a rush of executions — a total of 13 federal inmates were put to death during the final months of his first administration. Now death penalty opponents are asking President Joe Biden to empty out …

What happened South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said in televised remarks Wednesday he would not step down, despite urging from his party, and defended his six-hour imposition of martial law on Dec. 3. The brief attempt at military rule …

“Dancing Nazis, swastika-marked pigeons, sex-mad elderly ladies and the campest portrayal of Hitler that has ever been seen on stage.” Patrick Marber’s “loving” revival of Mel Brooks’ “cheeky” musical “The Producers” contains all the elements of the original show, said …

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