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Middle East Crisis: Gaza Cease-Fire Negotiators Meet Amid Threat of Wider Conflict
Hamas said it wouldn’t participate in the meeting, dimming hopes for a breakthrough to end Israel’s war against the armed group.
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Five Possible Candidates to Lead Japan
Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party is searching for a successor to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. But is it willing to change to appease a dissatisfied public?
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Sudan’s Military Reopens Border Crossing for Aid to Famine Zone
Accused of blocking food aid for its starving people, Sudan’s military announced it would reopen the main border crossing with Chad, which it had closed for six months to U.N. relief trucks.
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Ukraine’s Incursion Into Kursk Region of Russia Flips the Script on Putin
The reality of 130,000 displaced Russians and a chaotic official response may begin to puncture the official line that Russia is steadily heading toward victory.
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A Mob Attack on a Toppled Party Shows Bangladesh’s Dangerous Vacuum
A cycle of vengeance is playing out even as the interim government is trying to establish reforms and keep order.
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Locarno Film Festival 2024: Youth (Hard Times), Transamazonia, Moon
It’s been hot in Locarno, Switzerland. So much so that every person introducing a film has joked about the respective theater’s air conditioning being a welcomed respite to accompany the movies. This being my first time covering Locarno Film Festival, where a leopard’s roar accompanies every screening — I can only concur that this 77th…
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Jackpot!
“Jackpot!” is a trashy and repetitive action comedy about greed and bloodlust set in a world full of people who are proud to be awful. Directed by Paul Feig (“Spy”), it’s set in near-future Los Angeles, which begins to seem like a statement in itself as the movie goes along. There’s a statewide lottery. For some reason, the state…
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Good Bad Things
“Good Bad Things” is an intimate, small story about the gigantic issue that challenges and terrifies us all: the collision between the desperate need to be seen and loved and the fear that what people might see will repel rather than attract them. Written by lifelong friends Shane D. Stanger (who also directed) and Danny Kurtzman…
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Thumbnails 8/15/24: Six Must-Reads You Don’t Want To Miss This Week
From an interview with “It Ends With Us” director and star Justin Baldoni to a smattering of four-star reviews, here is a sampling of the articles we know you won’t want to miss this week. 1. “Justin Baldoni Wants You To Believe” by Tim Grierson “That true-believer attitude starts at the top. Baldoni is nothing…
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Content updates and product architecture: Sophos Endpoint
Sophos X-Ops takes a look at the content updates in Intercept X, and how we validate and release them