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Israeli Hostage Says She Was Sexually Assaulted and Tortured in Gaza
Amit Soussana is the first former hostage to publicly say she was sexually abused in captivity. A U.N. report has said it found “clear and convincing information” that some hostages suffered “conflict-related sexual violence.”
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Display of Battered Men Was Russia’s Warning to the Public, Analysts Say
Videos showing the torture of four men, accused of Russia’s deadliest terror attack in decades, have circulated widely in what analysts call a sign of the Russian state’s growing tolerance for public violence.
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Venezuelan Opposition Blocked from Election, Dimming Democratic Hopes
After its first two choices to compete for the presidency against Nicolás Maduro in July’s election were barred from running, the coalition of opposition parties was able to register a third, provisional choice.
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Who Could Sway the Outcome of the U.S. Election? Mexico’s President
Immigration is a key issue for voters in the U.S. election, giving Mexico immense power to potentially shape the vote.
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The Impressionists’ First Flowering Is Still Fresh After 150 Years
Their paintings emerged from a specific historical and artistic moment, yet they still resonate today, as a blockbuster Paris exhibition shows.
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Titus: The Masterpiece that the Cinematic Greatness of 1999 Obscured
1999 was one of the very best movie years, producing masterpiece after masterpiece, and even the movies that were less than that still made viewers feel as if they were practically drowning in a sea of amazing work. Brian Raftery’s book Best. Movie. Year. Ever. chronicled it in detail, and there have been entire podcasts…
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Five Years Later, Us is Jordan Peele’s Defining Puzzle
In the opening shot of Jordan Peele’s “Us” is a curious invitation: A Rubik’s Cube, placed on the shelf just underneath a modest movie collection, is practically a winking acknowledgment by Peele of the appetite “Get Out” stirred in critics, scholars, and audiences to solve his movies. Such a sly visual joke eventually colors every…
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We Were the Lucky Ones
Based on Georgia Hunter’s novel of the same name, a fictionalization of a true story, Hulu’s “We Were the Lucky Ones” is a harrowing tale of resilience and family in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds. The improbable story concerns the Polish-Jewish Kurc family, who, beginning with Passover in 1937 until Passover in 1947, will…
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The impact of compromised backups on ransomware outcomes
Insights into the financial and operational implications of having backups compromised in a ransomware attack.
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What Birds’ Dreams Can Tell Us About Our Own
What new research on the avian brain and REM sleep in birds might reveal about our own dream lives.