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Bangladesh’s Leader Resigns and Flees Country After Protests
The country’s army chief said an interim government would be formed, as demonstrators successfully challenged Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s harsh rule.
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Netanyahu’s Spat With Biden Echoes Dispute With Israel’s Security Chiefs
Senior Israeli security officials have grown frustrated with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over his perceived resistance to a swift cease-fire deal with Hamas.
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Myanmar Rebels Gain Regional Military Base in Lashio, a Major Win
The seizure of the military’s northeastern command post gives the resistance control of a city and airport on a crucial trade corridor to China.
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Riots Break Out Across UK: What to Know
The country begins a new week on edge after anti-immigrant riots, fanned by disinformation from the far right, broke out in cities across Britain.
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Japan Needs Foreign Workers. It’s Just Not Sure It Wants Them to Stay.
Foreign employees have become much more visible in Japan. But policies designed only for short-term stays may hurt the country in the global competition for labor.
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Interview with Next Avenue: Chaz Ebert Wants You To Give a FECK
RogerEbert.com Co-Founder and Publisher Chaz Ebert recently spoke to journalist Randi Mazzella about her bestselling book It’s Time to Give a FECK:Elevating Humanity through Forgiveness, Empathy, Compassion and Kindness, and we are reprinting what was chosen by the editors of Next Avenue as the Article of the Day, for August 5th. Please go here for more information. Randi Mazzella, NEXT…
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With Season 3, HBO’s Industry Remains One of the Best Shows of the Decade
Finally, at long last, HBO’s “Industry” will be getting a primetime Sunday-night slot with its third season. First debuting in 2020, the series hasn’t been able to pick up the viewership it deserves, despite having a dedicated online following. But, with season three it feels like the show is finally set to become the hit…
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A Moment in the Spotlight: On The King of Comedy
Congratulations, Mr. Rupert Pupkin. You are definitely one of the creepiest movie antiheroes in the history of cinema, but you and your little “comedy” movie, Martin Scorsese’s “The King of Comedy,” have somehow persisted for more than 40 years, despite being weirdly not “funny” on the surface. Pupkin is played by Robert De Niro, a…
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SDCC 2024: A New Normal?
Was SDCC ‘Finally Back to Normal’ in a Post-Pandemic World? That’s what SDCC chief communications and strategy office David Glanzer told Variety, but is it true? As Variety notes, last year’s SAG-AFTRA strike “forced almost every studio to pull their panels” and yet this year “with no obvious impediments in sight…the largest fan fathering in North America…
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Upgrading your Sophos Firewall from XG to XGS
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