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Republicans Gather in Iowa to Ride, Eat and Disagree
Eight presidential hopefuls, with Donald Trump absent, spoke at an annual political rally in Des Moines to highlight their conservative bona fides.
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Inside the Complicated Reality of Being America’s Oldest President
President Biden is asking voters to keep him in the White House until age 86, renewing attention to an issue that polls show troubles most Americans.
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5 Takeaways From Ron DeSantis’s First Campaign Trip
He swung back at Donald Trump. He vowed to vanquish the “woke mob” and turn the country into mega-Florida. He had normal encounters with voters that didn’t become memes.
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Relatives Identify Crash Victims as Modi Visits Derailment Site
At least 288 people were killed and more than 700 injured in what officials described as a “three-way accident” involving two passenger trains and a freight train in the Indian state of Odisha.
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India’s Train Crash: What We Know
Three trains were involved in the fatal crash in Odisha State. It was the deadliest such disaster in decades in a country where train travel has grown far safer in recent years.
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Russians in Belgorod Region Start Feeling the Ukraine War
With cross-border strikes, residents of the Russian region of Belgorod are starting to understand the horrors of war being waged at their doorstep.
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In Russian Schools, It’s Recite Your ABC’s and ‘Love Your Army’
The curriculum for young Russians is increasingly emphasizing patriotism and the heroism of Moscow’s army, while demonizing the West as “gangsters.” One school features a “sniper”-themed math class.
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Modi Arrives at Scene of Deadly Train Crash in Odisha, India
The disaster killed at least 288 people, and a preliminary government report described it as a “three-way accident” involving two passenger trains and an idled cargo train. Officials were investigating possible signal failure.
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Cannes 2023 Video #9: Nicholas Guest on Fallen Leaves, Monster, Strange Way of Life and More
RogerEbert.com publisher Chaz Ebert’s ninth video dispatch from the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, made with Scott Dummler of Mint Media Works, features her discussion with actor Nicholas Guest about his career as well as his thoughts on festival selections including Aki Kaurismäki’s “Fallen Leaves,” Hirokazu Kore-eda’s “Monster” and Pedro Almodóvar’s “Strange Way of Life.” You can view Chaz’s full…
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How Did Birds First Take Off?
It took 150 million years for feathered dinosaurs to master flight and become the birds we see overhead today.