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Majdal Shams, Israeli-controlled home to the Druze, perches uneasily at the edge of war
5 days, 19 hours ago

Majdal Shams, Israeli-controlled home to the Druze, perches uneasily at the edge of war

Associated Press  

MAJDAL SHAMS, Golan Heights — High in the mountains of the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, the town of Majdal Shams is home to members of one of the Middle East’s most insular religious minorities: the Druze. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print People walk past a sign in the Druze village of Majdal Shams, …

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Majdal Shams, home to the Druze, perches uneasily at the edge of war
6 days, 2 hours ago

Majdal Shams, home to the Druze, perches uneasily at the edge of war

Al Jazeera  

High in the mountains of the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, Majdal Shams is home to members of one of the Middle East’s most insular religious communities: the Druze. With its roots in 10th century Ismailism, a branch of Shia Islam, the roughly one million-strong minority is spread across Syria, Lebanon, Israel and the Golan Heights. Many families in Majdal Shams have …

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Anora: This year’s Oscars front-runner deserves to be huge.
2 months ago

Anora: This year’s Oscars front-runner deserves to be huge.

Slate  

Anora, the new movie from the sui generis writer-director Sean Baker, seems likely to be the one that catapults him from indie critical darling to that much rarer thing: a filmmaker whose work is both widely praised by festival-going cinephiles and widely watched by audiences who just want to have a good time. Related From Slate This Year’s Great Family …

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Is this the beginning of the end for Gary Lineker at the BBC? £1.35m-a-year presenter is SNUBBED for Gabby Logan to front new Champions League highlights show - with just 12 months left on his Match o
5 months, 1 week ago

Is this the beginning of the end for Gary Lineker at the BBC? £1.35m-a-year presenter is SNUBBED for Gabby Logan to front new Champions League highlights show - with just 12 months left on his Match o

Daily Mail  

LISTEN to It's All Kicking Off! Gary Lineker was favourite to host the show, but has reportedly been snubbed Gary Lineker has reportedly been snubbed from presenting the BBC's new Champions League highlights programme next season, bringing into question his future on Match of the Day. Gary Lineker reportedly won't host the BBC's new Champions League highlights programme The BBC …

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China sees two ‘bowls of poison’ in Biden and Trump and ponders who is the lesser of two evils
10 months, 3 weeks ago

China sees two ‘bowls of poison’ in Biden and Trump and ponders who is the lesser of two evils

Associated Press  

BEIJING — As the U.S. presidential campaign moves closer to a Donald Trump-Joe Biden rematch, China is watching uneasily. “For China, no matter who won the U.S. presidential election, they would be two ‘bowls of poison’,” said Zhao Minghao, a professor of international relations at Fudan University in Shanghai. “China doesn’t have any preference for who will win the presidential …

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China confronts a new political reality in Taiwan: No friends
11 months, 3 weeks ago

China confronts a new political reality in Taiwan: No friends

Live Mint  

TAIPEI—A drawing of Taiwan at the presidential campaign headquarters of the island’s ruling party shows strikingly little concern for north and south. At the campaign headquarters of the ruling party’s candidate and the current leader in the polls, Vice President Lai Ching-te, the word “China" is nowhere to be seen at all. Instead, on a recent visit, volunteers from Lai’s …

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60 years later, JFK’s assassination still raises questions. These 3 docs have (some) answers
1 year, 1 month ago

60 years later, JFK’s assassination still raises questions. These 3 docs have (some) answers

LA Times  

In this Nov. 22, 1963, file photo, President John F. Kennedy waves from his car in a motorcade shortly before he was shot in Dallas. I’ve always felt some incidental connection between the Kennedys and the Petries, of “The Dick Van Dyke Show,” which premiered in 1961, the first year of the Kennedy administration. Coincidentally, the age spread of both …

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World leaders are lining up to meet Xi Jinping. Should the US be worried?
1 year, 8 months ago

World leaders are lining up to meet Xi Jinping. Should the US be worried?

CNN  

Hong Kong CNN — Xi Jinping has had a busy couple of weeks. Speaking to Singapore’s Lee Hsien Loong late last month, Xi stressed that Asian countries together should “firmly oppose bullying, decoupling or severing industrial and supply chains,” while he urged Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim to “resolutely resist the Cold War mentality and bloc confrontation.” To Spain’s Prime …

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First Citizens Bank buys SVB's deposits, loans from FDIC
1 year, 8 months ago

First Citizens Bank buys SVB's deposits, loans from FDIC

Firstpost  

The deal has given markets some respite as it was the first weekend in several weeks that did not bring news of fresh banking collapses, rescue deals or emergency help from authorities to shore up confidence A buyer for Silicon Valley Bank’s deposits and loans helped cast an uneasy calm over fragile markets on Monday, which have been roiled by …

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Moment Putin's gymnast 'lover' admits in TV interview how Russian president is her 'ideal man'
1 year, 9 months ago

Moment Putin's gymnast 'lover' admits in TV interview how Russian president is her 'ideal man'

Daily Mail  

This is the moment Vladimir Putin's gymnast 'lover' admits in a TV interview he is her 'ideal man' - as new photographs show the luxury forest estate where she reportedly lives with their secret children. Alina Kabaeva, 39, is said to live with the Russian president at a secret palace at a forest palace guarded by the elite FSO security …

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DC Edit | Nuclear brinkmanship by Putin sparks global alarm
2 years, 2 months ago

DC Edit | Nuclear brinkmanship by Putin sparks global alarm

Deccan Chronicle  

Russia’s Vladimir Putin is on his nuclear brinkmanship trip again after annexing four regions of Ukraine and in the process exposing his true intentions of territory grabbing when he embarked on a war 222 days ago. Egging Mr Putin on to use at least battlefield nuclear weapons in Ukraine are hardliners like former president Dmitri A. Medvedev and Russia’s Chechen …

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No longer young, ‘dreamers’ uneasily watch a legal challenge
2 years, 3 months ago

No longer young, ‘dreamers’ uneasily watch a legal challenge

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — When Juliana Macedo do Nascimento signed up for an Obama-era program to shield immigrants who came to the country as young children from deportation, she enrolled at California State University, Los Angeles, transitioning from jobs in housekeeping, child care, auto repair and a construction company. “Dreamers” like Macedo do Nascimento, long a symbol of immigrant youth, are …

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Christians find unity in restoring holiest Jerusalem church
2 years, 9 months ago

Christians find unity in restoring holiest Jerusalem church

Associated Press  

JERUSALEM — The three Christian communities that have uneasily shared their holiest site for centuries are embarking on a large-scale project to restore the ancient stone floor of the Jerusalem basilica. The project includes an excavation that could shed light on the rich history of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Old City, built on the site where …

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As a new Great Game is being played in Ukraine, India awaits the next Chinese misadventure on its borders
2 years, 9 months ago

As a new Great Game is being played in Ukraine, India awaits the next Chinese misadventure on its borders

Firstpost  

We know even more so after the Ukraine imbroglio that we walk a lonely road in checkmating China. Indeed, the decline of ‘Pax Americana’ and the precipitous and disastrous retreat from Kabul on 15 August 2021, leaving ordinary Afghans who had welcomed the Western forces to their fate, was a rude reminder to India, a key strategic partner of the …

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No Doubt’s ‘Don’t Speak’ anointed Gwen Stefani as pop’s queen of messy emotions
2 years, 10 months ago

No Doubt’s ‘Don’t Speak’ anointed Gwen Stefani as pop’s queen of messy emotions

The Independent  

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The track doesn’t ascend to its close but rather …

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Ukraine’s New York, a war-torn town where some shun Russia
3 years, 1 month ago

Ukraine’s New York, a war-torn town where some shun Russia

Al Jazeera  

In Eastern Ukraine, the Big Apple’s namesake fights for survival in the shadow of Europe’s bloodiest armed conflict. New York, Ukraine – The Big Apple’s tiny Ukrainian namesake sits uneasily just kilometres away from the front lines of Europe’s bloodiest armed conflict. The Soviets deported the Mennonites to Siberia, started calling the town Novgorodskoye, and built New New York centred …

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Seema Chishti reviews Indians: A Brief History of a Civilization, by Namit Arora
3 years, 9 months ago

Seema Chishti reviews Indians: A Brief History of a Civilization, by Namit Arora

The Hindu  

Indians: A Brief History of A Civilization — mind you, Indians, not India — appears at first to be a fool’s errand, but that is only till you jump on, dig in and take the full ride. He tackles the philosophical questions posed between different schools of thought, those that emphasised the renunciatory and others that saw “spiritual growth as …

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New Zealand vs West Indies: Kane Williamson's 251 help hosts seize advantage after Day 2 of first Test
4 years ago

New Zealand vs West Indies: Kane Williamson's 251 help hosts seize advantage after Day 2 of first Test

Firstpost  

The second day was dominated by Williamson’s superb innings. The second day of the first cricket Test between New Zealand and the West Indies belonged to Kane Williamson. The New Zealand captain, whose actions and decisions shaped the day, scored 251, his third double century and highest score in Tests, before making an assertive declaration at 519-7 early in the …

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Kane Williamson’s 200 puts NZ on top in 1st Test vs West Indies - Sports News
4 years ago

Kane Williamson’s 200 puts NZ on top in 1st Test vs West Indies - Sports News

The Hindu  

The West Indies might have been having a good day on the second day of the first cricket Test against New Zealand on Friday if it hadn’t been for Kane Williamson, who stood almost single-handed against it to post his third double century. He had been by far the best of the West Indies bowlers in the match, the one …

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