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Dhaka 2.0: Sheikh Hasina fading history, city finds hope in new uncertainty
3 days, 19 hours ago

Dhaka 2.0: Sheikh Hasina fading history, city finds hope in new uncertainty

India Today  

As vehicles—cars, motorbikes and hoards of compressed natural gas-driven autorickshaws, colloquially known as ‘CNGs’—speed out of Dhaka International Airport, murals of the liberation war, meant to decorate the roads and remind one of the bloody but valiant birth of Bangladesh as a sovereign nation, welcome people. Many now feel Mujibur Rahman was not the sole hero of the liberation war, …

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New York Police finds bag carried by gunman who killed UnitedHealthcare’s CEO
2 weeks, 2 days ago

New York Police finds bag carried by gunman who killed UnitedHealthcare’s CEO

Hindustan Times  

The gunman who killed the CEO of the largest US health insurer likely left New York City on a bus soon after the brazen ambush that has shaken corporate America, police officials said Friday. Security camera still images showing the shooter reportedly involved in killing of the CEO of United Healthcare, Brian Thompson, in Midtown Manhattan are displayed on the …

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'A just cause finds great support': Xi Jinping and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization
5 months, 3 weeks ago

'A just cause finds great support': Xi Jinping and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization

China Daily  

STRONGER BOND When it was China's turn to hold the SCO summit in 2018, Xi chose to host his colleagues in Qingdao, a coastal city in China's eastern Shandong province. This ancient Chinese philosophy has significantly influenced many Asian cultures and has profoundly impacted the lives of the Chinese people and their way of thinking. During the trip to Uzbekistan …

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With two essential films, Cannes finds haunting new prisms on the Holocaust
1 year, 7 months ago

With two essential films, Cannes finds haunting new prisms on the Holocaust

LA Times  

Even before it entered its first weekend, the 76th Cannes Film Festival had claimed its first critical triumph and competition standout with “The Zone of Interest.” An implacably chilling, entirely mesmerizing portrait of a family living in the shadow of the inferno, the movie was greeted at its Friday night gala premiere with rave reviews, crass Academy Awards speculation and …

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Rick Caruso closes in on Karen Bass as L.A. mayor’s race tightens, poll finds
2 years, 1 month ago

Rick Caruso closes in on Karen Bass as L.A. mayor’s race tightens, poll finds

LA Times  

The race for mayor of Los Angeles was tightening rapidly as it entered its final week, with Rick Caruso cutting deeply into Rep. Karen Bass’ lead, putting him within striking distance in the contest to run the nation’s second-largest city. Late October 2022 Berkeley IGS Poll--Likely Voter Mayoral Toplines The race for mayor of Los Angeles entered its final week …

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Elevator project in Old Jerusalem leads to surprising finds
2 years, 5 months ago

Elevator project in Old Jerusalem leads to surprising finds

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The villa, located footsteps from …

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Beijing finds way to meet rental housing demand
2 years, 11 months ago

Beijing finds way to meet rental housing demand

China Daily  

Editor's Note: Since the launch of the housing reform in the mid-1990s, the housing sector, including rental housing, has developed in different ways in urban and rural areas, mainly because of the availability of land, writes a veteran journalist with China Daily in the third of a series of commentaries on housing. Since the demand for low-rent housing needs to …

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