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Congolese rape survivors search in vain for medicine after USAID cuts (Katharine Houreld/Washington Post)

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Top Heritage Officials Flee to Mike Pence's Nonprofit as Think Tank Fractures (Josh Dawsey/Wall Street Journal)

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Rep. Becca Balint Says She Would 'Seriously Think' About Running for Senate if Sen. Bernie Sanders Retires (Amelia Benavides-Colón/NOTUS)

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DHS increases offer for undocumented migrants to $3,000 if they voluntarily leave by end of 2025 (Nicole Sganga/CBS News)

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Les services en ligne de La Poste « inaccessibles » à la suite d’une attaque informatique ift.tt/WfN5rIZ


Voices of Gaza: The Great Omari Mosque’s 2,000‑year history lies in ruins aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2…


It’s finally time to retire the word ‘podcast’

With podcasting pivoting to video this year, the word used to describe an audio-only show is becoming meaningless.

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As a Brit, I find it disappointing that the Grinch has replaced Ebenezer Scrooge as the "anti-Christmas" character.
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The Grinch is American. Scrooge is British. America controls nearly everything you will ever see on a screen in Britain. That's why.
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@Rastal Sadly very true, but Jim Henson and his Muppets definitely deserve some credit for maintaining proper tradition.

(Notwithstanding that these midwinter celebration tales ultimately result from hijacking Yule in the first place, but that’s a whole other story…)

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@Rastal it is a bit odd though, because America does love a British villain.


In this episode of Europe Talks Back, Evi Kiorri examines the historical and current influence of religious institutions on abortion policy across Europe, and the political forces maintaining these restrictions.

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Shaylin Gandhi: If You Want It, Keep Going

In this interview, author Shaylin Gandhi discusses the rapid writing experience of her new romance novel, Love Letters for Other People.
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From Project Gutenberg:

A Husband by Proxy

by Jack Steele

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Andrej Babiš se setká s kandidátem na ministra životního prostředí Filipem Turkem, poté chce o věci mluvit s Petrem Macinkou. Je to nominace Motoristů, řekl.


#OtD 22 Dec 1946 bisexual Black liberation activist Kuwasi Balagoon was born. Active in the Black Panther Party and the Black Liberation Army, he was imprisoned and escaped various times until sentenced to life in prison. Learn more in his writings: shop.workingclasshistory.com/c…
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