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‘I kept asking why’: Syrian refugee detained for 25 days for Rwanda flights speaks after release
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 day ago“The pressure to join either the Syrian army or fight with the opposition made things worse. I made...
Omar Mismar Mines Ancient Strife for His Stunning Contemporary Mosaics
Artnet News· 2 days agoLebanese artist Omar Mismar made a splash at the Venice Biennale with a series of political mosaics...
On This Day, June 10: Norway surrenders to Germany in WWII
United Press International via Yahoo News· 6 days agoHouse Republican leader, was defeated by Tea Party challenger David Brat, a college economics...
Library of Congress launches new ‘Collecting Memories’ exhibit in a bid to draw more tourists
FOX 16 Little Rock· 5 days agoWASHINGTON (AP) — The Library of Congress is unveiling an eclectic new exhibit drawing on the...
Today in History: June 13, Johnson nominates Marshall to become first Black Supreme Court justice -...
WTOP Washington· 3 days agoToday is Thursday, June 13, the 165th day of 2024. There are 201 days left in the year. On June 13, 1967, President Lyndon B. Johnson nominated Solicitor-General Thurgood ...
On This Day in History - June 10th - Almanac - UPI.com
UPI· 6 days agoOn June 10, 1940, Norway surrendered to Germany during World War II, with King Haakon and members of...
Iraq's Mosul springs back to life 10 years after it fell to ISIS
Reuters via Yahoo News· 6 days agoIt was the simple night-time act of watering flowers on his street in Mosul's Old City that made...
What If the U.S. Cuts Off Aid to Israel?
Reason.com via Yahoo News· 7 days agoSo America is sending money that Israel no longer needs to lock in long-term contracts for the military-industrial complex. (The 10-year, $38-billion...
Anatomy of a Massacre | by Shlomo Ben-Ami - Project Syndicate
Project Syndicate· 2 days agoIt was the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire, not the mastery of its imperial heyday, that opened...
Why Biden’s Gaza Gambit Is Likely to Fail
Foreign Policy Magazine· 2 days agoWoody Allen once quipped that 80 percent of success in life is just showing up. Anyone trying to make sense of U.S. President Joe Biden’s tortured...
