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Thursday Briefing
New York Times· 1 day agoToday, I’m handing the newsletter over to my colleague Azam Ahmed, who writes about a hidden history of the U.S. war in Afghanistan.
Fifty dead in heavy rain, floods in central Afghanistan, official says
Reuters· 6 days agoAt least 50 people are dead following a fresh bout of heavy rain and flooding in central...
Iran's supreme leader leads prayers at Raisi funeral
BBC via Yahoo News· 2 days agoSome residents in Tehran received texts urging them to attend Wednesday's ceremonies, the AFP news agency reported. Footage carried by state TV showed...
A conflict photographer captures a moment of brotherhood between two soldiers
CNN.com· 2 days agoAt an outpost in Afghanistan’s eastern Korengal Valley, in the midst of a heightened American...
Hilary Bradt: ‘Any country where Britain disapproves of the government, we should do a guide to it’
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 2 days agoIn 1973, a 31-year-old Hilary Bradt went trekking in Peru and Bolivia. She travelled light, so light...
US newspaper review: Tornadoes in Iowa, taco stand gets Michelin Star
Newsweek· 1 day agoThe Wall Street Journal reports that three European nations—Norway, Spain, and Ireland — are set to...
On This Day in History - May 19th - Almanac - UPI.com
UPI· 5 days agoOn May 19, 1935, Pope Pius XI canonized Sir Thomas More and Cardinal John Fisher as saints of the...
Iran's supreme leader presides over funeral for president and others killed in helicopter crash
Stamford Advocate· 2 days agoAyatollah Ali Khamenei held the service at Tehran University, the caskets of the dead draped in Iranian flags with their pictures on them. On the late President Ebrahim Raisi's ...