Narges Mohammadi will be honored at this week’s literary gala.
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Fire at New Zealand hostel kills at least 6 people, prime minister says
Fifty-two people made it out of the building but firefighters were still trying to account for others, a fire chief said.
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Prosecutor ends probe of FBI’s Trump-Russia investigation with criticism, but no new charges
John Durham’s 4-year investigation, hyped by Trump allies, delivered underwhelming results, with prosecutors securing a guilty plea from a little-known FBI employee but losing the only 2 criminal cases they took to trial.
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Stained glass shows Jesus with dark skin, stirring questions about race in New England
Experts are trying to determine the motivations of the artist, the church and the woman who commissioned the window in memory of her 2 aunts, both of whom married into families that had been involved in the Rhode Island slave trade.
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DeSantis bans diversity, equity and inclusion in Florida colleges
The law also bans courses that include viewpoints with which the governor disagrees, prompting a statewide faculty union to argue that presenting a variety of perspectives is ‘a bedrock of democracy.’
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Debt ceiling: McCarthy says ‘no progress’ ahead of talks Tuesday with Biden
President Biden remains hopeful that an agreement could be reached with Republicans to avoid what would be an unprecedented debt default, which could trigger a financial catastrophe.
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UK promises attack drones, more missiles for Ukraine as Zelensky meets Sunak
This is the 5th European country Zelensky has visited in the past 3 days, after Italy, the Vatican, Germany and France.
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European human rights summit to step up aid for Ukraine to counter Russian invasion
Europe’s pre-eminent human rights organization is holding a 2-day summit in Reykjavik starting Tuesday and will center on the war in Ukraine, one of its member states.
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China sentences 78-year-old U.S. citizen to life in prison on spying charges
Details of the charges against John Shing-Wan Leung, who also holds permanent residency in Hong Kong, have not been publicly released.
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Native American leader and advocate for tribal sovereignty Joe A. Garcia dies at 70
Joe A. Garcia was a former two-time president of the the National Congress of American Indians.