“…a city that was to live by night after the wilderness had passed. A city that was to forge out of steel and blood-red neon its own peculiar wilderness.” – Nelson Algren
The Guardian- South Africa grants Putin and Brics leaders diplomatic immunity for summit
- US may restrict visas for Ugandan officials in wake of anti-LGBTQ+ laws
- Sudan’s rival factions agree to extend shaky ceasefire after rebuke from mediators
- Fighting continues in Sudan as week of ceasefire nears its end
- Ugandan president signs anti-LGBTQ+ law with death penalty for same-sex acts
- Heavily pregnant woman who escaped from Sudan gives birth to ‘miracle baby’
- United Conservatives’ narrow Alberta win sets up conflict with Trudeau
- Girl, 15, charged with 19 counts of murder after fire at school in Guyana
- At least 153 died in custody in El Salvador’s gang crackdown – report
- Nova Scotia officials declare emergency over rare and ‘very aggressive’ wildfires
- NY Times News Feed
- Russian Guards Beat and Tortured Kherson Prisoners, Leading to Deaths
- Moscow Drone Attack: What We Know
- Debt Ceiling Deal Would Reinstate Student Loan Payments
- Biden and McCarthy’s Debt Limit Deal Faces First Test in Congress
- DeSantis, Wading Into Debt-Ceiling Fight, Puts Pressure on Trump
- Companies Push Prices Higher, Protecting Profits but Adding to Inflation
- Why Are Food Prices So High in Europe? Sugar, Cheese and Bread Costs Soar
- Why Did The Financial Times Kill a #MeToo Scoop on the Observer Columnist Nick Cohen?
- High Density Housing Plan in Berkeley Sparks Familiar Fight
- A.I. Poses ‘Risk of Extinction,’ Industry Leaders Warn
- Washington Post
- Debt ceiling deal faces first hurdle in Republican-led House
- Super PAC forms to back Chris Christie’s likely GOP presidential bid
- Biden won’t claim debt ceiling win, because he must play the owned lib
- Biden won’t claim debt ceiling win, because he must play the owned lib
- The top 10 Republican presidential candidates for 2024, ranked
- Trump vs. DeSantis: It’s about to get weird
- McCarthy’s sales pitch for his deal: Less money for law enforcement
- Trump campaign braces for Iowa battle as DeSantis team sees an opening
- Centuries later, Connecticut expunges crimes of accused witches
- What is the debt ceiling?
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