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Turkey detains dozens in crackdown on LGBTQ+ activists and journalists
NASA finds a 'once in a century' lunar crater, bigger than the Roman Colosseum
Assad regime planned US journalist's kidnap for weeks, BBC finds
Gaza repairman helps journalists to keep documenting genocide
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As journalists in Gaza continue documenting the war, camera repairman Mohammed Radwan keeps damaged equipment in use.
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WorldPingScientists have discovered a crater on the moon that's bigger than the Roman Colosseum and is the result of a powerful impact two years ago that initially went undetected.
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WorldPingProtesters teargassed as minister claims widespread raids and arrests under obscenity laws were to ‘protect families’ Turkish authorities have used accusations of obscenity to justify a wave of raids and arrests targeting the LGBTQ+ community, which…
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WorldPingFrequently located on hillsides and in canyons surrounded by wildlands, wealthy neighborhoods are more likely to catch fire. However, a UC Riverside study shows they are also likely to recover faster than lower-income areas.
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WorldPingDuncan Sheik, the singer and composer whose new musical Memoirs of Amorous Gentlemen is set to begin performances Off Broadway later this month and whose 2006 Broadway musical Spring Awakening is being revived for a major Off Broadway production in N…
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