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‘The atmosphere was electric’ – the fall and rise of Morocco’s cinemas
“You used to be able to smoke inside,” Omar Edressi recalls about Cinema Rif, the 86-year-old movie theatre that still…
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Spies like them: The intelligence war between Iran, Israel
The charging of CIA official Asif Rahman for allegedly leaking US intelligence of Israeli preparations for retaliatory strikes on Iran in October…
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Israel pounds Lebanon and Gaza with 160 strikes
Israeli air strikes hit the Dahiyeh, Haret Hreik, and Chiyah areas in the southern suburbs of Beirut in the past few…
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Philippines evacuates thousands as Super Typhoon Man-yi nears
The Philippines has ordered the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people and cancelled dozens of flights as a “potentially…
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Dutch government survives dispute over Amsterdam violence
Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof saved his governing coalition on Friday despite threats of an exodus by cabinet members over…
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Trump picks Karoline Leavitt as White House press secretary
President-elect Donald Trump reached into his inner circle on Friday and chose his transition spokesperson, Karoline Leavitt, as his White…
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Trump says Interior pick Burgum will chair new National Energy Council
President-elect Donald Trump said on Friday that he was creating a National Energy Council to coordinate policies to boost US energy production that…
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Italy protests to Israel over unexploded shell hitting Italian base in Lebanon
Italy on Friday said an unexploded artillery shell hit the base of the Italian contingent in the UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon and…
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Biden meets South Korea, Japan leaders for pre-Trump huddle on risks
US President Joe Biden met with Japan and South Korea’s leaders on Friday as they sought to cement their diplomatic progress ahead of…
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Senators want US to review Elon Musk’s alleged contacts with Putin
Two Democratic senators on Friday asked the Biden administration to review whether SpaceX CEO Elon Musk’s reported regular contacts with…
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