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North Korea hopes to build ‘socialist fairyland’ with new laws

A meeting of North Korea’s Supreme People’s Assembly in Pyongyang, North Korea, on September 7. North Korea’s rubber-stamp parliament convened this week to pass legislation aimed […]

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Israeli military admits Shireen Abu Akleh likely killed by Israeli fire​​​​, but won’t charge soldiers

The Israel Defense Forces have ​admitted for the first time that there is a “high possibility” Palestinian-American Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was shot and killed […]

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Lie as litmus test: Arizona governor candidate Kari Lake calls it ‘disqualifying’ for rival not to declare 2020 election ‘stolen’

A leading Republican candidate for governor of Arizona, Kari Lake, continues to put lies about the 2020 presidential election at the center of her campaign […]

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More than half of GOP governor nominees have questioned or denied the legitimacy of the 2020 election

The Republican nominee in at least 21 of this year’s 36 gubernatorial races is someone who has rejected, declined to affirm, raised doubts about, or tried to […]

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Fact check: Anti-Biden commentators spread false claim that he affixed a Medal of Honor ‘backwards’

President Joe Biden awards the Medal of Honor to Spc. Dwight Birdwell for his actions on January 31, 1968, during the Vietnam War, during a […]

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Paul Kagame is seen by some as a liberator. But critics say Rwanda is only safe for those who toe the line

For decades, Paul Kagame has ruled Rwanda with an iron fist in the mold of the archetypal strongman African leader. Under his rule, the East […]

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Sudan security forces skirmish with demonstrators after protest deaths

A Sudanese anti-coup protester clashes with security forces during a demonstration against military rule, in Khartoum on June 30, 2022. Sudanese security forces fired tear gas at protesters […]