Day: December 20, 2024

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Austin Tice Latest: US Diplomats in First Syria Visit Since Assad Fall,

The high-level delegation arrived to engage in talks with Syria’s interim leadership, the State Department confirmed early Friday.
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It’s beginning to look like another record for holiday travel https://t.co/tuv39e5GtU

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Ten Years Later, a Political Exile Returns to a Syria in Transition

In 2014, Sawsan Abou Zainedin left Syria during a civil war, while Bashar al-Assad was in power. Now, with rebel militants in control, Ms. Abou Zainedin is working on the country’s delicate political transformation.
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10:16 10:16 Now playing, Sen. Bernie Sanders says he’s ‘nervous’ about Christopher Wray’s resignation: Full interview

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Donald Trump responds to “President Musk” talk growing

The president-elect has been accused of helping tank a bipartisan spending bill Musk is opposed to.
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Biden-Harris admin rolls out another $4.28 billion in student loan handouts

As the Biden administration enters its final days, it has announced another $4.28 billion in student loan handouts for nearly 54,900 public workers.
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During Pelicot Trial, Avignon’s Ramparts Give a Platform to Denounce ‘Rape Culture’

A feminist collective, the Amazons of Avignon, has been plastering the walls of the city with testimony from the trial of the 51 men who were convicted in the Gisèle Pelicot rape case.
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The State Department said that three senior U.S. diplomats had arrived in Damascus, the capital of Syria, to meet with leaders of the militias and to look for signs of the journalist Austin Tice and other missing U.S. citizens. https://t.co/VbwT3sjWgg

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A Solstice of the Soul

For his next trick, your cosmic correspondent for the past quarter-century will (try to) retire.
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Ten Years Later, a Political Exile Returns to a Syria in Transition

In 2014, Sawsan Abou Zainedin left Syria during a civil war, while Bashar al-Assad was in power. Now, with rebel militants in control, Ms. Abou Zainedin is working on the country’s delicate political transformation.