The Assassination of Ioan Culianu in Chicago
Ioan Petru Culianu was a Romanian historian of religion; he was assassinated in a University of Chicago bathroom by supporters of the collapsed Ceauşescu regime. All this and more on the Toilets of the World.Toilets of the World
Black Literature: Beyond Bourgeois Pleading and “Achievement”
[Pictured: Richard Wright sitting on a sofa, Lido, Venice, 1950. (Archivio Cameraphoto Epoche/Getty Images)] By Jerome Louison What makes a Black novel (poem, play, or non-fiction work) truly great? Since the time of Phyllis Wheatley, Black…Jerome Louison (Hampton Institute)
S2055
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements to the program of the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide comprehensive assistance for family caregivers of eligible veterans, and for other purposes.
📢 Introduced in Senate
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🔗 Iranian Attacks Target Israeli Airbases iranpress.com/content/306529
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Iranian Attacks Target Israeli Airbases
Russian news sources have reported that Iran launched a missile attack on Israeli airbases housing F-35, F-16, and F-15 fighter jets.Iran Press
Iran’s Leader names successors to commanders assassinated by Israel
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has named successors for military commanders assassinated in Israel’s strikes early Friday.PressTV
Appointments of Eminent Persons for National Dialogue defended sabcnews.com/sabcnews/appointm…
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Appointments of Eminent Persons for National Dialogue defended - SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. Africa's news leader.
The appointment of the Eminent Persons Group has been severely criticised.Skhangiwe Mthiyane (SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. Africa\'s news leader.)
S2051
A bill to authorize the Department of Housing and Urban Development to transform neighborhoods of extreme poverty into sustainable, mixed-income neighborhoods with access to economic opportunities, by revitalizing severely distressed housing, and investing and leveraging investments in well-functioning services, educational opportunities, public a...
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SANDF soldiers returning from DRC taken for psychological counselling sabcnews.com/sabcnews/sandf-so…
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SANDF soldiers returning from DRC taken for psychological counselling - SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. Africa's news leader.
Earlier this year 14 SANDF members were killed in a fierce battle with the M23 rebels.Skhangiwe Mthiyane (SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. Africa\'s news leader.)
US officials react to Israel’s attack on Iran
The US has said it was not involved in the strikes on Iran, but vowed to protect American and Israeli forces from potential retaliationRT
General Andre Lincoln to be laid to rest in Cape Town today sabcnews.com/sabcnews/israels-…
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General Andre Lincoln to be laid to rest in Cape Town today - SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. Africa's news leader.
Lincoln was once part of Nelson Mandela's personal security detail.SABC (SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. Africa\'s news leader.)
Syria’s Publishing Renaissance: A New Chapter for Arab Literary Freedom?
An exciting time for Syrian authors and other publishing industry stakeholders not just to rebuild, but to reframe Syrian publishing for the twenty-first century.
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Israel's endgame may be regime change in Iran - but it's a gamble
Israeli leaders might hope Friday's strikes start a chain reaction leading to unrest that topples the Islamic Republic, writes Amir Azimi.Amir Azimi (BBC News)
Deportations, Repression and the LA Uprisings - CovertAction Magazine
On June 9, 2025, I attended a protest in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania led by the local SEIU union (Local 32BJ).Daniel Kovalik (CovertAction Magazine)
S2050
A bill to amend the Social Security Act to provide for an increased Federal medical assistance percentage for State expenditures on certain behavioral health services furnished under the Medicaid program, and for other purposes.
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Russian air defenses down Neptune missile, 1,582 Ukrainian drones in past week
Russian troops also liberated five settlements in the Donetsk People's Republic and one in the Sumy Region over the past seven days, the Defense Ministry addedTASS
Baseball: Dodgers ace Yamamoto roughed up by Giants - The Mainichi
LOS ANGELES (Kyodo) -- Los Angeles Dodgers ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto had one of his worst outings of the season Friday, giving up two home runs, includinThe Mainichi
S2049
A bill to amend the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act to establish the Office of Policy Development and Cybersecurity, and for other purposes.
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How to Buy & Install Squat Toilets — Toilets of the World
Learn how to buy and install your own squat toilet (or Asian toilet, or Indian toilet, or pan toilet). All this and more on the Toilets of the World.Toilets of the World
I do respect people’s faith, but I don’t respect their manipulation of that faith in order to create fear and control.
-- Javier Bardem
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Aukus: Could Trump sink Australia's submarine plans?
The White House has put the landmark agreement between the US, UK and Australia under review.Tiffanie Turnbull and Katy Watson (BBC News)
Automate Social Media Posting With Python
Use Python and cron to automate social media postings on Linux and FreeBSD. Schedule posts from multiple accounts on multiple platforms with simple text files.Bob's Pages of Travel, Linux, Cybersecurity, and More
Patrick Henningsen on Trump's Betrayal of MAGA, Paving the Road for US-Israel War on Iran - 21st Century Wire
Jamarl Thomas | Breaking down the current foreign policy debacle of the Trump administration, with failures happening on all three major fronts.NEWS WIRE (21st Century Wire)
S2045
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose an excise tax on certain investments of private colleges and universities.
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