South Sudan VP Machar under house arrest, his party says
Riek Machar and his wife are detained after a convoy of 20 armed vehicles entered his home, his party says.
Poland suspends migrants’ right to apply for asylum
The law will allow Polish authorities to temporarily spend asylum rights at the border with Belarus.
India: Why are private firms not investing despite record profits?
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Watch: Australian senator wields dead salmon in parliament
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Atlantic publishes more texts from Trump officials; These presidents hated their officials portraits
Trump announces 25% tariffs on foreign-made cars
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2,200-year-old mysterious pyramid structure filled with coins and weapons found near Dead Sea
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China’s superfast charging technology is twice as fast as Tesla’s — fully recharging EVs in just 6 minutes
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Books for Newlyweds
In 1972, the French Ministry of Education tried an unusual program to promote reading. It gave every newlywed couple five free books. Couples could choose one of the following two sets: Balzac’s Pere Goriot Stendhal’s The Charterhouse of Parma Chateaubriand’s Memoires D’Outre Tombe Flaubert’s Madame Bovary De Lafayette’s Princess De Cleves Short stories by Voltaire Hugo’s Les Miserables Balzac’s Les Chouans Fromentin’s Dominique Stendhal’s Le Rouge et la Noir I can’t find any follow-up about whether the program was deemed to be a success. I assume any effort to do something similar in the U.S. would get mired down in controversy over what books to pick. Dayton Daily News – Mar 26, 1972
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Saudi Arabia Entered Miss Universe Contestant for 1st Time in 2024?
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