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NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Yeganeh Rezaian senior researcher at the Committee to Protect Journalists, about the state of press freedoms in Iran.

Wagner group signals it will stay in Bakhmut after threat to quit  CNBC Russia’s Wagner group appears to do U-turn on Bakhmut withdrawal  Yahoo News Likud members bash Otzma Yehudit for boycotting cabinet meeting  The Times of Israel Wagner leader lays groundwork for

The Arab League has voted to readmit Syria more than a decade after it was suspended following a bloody crackdown on street protests that led to civil war.

On any given Saturday afternoon at the Crystal Mall in Burnaby, British Columbia, people line around the corner at the tofu shop in the mall’s beating heart—the wet market. Making my way through it, I slip past many, many people

Trump plays the inside game to stave off ’16-like convention chaos  POLITICO

By Michael Holden and Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) -Neighbourhoods around Britain will hold street parties and King Charles will attend a concert featuring the likes of singers Lionel Richie, Katy Perry and Andrea Bocelli at Windsor Castle on Sunday in

Judge in E. Jean Carroll trial allows key Trump rape testimony  MSNBC In Rape Trial Deposition, Trump Defends Vulgar Tape As Carroll’s Case Ends  The New York Times Will Trump’s Crimes Matter on the Campaign Trail?  The New Yorker

At least 8 fake electors have been granted immunity in the Georgia Trump investigation  CNN In Georgia Trump Investigation, Most Fake Electors Take Immunity Deals  The New York Times Eight so-called fake electors took immunity deals in Ga. probe. What does that

The advantages of boots on the ground

Jack Smith’s mistake may allow Trump to run out the clock in 2024  MSNBC