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A joke by former President Obama has gone viral and received backlash from the Trump administration as the issue of affordability looms large over next week's midterm elections. Excerpt, NPR Politics
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The British novelist on discovering Molly Keane, coming to Dickens late, and the books that taught her the importance of writing about history My earliest reading memory My mother always read me a bedtime story, but by around age three, I was not looking at the pictures but reading the text. After t Excerpt, The Guardian Culture
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President Trump launched a barrage of culture war attacks Thursday against Democratic Senate nominee Annie Andrews during his third and final campaign rally for Sen. Darline Graham (R) in South Carolina. “Darline Graham has devoted her entire life to the people of this state, and now she’s running t Excerpt, The Hill
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Tributes are pouring in for veteran actor Choi Bool-am, who passed away on Thursday at the age of 87, with President Lee Jae Myung and figures within the industry honoring him as "a warm-hearted father figure" who defined Korean television for nearly seven decades. On Friday, he was posthumously awa Excerpt, The Korea Times
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One more person was injured Excerpt, TASS
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Forums for discussion of feminist and LGBTQ+ views face growing intolerance from Chinese state, say experts Beijing’s annual independent queer film festival has been cancelled after what is understood to have been a campaign of sustained harassment from authorities. Beijing Queer film festival, whic Excerpt, The Guardian World
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Why are young people raised on short-form video suddenly reading books in public? Thu-Huong Ha reports on South Korea’s "texthip" phenomenon, where reading has become the newest cultural status symbol. (Source: Bloomberg) Excerpt, Bloomberg Markets
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