• 11/18/2024

British Museum receives largest donation in its history with Chinese ceramics collection

Jerusalem Post The donation makes the museum’s Chinese ceramics collection the largest outside China, with 10,000 items displayed in a dedicated gallery. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-829246

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Abkhazia’s opposition demands president step down in one hour

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. https://tass.com/world/1873279

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Trump Asks Steven Cheung to Lead White Hosue Communications

New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/15/us/politics/trump-asks-steven-cheung-his-chief-campaign-spokesman-to-lead-white-house-communications.html

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Big Foundations Helped Democrats Lose the Election

Wall Street Journal On inflation, immigration and transgenderism, progressive philanthropies took the party to places voters didn’t want to go. https://www.wsj.com/articles/big-foundations-pushed-democrats-to-the-left-giving-philantrophy-issues-politics-1bec2752

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Protesters against agreement with Russia break into “government” buildings in Abkhazia – video

Pravda Ukraine Protesters in the main city of occupied Abkhazia, Sukhumi, broke through the fence around the complex of “government buildings” and partially seized them on the afternoon of 15 November, protesting against the approval of an “investment agreement” with Russia. Source: European Pravda citing Ekho Kavkaza (Echo of the Caucasus), a Radio Liberty project…

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How Inflation Ended Neoliberalism—and Re-Elected Trump

Wall Street Journal In the 1970s, skyrocketing prices spurred free-market reforms that promoted economic stability. In the 2020s, inflated fueled Trump’s comeback. https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-inflation-ended-neoliberalism-history-policy-economics-politics-elections-79a053a4

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EU plans to discuss new sanctions against Iran for supporting Russia in war

Pravda Ukraine The EU Council will hold a meeting at the level of foreign ministers on Monday, 18 November, to discuss new sanctions against Iran for helping Russia in its war against Ukraine. Source: An unnamed EU official at a briefing in Brussels, as quoted by the Ukrainian edition of Radio Liberty; European Pravda reports…

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The Standoff Deep Inside an Abandoned South African Gold Mine

Wall Street Journal The government is trying to starve more than 1,000 informal prospectors out of a shaft of the Buffelsfontein mine, which police say extends some 8,000 feet below ground. https://www.wsj.com/articles/south-africa-illegal-gold-mining-337ee875

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Women’s shelter near Moscow catches fire, six injured

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. “According to verified information, three children and three women were injured in the fire,” a spokesperson said https://tass.com/emergencies/1873271

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