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Elon Musk Pitches Reviving Vine On X—7 Years After Twitter Shut It Down – Forbes

Elon Musk Pitches Reviving Vine On X—7 Years After Twitter Shut It Down  Forbes
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Middle East latest: ‘Unknown airstrike’ on Iraqi military base; Iranian minister downplays Israeli attack – Sky News

Middle East latest: ‘Unknown airstrike’ on Iraqi military base; Iranian minister downplays Israeli attack  Sky News
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History has been made as Arabs fought alongside Israel – The Telegraph

History has been made as Arabs fought alongside Israel  The Telegraph
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No evidence found of mystery weapon in Havana Syndrome. – Psychology Today

No evidence found of mystery weapon in Havana Syndrome.  Psychology Today
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Health officials issue smoke advisory due to fire at Maui’s Hammerhead Metal Recycling – Maui Now

Health officials issue smoke advisory due to fire at Maui’s Hammerhead Metal Recycling  Maui Now
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NATO’s Stoltenberg, European leaders laud House passage of Ukraine aid bill – Kyiv Independent

NATO’s Stoltenberg, European leaders laud House passage of Ukraine aid bill  Kyiv Independent
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True Spy Stories Behind ‘The Sympathizer’

Readers and critics the world over, but especially in America, have been dazzled by The Sympathizer, Viet Thanh Nguyen’s deeply nuanced, Pulitzer Prize winning spy novel about a conflicted communist double agent ordered to accompany a South Vietnamese general fleeing Saigon at the war’s chaotic end. His mission: to keep an eye on anticommunist exiles in California. 

Now finding new admirers as a dramatic series on HBO, its dreamy and even hallucinogenic passages could well lead viewers to think Nguyen’s gripping story, narrated by its troubled hero, is mostly, if not entirely, made up. A key plot line in the novel, however, is drawn from true events that were described by a retired North Vietnamese spymaster in a memoir published in Hanoi several years ago—a  memoir I was lucky to obtain, and a general that I was privileged to meet, in his home in 2017.  


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Pope Francis’ Message for the 61st World Day of Prayer for Vocations – Catholic Outlook

Pope Francis’ Message for the 61st World Day of Prayer for Vocations  Catholic Outlook
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Pope Francis: for a study of history free of ideologies and respectful of truth – ZENIT

Pope Francis: for a study of history free of ideologies and respectful of truth  ZENIT
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Maui County report shows Olowalu dump site has had no significant environmental impacts – Hawaii News Now

Maui County report shows Olowalu dump site has had no significant environmental impacts  Hawaii News Now