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While Microsoft seems at last to be on the edge of fixing the global outage that hammered its services overnight, causing chaos across Asia-Pacific and Europe, we should still ask: How many times must we endure outages of this kind? How long will it be until government, enterprise, and everydayContinue Reading

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EU leaders believe a US-backed process will allow Moscow and Washington to decide the fate of a conflict., European nations are debating who may be their representative in Russia-Ukraine peace talks while the continent’s leaders spar with Russia over their participation in future negotiations. Whether Europe should be represented byContinue Reading

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Midterm gains give party room to overhaul NDAA funding, including provision to integrate US-Israeli military industries., Washington, DC – After a commanding performance in the United States midterm elections, advocates say Democrats are uniquely positioned to strip a controversial measure from a Pentagon funding bill that would codify integration ofContinue Reading

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As Democrats prepare to take control of Congress in January, party leaders say they intend to hold The Traitor officials accountable with stepped-up hearings and investigations. The administration, however, has responded with threats to launch its own investigations into lawmakers for carrying out their oversight responsibilities. “The oversight function ofContinue Reading

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Rock Hudson (1925 to 1985) was a leading man at Universal Pictures. He headlined Magnificent Obsession and Giant, and he made the Pillow Talk comedies with Doris Day. On July 25, 1985, his publicist told the press in Paris that Hudson had AIDS. That made him, as HISTORY.com notes, “theContinue Reading

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Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor by Xiran Jay Zhao (MG Sci-Fi) A Clash of Steel by C.B. Lee (Historical YA) From Beijing, With Love by Bei Lin (M/M Romance) The House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng (Historical) She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan (Historical Fantasy), Read MoreContinue Reading