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It started with a BlackBerry—that now-defunct wireless device and precursor to present-day smartphones. Photographer and author Peter Adams was interested in how consumer products influence politics, and kept returning to the “BarackBerry,” the vintage silver BlackBerry that President Barack Obama had used during his administration, which was modified for securityContinue Reading

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Russia attacked Ukraine overnight on 8 November with three Kh-59/69 guided missiles and 164 Shahed-type drones, 112 of them jet-powered, Ukraine’s Air Force said, recording hits at 23 locations. The strikes targeted power facilities across several oblasts and left more than 600,000 customers without electricity in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast alone. AContinue Reading

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Russia’s state statistics agency, Rosstat, recorded 393,881 to 450,100 dead on Russia’s side in the war through late August, two hacker groups that broke into its systems, Cyber Partisans and Silent Crow, claim. Their figures cannot be independently verified. They sit well above the number of dead soldiers journalists haveContinue Reading

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Israel’s president picks Gadi Eisenkot to form the next government, passing over Benjamin Netanyahu., NewsFeed Israel’s president picks Gadi Eisenkot to form the next government, passing over Benjamin Netanyahu after inconclusive elections. In Gaza, the first winter storm flooded 70,000 tents sheltering displaced Palestinians. Al Jazeera’s Nour Hegazy has theContinue Reading

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Celebrations feature fireworks, prayers, reunions, rangoli designs, feasting, and the sharing of sweets and gifts., Celebrations feature fireworks, prayers, reunions, rangoli designs, feasting, and the sharing of sweets and gifts. A young Indian woman lights earthen lamps beside a rangoli, a hand-decorated pattern on the floor, during Diwali, the HinduContinue Reading

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analysis The incumbent Democratic senator’s successful campaign will raise expectations about a potential presidential bid Published November 3, 2026 8:48PM (EST) Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., speaks to supporters and members of the media during a campaign event at the DeKalb History Center Museum in Decatur, Georgia, on Monday, Nov. 2,Continue Reading