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Fearing religious takeover, activists see ‘secular awakening’ in Yom Kippur fray

The breaking up of a prayer event over gender segregation has galvanized liberals worried about a slide into coercion, with battle lines mirroring divisions found in overhaul fight

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US quietly admits that Iranian imaging satellite successfully reached orbit

Confirming Tehran’s claims, data from US Space Force says Noor satellite was carried by a three-stage Qased rocket and is stationed 450 kilometers above the Earth’s surface

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As China Censors Homegrown Feminism, a Japanese Feminist Scholar Becomes a Bestseller

In the last few years, China’s government has promoted increasingly conservative social values, encouraging women to focus on raising children. It has cracked down on civil society movements and made laws to drive out foreign influence. So a 75-year-old Japanese

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’Candid’ Talks Between U.S. and China Officials Raise Hopes of Xi-Biden Meeting in November

Senior U.S. and Chinese officials held “candid” talks in Washington as a flurry of high-level diplomacy bolsters expectations President Xi Jinping will attend a major summit in California this year. Daniel Kritenbrink, the top State Department official for Asia, met

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Biden warns that Trump and Republican party could ‘smash’ democracy in America

US president accuses GOP of ‘deafening silence,’ saying that the party is ‘driven and intimidated by MAGA extremists,’ a reference to devotees of the former president

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White House confirms Biden will sign bipartisan bill reversing his own admin’s crackdown on hunting – Fox News

White House confirms Biden will sign bipartisan bill reversing his own admin’s crackdown on hunting  Fox News

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Officials cement plans for Monday’s $250 million civil fraud trial against Trump – ABC News

Officials cement plans for Monday’s $250 million civil fraud trial against Trump  ABC News Appeals court will not delay Donald Trump civil fraud trial  Reuters Opinion | Why the Donald Trump Fraud Case Matters  The New York Times

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China Proposes Easing of Cross-Border Data Controls

The country’s cyberspace regulator has proposed the easing of cross-border data-security controls in a bid to boost business activities within the country.

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Levin: I would ‘act immediately’ to replace A-G if I was given the authority

Justice minister says government lacks an attorney general due to Gali Baharav-Miara’s frequent opposition to it, laments absence of process to appoint new legal adviser

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Weapons at the Center of the War in Ukraine Are Inspiring India to Upgrade Its Artillery

[time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] India is planning to add more self-propelled, long-range artillery to its arsenal after officials conducted a study indicating their effectiveness in shaping Russia’s war in Ukraine. The South Asian country wants to obtain another 400 of these guns,

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