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Here are 8 photography winners with disabilities who show the world their perspective

Here are the winning entries in this year’s Global Ability Photography Challenge.

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‘Sounds like censorship to me.’ O cinema co-founder slams proposed eviction over film

No Other Land has no U.S. distributor, so the filmmakers have had to make one-on-one deals with cinemas. Art house theaters such as O Cinema have been screening the film independently. (Image credit: O Cinema)

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Head of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria Has Been Killed, Iraqi Prime Minister Says

BAGHDAD — The head of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has been killed in Iraq in an operation by members of the Iraqi national intelligence service along with U.S.-led coalition forces, the Iraqi prime minister announced Friday. “The

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From Talk of ‘Crooked’ Elections to ‘Corrupt’ Media, Here’s What Trump Said Inside the Justice Department

President Donald Trump delivered what sounded like one of his typical meandering, grievance-laden campaign speeches on Friday, but it was where he did it — inside the U.S. Department of Justice — that mattered. The appearance marked Trump’s clearest exertion

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Trump White House has asked U.S. military to develop options for the Panama Canal, officials say – NBC News

Trump White House has asked U.S. military to develop options for the Panama Canal, officials say  NBC News

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‘Highly unusual’: White House halts FBI background checks for senior staff, shifts them to Pentagon: Sources – ABC News

‘Highly unusual’: White House halts FBI background checks for senior staff, shifts them to Pentagon: Sources  ABC News

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White House instructs agencies to avoid firing cybersecurity staff, email says – Reuters.com

White House instructs agencies to avoid firing cybersecurity staff, email says  Reuters.com

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Starmer to host coalition call as he says Putin ‘not serious about peace’

UK premier Keir Starmer will prod fellow leaders Saturday to sign up to a coalition willing to protect any eventual ceasefire in Ukraine, having said Russian President Vladimir Putin was “not serious about peace”. The British prime minister is expected

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HUD choked funding to enforce fair-housing laws. Legal aid groups may not survive

Most housing discrimination claims are handled by local nonprofits around the country. They say the Trump administration has hobbled them, and are challenging the cuts as unlawful. (Image credit: Alex Wong)

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