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In Dea Kulumbegashvili’s film, Ia Sukhitashvili plays a Georgian obstetrician who views a woman’s right to choose as an ...

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How U.S. military lawyers see Israel’s invasion of Gaza—and the public’s reaction to it—as a dress rehearsal for a potential ...

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This documentary examines the economic changes and managerial missteps that brought the city to the brink of bankruptcy in ...

As Tesla’s profits drop, a group called Everyone Hates Elon is going viral for plastering London with fake advertisements for ...

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In a historic moment characterized by autocrats and would-be autocrats, Francis was the antithesis of a strongman.