Poetry’s Hanging Judge Tries On a Detective Hat

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He Wrote a Memoir About Infiltrating the Ku Klux Klan. Then Spike Lee Turned It Into a Film.

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Are Ben Marcus’s Dark and Disturbing New Stories the Literary Answer to ‘Black Mirror’?

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Tunisia prime minister dismisses energy minister on corruption suspicions

Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed sacked the country's energy minister, Khaled Gadour, and four senior ministry officials on Friday over corruption allegations, an official source told Reuters.

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News Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of the Week’s Headlines

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She Gambled on Her Claim to Link Russians and Trump. She Is Losing.

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Eminem Releases ‘Kamikaze,’ a Surprise Album

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Indonesian family questions police killings in run-up to Asian Games

While many Indonesians have been cheering on the athletes at the Asian Games, which began in their country on Aug. 18, some have been mourning loved ones killed in a security crackdown aimed at ensuring a trouble-free sports festival.

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Turkey's Erdogan says Turkey needs S-400 missile defence systems

Turkey needs Russian-made S-400 surface-to-air missile batteries and will procure them as soon as possible, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday.

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'Nobody ever will sing like Aretha'

Stars from the world of music have marked the life of Aretha Franklin in a tribute concert in Detroit.

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South Korea says sending special envoys to North Korea to prepare for summit

South Korea said on Friday it will dispatch special envoys to the North Korean capital on September 5 to discuss the timing of a summit between the two countries' leaders expected to take place later in the month.

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Former Australian PM resigns from parliament, government loses majority

Australia's former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull on Friday resigned from parliament, a source familiar with the matter said, stripping the government of its one-seat parliamentary majority.

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Exclusive: Iran moves missiles to Iraq in warning to enemies

Iran has given ballistic missiles to Shi'ite proxies in Iraq and is developing the capacity to build more there to deter attacks on its interests in the Middle East and to give it the means to hit regional foes, Iranian, Iraqi and Western sources said.

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Too Many Chinese Children Need Glasses. Beijing Blames Video Games.

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French call for more Iran negotiations 'bullying and excessive': Iran foreign ministry

A French call for further negotiations with Iran over its nuclear accord is "bullying and excessive," its foreign ministry said Friday, according to the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA).

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He Knows His Way Around a Half-Butt (That’s Snooker Talk)

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Tenderly Photographing the End of Her Father’s Life

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Christian Wade: Rugby ignoring black state school kids

Christian Wade says the sport must do more to get children from state schools into the sport.

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Quake rattles central Greece, no reports of injuries

An earthquake measuring 5.0 rattled central Greece on Friday, with no immediate reports of injuries.

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South Korea says sending special envoy to North Korea to prepare for summit

South Korea said on Friday it will dispatch a special envoy to the North Korean capital on September 5 to discuss the timing of a summit between the two countries' leaders expected to take place later in the month.

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U.N. calls on China to free Uighurs from alleged re-education camps

United Nations' human rights experts voiced alarm on Thursday over alleged Chinese political re-education camps for Muslim Uighurs and they called for the immediate release of those detained on the "pretext of countering terrorism".

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Coca-Cola Bets on Coffee With $5.1 Billion Deal for Costa

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