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How are Black composers shaping opera?
Terence Blanchard makes history, becoming the Met Opera’s first Black composer.
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US submarine hits ‘object’ while underwater in South China Sea
Navy says some members of the nuclear-powered USS Connecticut’s crew suffered minor injuries in collision.A US nuclear-powered submarine hit an “object” while submerged in international waters in the Indo-Pacific region, injuring some of the
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US judge blocks enforcement of Texas’s near-total abortion ban
Women’s rights groups welcome decision but warn that it could be overturned by a conservative-controlled Supreme Court.A federal judge has temporarily blocked a near-total ban on abortion in Texas, the toughest such law in
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Australia’s far right gets COVID anti-lockdown protest booster
Melbourne, Australia – Recent anti-lockdown protests in Melbourne have exposed the rise of the far-right movement over fears stemming from the coronavirus pandemic, unemployment, and continuing lockdown measures. The most recent — and arguably
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North and South Korea restore hotline after Pyongyang tests
Seoul says it hopes move will be a ‘foundation’ to rebuilding ties tested by a recent series of missile launches.North and South Korea have restored their cross-border hotline, the government in Seoul said on
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Child found dead as Cyclone Shaheen hits Oman
US-China rivalry forcing Arab Gulf states to make impossible choices, UAE’s Anwar Gargash tells World Policy Conference ABU DHABI: Economic and strategic competition between the US and China is putting immense pressure on the
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YouTube expands COVID move to block all anti-vaccine content
Aside from anti-COVID-19 misinformation, video-sharing giant will also bar erroneous claims about flu and measles jabs.YouTube will block all anti-vaccine content, moving beyond its ban on false information about COVID-19 vaccines to include material
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UK universal credit cut: ‘We don’t know how we will survive’
I am fast approaching 60 and I have been disabled for many years now. I have Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) type IV – a debilitating genetic connective tissue disorder – as well as osteoarthritis, arthritis,
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Iceland votes amid splintered political landscape
Iceland votes in an election that could see its unprecedented left-right coalition lose its majority, despite bringing four years of stability after a decade of crises. With the political landscape more splintered than ever,
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UN says 16 million Yemenis ‘marching towards starvation’
The head of the UN food agency is warning that 16 million people in Yemen “are marching towards starvation”, adding that food rations for millions in the war-torn nation will be cut in October


