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Why US presidents end up cursing Benjamin Netanyahu

When the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, ordered a strike on the Lebanese capital of Beirut on June 14, Donald Trump was not amused. Fearing that the attack threatened an agreement with Iran on ending the war between the two countries, the US president lashed out.

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Lizzo’s New Album Bitch Fails To Crack Billboard 200

Did you know it's Bitch Summer ? It officially started a couple weeks ago when Lizzo released her new album Bitch . Apparently the world hasn't caught on yet, because Bitch hasn't cracked the Billboard 200. Her last album, Special , which was released in 2022, debuted at #2 on

Richard Linklater to Be Honored at Zurich Film Festival

Richard Linklater will be honored at this year’s Zurich Film Festival with the Career Achievement Award for his life’s work, receiving the Golden Eye. The American filmmaker will accept the award in person on Sept. 28 at the Filmpodium Zürich. The festival paid tribute to

Trump or Prevost?: US, Catholic Church and the global poor

The real beginning is with Rerum Novarum, the encyclical that Leo XIII (the predecessor of Leo XIV) issued in 1891. In 1891, the Church had lost the Papal State, which it had held for over a thousand years, for some twenty years. It was no longer one of the major forces in

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