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Trump left China empty‑handed – but avoided something worse

When Britain sent its first formal diplomatic mission to China in 1793, one of the participants from London, Peter Auber, remarked that the group had been “received with the utmost politeness, treated with the utmost hospitality, watched with the utmost vigilance and dismissed

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Suzy Clue – “Feed”

A couple years ago, I watched Suzy Clue open up for Glixen at Brooklyn’s Baby’s All Right. She dominated the room with her songs, which ranged from the broody grunge gem “Remember Me” to straight-up nu-metal attack “Uneasy.” She’s only released a few songs since 2023, but they

Hum Bring Live Debuts To Reunion Show At Slide Away 2026

It's Slide Away time. The shoegaze festival curated by Nothing's Nicky Palermo commenced last night at the Brooklyn Paramount, and it featured Hum's first performance since 2019. Considering their last album was 2020's spectacular Inlet , there were some live debuts. The post

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Israel says Hamas armed wing chief killed in Gaza strike

Israel said Saturday it had killed Hamas armed wing chief Ezzedine Al-Haddad in an airstrike in Gaza the previous day, describing him as a key architect of the October 7 attacks. Since Hamas's October 7, 2023 cross-border assault, the Israeli military and intelligence services