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Australia

Richard Glover
The Sydney Morning Herald

Environmentalism has killed decorum, said Richard Glover in The Sydney Morning Herald. As Australia enters the 10th year of one of the worst droughts in memory, dinner-party conver

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School damaged by Russian shelling in Zaporizhzhia Oblast

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fortunes of war

Zelensky warns Russians against firing from nuclear plant

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10 things you need to know today: August 14, 2022

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Demonstrators at the 2018 Southern Baptist Convention meeting

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church and state

Justice Department investigating Southern Baptist Convention over handling of sex abuse

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Climate, crime, and the bodies at Lake Mead

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