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All tyrannies rule through fraud and force, but once the fraud is exposed they must rely exclusively on force

Eric Arthur Blair (1903 – 1950), better known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English novelist, essayist, journalist, and critic.

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  1. A state department spokesman had signaled the United States would block the resolution, the latest attempt in a long Palestinian campaign to seek full U.N. membership.
  2. Pakistani officials warned of more flooding and heavy rainfall next week, stoking fears of a particularly brutal monsoon season to come.
  3. For years, Harry and his wife, Meghan, have considered California home. This week, he updated his residency in a corporate filing.
  4. Israeli officials say they didn’t see a strike on a high-level Iranian target in Syria as a provocation, and did not give Washington a heads-up about it until right before it happened.
  5. The Homeland Movement came third in parliamentary elections, setting itself up as a possible partner for the ruling conservatives, who failed to achieve a majority.
  6. The two men, dual citizens of both countries, were accused of being part of a plot to undermine aid to Ukraine by trying to blow up military infrastructure.
  7. Young migrants from the former Soviet republic were accused of an attack on a concert hall in Moscow that killed 145 people.
  8. Hundreds of Tajik men have joined an Islamic State affiliate, analysts say.
  9. Court records, mistakenly made public, tell a story about the birth of ByteDance, its bumpy road to success and the role of the Republican megadonor Jeff Yass’s firm.
  10. The records briefly surfaced in a lawsuit involving the Republican megadonor Jeff Yass’s firm.