Photo illustration by Slate. Photo by Handout / DNCC via Getty Images. Jeremy Stahl: Hi again, Jim. This felt like a story of two conventions to me. The first half was incredibly chintzy, low-key, and full of too many generics twirling, twirling, twirling towards freedom lines to remember. The last …
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The Deets is a morning dose of commentary by sports columnist Dieter Kurtenbach that wraps up everything important in the world of sports and looks forward to another crazy day ahead. The big thing I would say that this weekend’s three-game game at the hands of cross-bay rival A’s caused …
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Norwegian flag for the building of the town hall in Oslo. @ Didier Marti | Moment | Getty Images Norway’s enormous pension fund – the largest sovereign wealth fund in the world – reported negative returns for the first half of the year on Tuesday, calling “major fluctuations” in the …
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For one thing, Trump declared more than two years ago that the US would no longer participate in the nuclear deal – formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA. However, the administration now claims, in essence, that because a UN resolution on the agreement never specifically …
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Seismic research vessel Oruc Reis, one of 5-6 fully equipped and multi-purpose research vessels in the world, is seen as ready for a new seismic research activity in the eastern Mediterranean Sea in Antalya, Turkey on 22 July. 2020. Orhan Cicek | Anadolu Agency via Getty Images An intense dispute …
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