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From Saddam to ISIS: Iraq is still exhuming mass graves
The site near the central shrine city of Najaf is one of many in a country that suffered over four decades of bloody conflict and turmoil. Dictator Saddam Hussein went to war with Iran from 1980 to 1988; next came the 1991 Gulf war over Kuwait; then the 2003 US-led invasion, and most recently the Islamic State group's reign of terror until 2017
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US Capitol riot probe puts Donald Trump at heart of 'attempted coup'
In a prime-time presentation of the findings from a year-long probe, A US congressional panel special committee sought to persuade a divided country of the existence of a deep-rooted and ongoing plot—orchestrated by the former president—to overturn the result of the 2020 election won by Joe Biden
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Old tricks, new crises: How misinformation spreads in the US
Accurate news stories about mass shootings have attracted eyeballs but algorithms have also spurred baseless conspiracy theories from trolls who want to push lies to attract traffic. And thousands have unwittingly shared them on Facebook, Twitter and other sites
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Return-to-office: What bosses lost in the fight against empty offices
Optimism about return-to-office plans, across industries and cities, is slowly abating. In 2021, executives said 50 percent workers would be back in the office five days a week in the future; now that percentage is down to 20, according to a recent survey by Gartner
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What Sheryl Sandberg's exit reveals about women's progress in tech
With the exit of Meta's top executive, Silicon Valley is losing one of its most visible and outspoken female executives, leaving few—some would say zero—similar peers in her wake
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Twitter to share data at heart of Musk deal dispute: report
Twitter chief executive Parag Agrawal has said that fewer than five percent of accounts active on any given day at Twitter are bots, but that analysis cannot be replicated externally due to the need to keep user data private
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Spotify aims for a billion users by 2030
Co-founder and CEO Daniel Ek, speaking at an investor day event in New York, said the ambitious goal could be achieved in part through an expansion of Spotify's portfolio of podcasts and audiobooks, while making the platform a one-stop shop for content creators
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Fate of Donbas rests in battleground Ukraine city: Zelensky
Moscow's forces are concentrating their firepower on the strategically important industrial hub as part of efforts to capture a swathe of eastern Ukraine
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Shanghai to lock down again and test 2.7 million as Covid fears linger
The city eased many restrictions last week, after confining most of its 25 million residents to their homes since March as China battled its worst Covid outbreak in two years
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The pandemic crushed teachers. After Uvalde, they wonder 'what's more?'
Schools had gotten off to a promising start—classrooms open, vaccines widely available, learning underway. And while some enjoyed normalcy, others found that this year being among their most difficult. For some, the news that 19 children and two teachers were shot to death at an elementary school in Texas was a final gut punch
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How Jared Kushner washed his hands off Donald Trump after Jan 6
While the former president's son-in-law had arguably been the most influential adviser to the president through four years, he chose at that pivotal moment to focus instead on his personal project of Middle East diplomacy