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Life after Game of Thrones: What's next for fandom in 2019?
As we bid this year's second biggest goodbye—after Avengers—fans can look forward to (or worry about) prequels and spin-offs. But it's not all doom and gloom this year, with everything from Toy Story 4 and The Lion King to a new Star Wars film coming soon
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Kamala Harris announces plan to close the gender pay gap
The plan is the third major policy proposal of Harris' presidential campaign, and a continuation of her focus on economic issues
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Google-Huawei fallout: What you need to know
US tech suppliers, including Google, restrict dealings with Huawei after Trump order
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Narendra Modi appears headed for another term as India's Prime Minister
According to all of the major exit polls, Modi's brand of brawny Hindu nationalist politics played well among the 900 million registered voters
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Trump to open Middle East peace drive with economic conference
On Sunday, Trump and Kushner finally opened their long-awaited drive for what the president has called "the deal of the century"
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Reimagining Iran's 1970s club scene
Ghavamian and Nilchiani are reimagining the cultural moment that they never experienced firsthand; the Tehran music scene of the 1970s
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Ten interesting things we read this week
Some of the most fascinating topics covered this week are Sports (It really is Messi's world now, and what Caster Semenya's case means for women's sport), Technology (No country for old people, and Is there AI doctor in the house?), Gender Studies (Why do women still do more house work?), Work-Life (Australian company that banned work on Wednesdays), and Science (The power of Neurofeedback)
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Las Vegas as a Literary Hub? You bet
Filled with a lineup of talent and crowds, Las Vegas has proven to be a literary hub
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Election 2019: India grows impatient for revival Narendra Modi promised
As World's longest elections comes to an end, people angry over Modi's failed promises from before Lok Sabha elections, 2014
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How the promise of a $120 billion Uber IPO evaporated
Wall Street's biggest banks, Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs, calculated Uber's valuation at $120 billion; nine months later, the ride-hailing company is worth about half that much
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US-China Trade War: The global economy was improving. Then the fighting resumed.
The biggest threat to global fortunes has become the intensifying conflict between the two largest economies on earth, the United States and China