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  • WorldAFP

    Iran hangs two women as surge in executions intensifies: NGO

    Iran on Saturday hanged at least seven people, including two women, while a member of its Jewish minority is at imminent risk of execution as the Islamic republic further intensified its use of capital punishment, an NGO said.Iran last year carried out more hangings than in any year since 2015, according to NGOs, which accuse the Islamic republic of using capital punishment as a means to instil fear in the wake of protests that erupted in autumn 2022.

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  • EntertainmentVariety

    Kevin Costner Can’t Hold Back Tears as His Western Epic ‘Horizon’ Earns 7-Minute Cannes Standing Ovation, Promises ‘3 More’ Installments

    “Horizon: An American Saga,” Kevin Costner’s risk-it-all Western epic, rode into Cannes on Sunday, earning a seven-minute standing ovation. Costner was visibly emotional as the film received huge applause and chants of “Kevin! Kevin! Kevin!” During his speech, Costner thanked the audience and promised “three more” installments of the “Horizon” franchise, which is already due …

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  • OpinionCNN

    Opinion: I changed my mind about the strength of the prosecution’s case against Donald Trump. Here’s why

    The prosecution in Trump’s hush money trial made a significant error announcing they were resting their case after calling Michael Cohen as their final witness and not having a key witness to corroborate Cohen’s claims, writes attorney Stacy Schneider.

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  • PoliticsCNN

    CNN political commentator Alice Stewart dies

    CNN political commentator Alice Stewart, a veteran political advisor who worked on several GOP presidential campaigns, has died. She was 58.

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  • WorldAFP

    'Blood everywhere': Survivor recounts attack on tourists in Afghanistan

    When she first heard the gunshots, French tourist Anne-France Brill thought for a split second there was a celebration in the Afghan market where she and her fellow travellers stopped to buy fruit.- Fledgling tourism industry - An avid traveller drawn to places off the beaten path Brill had long thought of visiting Afghanistan, one of the scores of foreign tourists drawn to experience the country's rich landscapes, history and culture long rendered virtually unreachable by decades of war. 

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  • USThe Bergen Record

    Derek Jeter's Greenwood Lake 'castle' back on the market at drastically reduced price

    Known locally as "the castle" on Greenwood Lake, Derek Jeter's longtime house near the New York-New Jersey border is back on the market.

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  • LifestyleThe Kitchn

    My Mom’s Clever Trick for Making Vegetables Taste Amazing (I’ve Been Doing It for 25 Years!)

    Do it once and you'll rely on it forever.

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