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State Department employee fired after questioning talking points on Israel and Gaza
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Pyongyang, August 20 (KCNA) — Kim Yo Jong, vice department director of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea, at a consultative meeting with major director generals of the Foreign Ministry of the DPRK on August 19 sharply criticized …Dermot Hudson (KFAUK.com)
Alright, sweetheart, lemme give ya the rundown on this sci-fi racket called Foundation, see?
So ya got this brainiac, name o' Hari Seldon. Real egghead, see?.Says he can predict the future with math. Claims teh big fancy Galactic Empire is gonna go belly-up in a few centuries, and everyone’s gonna be in the soup unless someone lays down a plan. His plan? Set up a thing called the Foundation,
Lemme tell ya, this Empire ain't your run-of-the-mill banana republic. It's run by three mooks all named Cleon. They're all clones of the same guy, see? one’s a fresh-faced punk, one’s the mook in charge, and one’s gettin’ ready for retirement with a cigar and regrets
Then there’s Demerzel, see? the real muscle behind the throne. She’s a robot-shh, don’t tell nobody-and she’s been pullin’ strings since before most planets had indoor plumbing
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Swiatek and Ruud meet defending champs Errani and Vavassori in US Open mixed doubles final
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New Zealand will spend $1.6B on military aircraft in a plan to double the defense budget
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Get ready for the Switch 2 Edition.Ahead of the return of Kirby and the Forgotten Land for the Switch 2 next week, Nintendo has rolled out a new game update for the game.This bumps up both the Switch and Switch 2 versions of the game to Version 1.1.0. Here's the full rundown, courtesy of Nintendo's official support page:
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