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Five Takeaways in New Book From Thom Tillis, Who Turned on Trump

6 octobre 2026 à 19:06
In “How to Lose Friends and Antagonize Presidents,” Senator Thom Tillis details his regrets about backing President Trump’s agenda.

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Senator Thom Tillis, Republican of North Carolina, has become a far more vocal critic of President Trump after announcing his plans to retire.

Cheikh Hamidou Kane, Author of Seminal Anticolonial Novel, Dies at 98

6 octobre 2026 à 09:55
The Senegalese writer was lauded as one of the founding fathers of African literature who subtly captured the shock of colonization from the perspective of the continent’s people.

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Cheikh Hamidou Kane in 2011. Mr. Kane subtly captured the shock of colonization from the perspective of the African people.

The Voices Behind ‘Made in China’

28 septembre 2026 à 16:43
In a faltering Chinese economy, working-class stories are striking a chord.

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Outside the SEG Plaza in Shenzhen last year.

Why China Is Requiring Ninth Graders to Read ‘Jane Eyre’

28 septembre 2026 à 01:58
The Victorian heroine has long been celebrated in China for her independence and insistence on equality.

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A woman reads at a bookstore in Beijing in August. “Jane Eyre” has found generations of readers in China since it was first translated into Chinese a century ago.
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