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Another Russian hacker attack, South Korea’s bunker business, former Nazi guard deported

The WorldAugust 21, 2018

Russia's President Vladimir Putin speaking in Moscow, Russia, July 2018. — Russia’s President Vladimir Putin is shown speaking in Moscow, July 2018.
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Russian hackers targeted US conservative think-tanks, says Microsoft

In South Korea’s war panic economy, sales thrive on nuclear angst

Protests in Uganda

Uganda’s Bobi Wine arrested

Trump’s replacement for the Clean Power Plan

US deports accused former Nazi guard to Germany

Rediscovering the Great Synagogue of Vilnius

Dozens missing in India’s flood-hit Kerala as death toll approaches 400

Remembering Khaira Arby

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