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6 Ex-Officials in South Korea Are Sentenced for Blacklisting Artists

Revelations about the blacklist have infuriated the public, fueling widespread accusations that Ms. Park was taking South Korea back to the time when her father, the military dictator Park Chung-hee, ruled by gagging dissidents. For months, protesters gathered in huge weekend rallies in center of the capital, Seoul, demanding Ms. …

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Russia used Facebook to try to spy on Macron campaign, say sources

Martin Bureau | Pool | Reuters French President Emmanuel Macron (C) poses for a selfie as he arrives at the Viva Technology conference dedicated to start-ups development, innovation and digital technology in Paris, France, June 15, 2017. Facebook employees noticed the efforts during the first round of the presidential election …

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Hillary Clinton calling new book ‘What Happened,’ promises to let her guard down

Jason Kempin | Getty Images for Children’s Health Fund Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks at the Children’s Health Fund Annual Benefit on May 23, 2017 in New York City. Hillary Clinton is calling her new book “What Happened” and promising to let her “guard down” as she …

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EU president’s press conference interrupted by a phone call. It wasn’t his wife.

Friedemann Vogel | Pool | Getty Images German Chancellor Angela Merkel officially welcomes President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker to the opening day of the G20 summit on July 7, 2017 in Hamburg, Germany It should have been just another routine press conference for the European Commission. Right at …

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Review: Dressed to Kill, ‘Atomic Blonde’ Also Shoots to Kill

Lorraine gets plenty of opportunities to mix it up in Berlin, where the story soon turns into spy versus spy with washes of lurid color, topsy-turvy camerawork, loads of crashing cars and wall-to-wall pounding tunes. The airborne cars pirouette prettily, bashing and smashing with all the technological expertise production money …

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‘We have a very very good idea of who the leakers are’

Jonathan Ernst | Reuters New White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci addresses the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., July 21, 2017. Incoming White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci said Thursday he has a “very good idea” who the senior leakers are in the White House. Speaking …

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Russian indicted in US on charges of running bitcoin laundering ring

Chris Helgren | Reuters A sign is seen outside a business where a Bitcoin ATM is located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada June 3, 2017. A Russian national suspected of being the mastermind behind a crypto-currency exchange has been indicted by a grand jury in California on money laundering charges, the …

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Engine delays hit Airbus profits, delivery targets fragile

Victor Fraile | Power Sport Images | Getty Images Airbus A380-800, manufactured by Airbus SAS and operated by Qatar Airways and Etihad Airways. Europe’s Airbus on Thursday unveiled a one-third slump in half-way operating profit on flat revenue, as delays in engine deliveries for its upgraded A320 neo hit interim …

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From Colonial Mexico, a Towering Vision of Grace

Photo “Moses and the Brazen Serpent and the Transfiguration of Jesus,” 1683, by Cristóbal de Villalpando, an altarpiece in “Cristóbal de Villalpando: Mexican Painter of the Baroque,” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Credit Cristóbal de Villalpando, Collection Propiedad de la Nación Mexicana, Secretaría de Cultura. Bound up the steps …

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