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iran Cuba is bracing for a U.S. invasion Séamus Bellamy

politics State Department is deleting all X posts from before Trump's return — even from Trump's first term Ellsworth Toohey

politics South Korean prosecutors seek death penalty for ex-president who tried to impose martial law Rob Beschizza

politics New pick for high-level State Department job: "Competent white men must be in charge if you want things to work." Ellsworth Toohey

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diplomacy US Secretary of State covers "Hoochie Coochie Man"on guitar at State Department function Thom Dunn

politics Bolton book says House impeachment inquiry should have probed Trump beyond Ukraine Xeni Jardin

COVID-19 Politico asked 34 big thinkers to predict how the coronapocalypse will permanently change our world Gareth Branwyn

international relations Nobody takes the UN seriously, but here's how to fix it Smári McCarthy

russia Guy who pretends to murder people for a living named Russian Goodwill ambassador Séamus Bellamy

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News Trump goes it alone on North Korea. What could go wrong, other than nuclear war? Xeni Jardin

security Trump blabbed about response to North Korean missile launch in the Mar A Lago dining room while diners listened in Cory Doctorow

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