Fire Kills 74 in a South Africa Building Called a Disaster in Waiting
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August 31, 2023
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One former resident recounts the tumultuous recent history of the building.
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August 31, 2023
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Wagner leader, Dmitri Utkin, has been buried at military cemetery.
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August 31, 2023
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New best story on Hacker News: When your coworker does great work, tell their manager (2020)
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August 31, 2023
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Safety problems made the Johannesburg building a firetrap.
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August 31, 2023
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For U.K. Defense Secretary: Exit the Ex-Soldier. Enter the Political Operative.
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August 31, 2023
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New best story on Hacker News: My Caste
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August 30, 2023
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The Kremlin spokesman, rejecting foreign help in its Prigozhin crash inquiry, notes theories of foul play.
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August 30, 2023
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Dueling Aerial Assaults Hit Ukraine and Russia
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August 30, 2023
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Two Ukrainian military helicopters crashed in the east, killing 6 officers, Ukrainian news media reports.
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August 30, 2023
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Pope Says a Strong U.S. Faction Offers a Backward, Narrow View of the Church
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August 30, 2023
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New best story on Hacker News: Microsoft is using malware-like pop-ups in Win11 to get people to ditch Chrome
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August 30, 2023
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‘Bee Emergency’: How Beekeepers Got 5 Million Bees Off a Road in Ontario
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August 30, 2023
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A Shocking Soccer Kiss Demonstrates the Power of Scandal
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August 30, 2023
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New best story on Hacker News: Elixir saves Pinterest $2M a year in server costs
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August 29, 2023
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New best story on Hacker News: 111,111.1 meters is reliably 1 degree of latitude
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August 29, 2023
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With Multiple Battles, Russia and Ukraine Puzzle Over Where to Put Troops
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August 29, 2023
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Rumors and Misdirection Keep Crowds Away From Prigozhin Burial
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August 29, 2023
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The White House press secretary draws a closer link to the Kremlin in Prigozhin’s death.
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August 29, 2023
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New best story on Hacker News: Keystroke timing obfuscation added to ssh(1)
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August 29, 2023
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Idalia causes flooding and outages in Cuba on its way into the Gulf of Mexico.
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August 29, 2023
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Imran Khan Is Ordered Released From Jail by Pakistan Appeals Court
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August 29, 2023
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China’s Economic Outlook: Pep Talks Up Top, Gloom on the Ground
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August 29, 2023
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New best story on Hacker News: ChatGPT Enterprise
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August 28, 2023
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Ukraine Says It Retook a Village, a Win That Highlights the Rough Going
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August 28, 2023
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Paul Whelan, an American imprisoned in Russia, is seen on video for the first time in three years.
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August 28, 2023
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The pope’s praise for Russia’s historic empire draws sharp criticism.
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August 28, 2023
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A pilot who became a face of Kyiv’s efforts to get F-16s dies in a training accident.
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August 28, 2023
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In Moscow, mourners cry at a makeshift Wagner memorial.
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August 27, 2023
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Pastor Leads Followers Into Gunfire While Protesting Haiti Gangs
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August 27, 2023
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In Moscow, mourners cry at a makeshift Wagner memorial.
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August 27, 2023
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Hailstorm in Germany Rips Through a Town, Damaging Buildings and Cars
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August 27, 2023
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In a Departure, Zimbabwe’s Neighbors Question the Legitimacy of Its Elections
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August 27, 2023
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In Moscow, mourners cry at a makeshift Wagner memorial.
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August 27, 2023
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New best story on Hacker News: Block YouTube ads on AppleTV by decrypting and stripping ads from Profobuf
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August 27, 2023
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Three U.S. Marines Die in Air Crash in Australia
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August 27, 2023
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New best story on Hacker News: Show HN: Open-source obsidian.md sync server
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August 26, 2023
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New best story on Hacker News: E-ink is so Retropunk
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August 26, 2023
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Incumbent Claims Victory in Zimbabwe Election Amid Fraud Accusations
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August 26, 2023
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U.S. Knew Saudis Were Killing African Migrants
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August 26, 2023
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Russia Denies Killing Prigozhin, Calling the Idea Anti-Putin Propaganda
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August 25, 2023
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Isabel Crook, 107, Dies; Her Life in China Spanned a Century of Change
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August 25, 2023
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From ruins that were once a home to a day at the beach: a look at August in Ukraine.
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August 25, 2023
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Yevgeny Prigozhin got his start setting up hot-dog stands.
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August 25, 2023
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Denmark Moves to Ban Quran Burnings After Muslim Outrage
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August 25, 2023
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New best story on Hacker News: Add dir=“auto” to your inputs and textareas
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August 24, 2023
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Flight data and video analysis point to a catastrophic midair event in the Russian plane crash.
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August 24, 2023
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New best story on Hacker News: Code Llama, a state-of-the-art large language model for coding
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August 24, 2023
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A new round of U.S. sanctions focuses on the forced deportation of Ukrainian children.
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August 24, 2023
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Thousands Camp All Night to Vote, Leaving a Nation on Edge
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August 24, 2023
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European leaders react to the possibility of Prigozhin’s death.
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August 24, 2023
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Plane Linked to Prigozhin Crashes in Russia
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August 23, 2023
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New best story on Hacker News: GPT-3.5 Turbo fine-tuning and API updates
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August 23, 2023
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U.S. intelligence officials say they cannot confirm reports of Prigozhin’s death.
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August 23, 2023
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This was the path of the plane.
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August 23, 2023
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New best story on Hacker News: A good measurement culture where numbers don’t replace common sense
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August 22, 2023
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At a Much-Watched BRICS Summit, Putin Tries to Rally Support
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August 22, 2023
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As West Bank Shootings Rise, Israel’s Government Vows to Retaliate
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August 22, 2023
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Russia says one attack was near a gas platform and one was near Snake Island.
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August 22, 2023
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New best story on Hacker News: Microsoft is bringing Python to Excel
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August 22, 2023
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Putin tells the BRICS summit that the West is to blame for the collapse of the Black Sea grain deal.
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August 22, 2023
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Dueling Tours for Influence as Ukraine War Scrambles Alliances
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August 21, 2023
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New best story on Hacker News: GNU Parallel, where have you been all my life?
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August 21, 2023
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New best story on Hacker News: Anxious brains redirect emotion regulation
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August 21, 2023
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New best story on Hacker News: Jazz² Resurrection: Open-source Jazz Jackrabbit 2 reimplementation
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August 21, 2023
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New best story on Hacker News: So you want to learn physics (2021)
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August 21, 2023
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New best story on Hacker News: Shouldn't distant objects appear magnified?
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August 21, 2023
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Palestinian Man’s Lawyers Say Israeli Police Marked Him With Star of David
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August 21, 2023
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There is a crisis of wounded psyches among Ukrainian soldiers.
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August 21, 2023
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The BRICS Club of Emerging Nations Debates Letting Others In
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August 21, 2023
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