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russia unleashes a wave of air strikes on kyiv in what appears to be the largest drone attack on the ukraine capital since the start of the war. britains government is discussing plans for supermarkets to cap the price of basic food items to help tackle the rising cost of living crisis. and we meet the south african woman who used her own experiences of period poverty to help empower girls in hundreds of schools by delivering free pads. the people of turkey have gone back to the polls ...

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After he introduced the presidential system in turkey, getting rid of the parliamentary system. on the other hand, kilicdaroglu is a 74—year—old soft—spoken bookish type of person, a former civil servant. he, soft—spoken bookish type of person, a former civilservant. he, during his campaign, has filmed modest videos coming out of his kitchen and they are completely opposite not only character —wise but also politically. kilicdaroglu pledges to reverse a lot of policies that erdogan has...

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The Watchlist: January 2021   From Innsmouth Free Press | The Route of Ice and Saltby José Luis Zárate, translated from the Spanish by David Bowles | Fiction | 196 pages | ISBN 9781927990292 | US$15.59 What the publisher says: “A reimagining of Dracula’s voyage to England, filled with Gothic imagery and queer desire. [. . .] The cult vampire novella by Mexican author José Luis Zárate is available for the first time in English. Translated by David Bowles and with an accompanying essay b...