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Syria rebel leader dismisses controversy over photo with woman newsthirst.

Syria’s rebel leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, has dismissed the online controversy over videos showing him gesturing to a young woman to cover her hair before he posed for a photo with her last week. The incident sparked criticism from both liberal and conservative commentators amid intense speculation about the county’s future direction after rebels swept to…

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Peter Mandelson must be most important voice in Trump’s ear, says ex-ambassador | Foreign policy newsthirst.

Peter Mandelson will need to make his “the most important voice” in Donald Trump’s ear when the US president-elect returns to the White House next month if he is to best represent Britain’s interests with the potentially chaotic administration, one of his predecessors has said. Kim Darroch, who was the UK’s ambassador to Washington for…

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‘She is evil’: Amy Coney Barrett under attack by the right wing after supreme court USAid ruling | US supreme court newsthirst.

Amy Coney Barrett, the Donald Trump-appointed conservative supreme court justice, has been branded a “DEI judge” by furious rightwing figures, after she voted to reject Trump’s attempt to freeze nearly $2bn in foreign aid. Coney Barrett, part of the court’s rightwing majority, split with her fellow conservative justices this week. She and John Roberts, the…

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Raptors coach upset with Cavs’ Tristan Thompson for late dunk in blowout newsthirst.

Toronto Raptors coach Darko Rajakovic said Cleveland center Tristan Thompson was “disrespectful” for dunking with four seconds remaining in the fourth quarter of the Cavaliers’ 131-108 victory Wednesday night. As fans booed, Raptors players Scottie Barnes and Jamal Shead confronted Thompson after the final buzzer to express their displeasure at the late two-handed slam. “I…

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