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Book Review: A retired small-town cop searches for missing girls in William Kent Krueger’s mystery

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

William Kent Krueger returns to his favorite themes, the mistreatment of Native Americans and the rape of the natural world for profit, in his new mystery, “Spirit Crossing.” This time, retired police chief Cork O’Connor, whose family includes members of the Ojibwe tribe, investigates the murders of several young girls. FBI and state law enforcement agencies descend, but when the body ends up being that of a Native American girl, they lose interest. Eventually, suspicion falls on workers building an oil pipeline across sacred ground. Читать дальше...

A change in India’s power export rules | Explained

The Hindu 

When did India’s first transnational power project that supplies all the power generated to another nation come into being? Why did the Bangladesh Power Development Board request a revision of the power purchase agreement? What does the latest amendment mandate?

Hell Yeah, Battle Bots Is Still A Thing

Jalopnik.com 

You wouldn’t know it now that I’m an incredibly charming, impossibly handsome, beyond-wealthy auto journalist, but growing up, I was a huge nerd. We’re talking “carried a Palm Pilot in middle school and started reading Tom Clancy in sixth grade” levels of nerd-dom. Unsurprisingly, one of my favorite shows as a kid was…

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North Korea defector journalist speaks for those who can't escape

Voice of America 

Seoul, South Korea — Just two years ago, Zane Han couldn’t have imagined his life today: living in Seoul and writing whatever he wants about the North Korean government, which once tried to control his every move.  Han, a broad-shouldered, energetic man approaching middle age, has lived a dizzying life. As a teenager, he survived the 1990s famine; later, he attended an elite Pyongyang university, where bribes were often necessary to get passing grades. Eventually, he worked for a North Korean construction company in Russia... Читать дальше...

Report: Predators G Yaroslav Askarov requests trade

BigNewsNetwork.com (sports) 

(Photo credit: Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports) Top Nashville Predators goaltending prospect Yaroslav Askarov has requested a trade and will not report to the team's AHL affiliate, ESPN reported Monday. The 2020 first-round draft pick's career path is blocked in Nashville, where veteran starter Juuse Saros signed an eight-year, $61.92 million extension in July. Askarov, 22, has played in 92 games over the past

Nepal FM Arzu Rana Deuba meets PM Modi, invites him for state visit

BigNewsNetwork.com (sports) 

New Delhi [India], August 19 (ANI): Nepal Foreign Minister Arzu Rana Deuba held a courtesy meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday and discussed the multifaceted diversity of India-Nepal ties. She also handed over an invitation from Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli for PM Modi to visit Nepal. "Had a courtesy meeting with the Prime Minister of India, Shri@narendramoditoday in New Delhi. We discussed the multi

"I want to make sure there is hunger": Jayasuriya ahead of Sri Lanka's Test series against England

BigNewsNetwork.com (sports) 

Manchester [UK], August 19 (ANI): Ahead of his side's three-match Test series against England, Sri Lanka interim head coach Sanath Jayasuriya said that he wants to make sure there's the hunger to win games inside the players. The first Test match will be starting from Wednesday and will go on till Sunday. Speaking ahead of the first Test match, Jayasuriya said that they won't easily get an opportunity to play against Engl