President Bashar al-Assad rains airstrikes on a Syrian town, killing 82 people and wounding hundreds.
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The US Embassy in Cuba reopened today, more than 54 years after it closed.
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A militant Islamic group has targeted secularist bloggers in Bangladesh.
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In the third of our Writer’s Block installments with Cave Canem faculty, founder Cornelius Eady talks about the future of the organization and its new generation of writers.
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In the second of three Writer’s Block installments with Cave Canem faculty, Amber Flora Thomas talks about the expectations she faces as a black poet and offers advice to young writers.
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