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NPR (The Associated Press) - Drone strikes UAE nuclear plant highlighting risk of renewed war

A drone strike sparked a fire on the edge of the United Arab Emirates' sole nuclear power plant on Sunday in what authorities called an "unprovoked terrorist attack."

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THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Eldar Mamedov) - Africa Offers More than Liberal Moralists Know

On my trip to Mozambique, I learned what real economic development can look like. The post Africa Offers More than Liberal Moralists Know appeared first on The American Conservative .

There are holiday discoveries that slip your mind, and then there’s the kind that follows you home and won’t leave you. This one started on a balmy evening in Maputo, the capital of the southeastern African nation of Mozambique, on the grand terrace of the Polana Serena Hotel—that dazzling colonial belle of the early 1920s, with her peach walls, elegant arches, and sweeping Indian Ocean views. The city hummed below, a charming mash-up of Portuguese heritage—tiled facades of old villas in disrepair, the railway station, a fortress, the currency museum—and raw, vibrant African rhythm. That night, the rhythm came live to Polana: a local band layering African tunes over sultry jazz. An energetic black singer stepped up to the mic.…Open

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THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Peter Van Buren) - Why I Joined the Ben Franklin Fellowship

The New York Times claims “a private conservative group’s involvement at the State Department has alarmed veteran diplomats and congressional Democrats who say it has established a worrisome degree of influence.” Eric Rubin, a retired diplomat of more than 40 years who recently led the mainstream State Department American Foreign Service Association (AFSA), wrote it […] The post Why I Joined the Ben Franklin Fellowship appeared first on The American Conservative .

The New York Times claims “a private conservative group’s involvement at the State Department has alarmed veteran diplomats and congressional Democrats who say it has established a worrisome degree of influence.” Eric Rubin, a retired diplomat of more than 40 years who recently led the mainstream State Department American Foreign Service Association (AFSA), wrote it “functions as the equivalent of a Communist Party cell in Soviet government ministries.” Some are even trying to out and doxx members who wish to remain anonymous. It’s the controversial Ben Franklin Fellowship (BFF ). The fellowship is a DC-based nonprofit founded by former American diplomats, bringing together active officials (including Christopher Landau, Deputy…Open

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