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South Korea's Defence Minister Ahn Gyu-back said this week Seoul remained opposed to officially recognising the North as a nuclear-weapon state.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
According to a report from Greenville, S.C., police, Zach was “very emotional” as paramedics attempted to revive Panettiere, and Brian “did not become emotional until EMS declared her officially deceased.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Although Kushner chose not to officially rejoin his father-in-law’s second administration, he is serving, along with Trump’s real estate buddy Steve Witkoff, as its special diplomatic envoy.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
The country’s “total public debt outstanding” officially hit $40.047 trillion, the Treasury Department reported—a threshold that carries symbolic weight but isn’t, by itself, economically significant.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
It didn't have the glamour of Egyptian hieroglyphs—it was made up mostly of dashes—yet it was from these marks that history had officially begun.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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