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How the Oldest Company in the World, Japans Temple-Builder Kong Gumi,
Has Survived Nearly 1,500 Years

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New York Public Library, via Wikimedia CommonsIf you visit Osaka,
you'll be urged to see two old buildings in particular: Osaka Castle
and Shitennō-ji (above), Japan's first Buddhist temple.

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How to Evaluate, Manage, and Strengthen Your Resilience - Harvard
Business Review (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=58377&nl=daily]
Think back to your last off-site meeting. You and the rest of your
team likely poured over reports and spreadsheets, facts and figures.
Strewn about the table were probably the tools of your trade: reams of
data, balance sheets and P&Ls. Managers understand that clear-eyed
analysis — both quantitative and qualitative — is the key to
building a resilient business. And yet when it comes to measuring and
strengthening our own ability to adapt, grow, and prosper, rarely do
we apply the same methodical approach.

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Hostage deaths increase pressure on Netanyahu for Hamas deal - FT (No
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Israel's largest union calls general strike for Monday as public
opinion presses for quicker negotiations















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A Way Forward in the Israeli Hostage Crisis - Foreign Policy (No
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Argument: A Way Forward in the Israeli Hostage Crisis

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FBI still falling short in child sex abuse cases years after Larry
Nassar scandal, watchdog finds
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Washington — The FBI's handling of child sexual abuse investigations
continues to fall short in key areas, years after the scandal
involving U.S. gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar that rocked the bureau,
an internal watchdog said in a new report issued Thursday.














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The dangers of staking your career on the company's rising star - FT
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Succession planning at JPMorgan Chase offers lessons for executives
hoping to land the top job

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Generative AI creates playable version of Doom game with no code - New
Scientist (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=58377&nl=daily]
An AI-generated recreation of the classic computer game Doom can be
played normally despite having no computer code or graphics.
Researchers behind the project say similar AI models could be used to
create games from scratch in the future, just as they create text and
images today.














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3 Tips for Creating a Winning Best in Business Application - Inc.com
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Since 2020, the Inc. Best in Business list has spotlighted
U.S.-based private companies known for driving positive change. (Think
Impossible Foods, BetterUp, or Rothy's.) This year, the list is
expanding to include not just companies big and small from all around
the world, but all types of business excellence. Everything
from world-class social media campaigns to innovative product
launches to impactful leadership decisions is on the table. Whatever
you and your team are great at, we want to know about it.

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How to Craft a Memorable Message, According to Science - Harvard
Business Review (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=58377&nl=daily]
Numerous researches have shown that we forget much of what we
experience in a day. Knowing this, how do you create messages so there
is a better chance of people remembering them? The author uses
concepts from memory science to help you craft messages — whether
it’s a presentation, an email, or a speech — that will be likely
to stick. One way to craft a memorable message is to chunk it up.
Explicitly tie together the points that you want to convey under the
umbrella of a central idea. With this approach, your listener can
stitch the pieces together in a meaningful way and build a rich memory
for that material. Or, when communicating about a complex topic, you
can make your message memorable with a concrete example instead of
something vague. Remember to provide callbacks as recalling something
that we previously learned can make it stronger and easier to access
when we will need it. Lastly, spark their curiosity. The key to
memorable communication lies not in conveying the answer, but in
establishing a compelling question.














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Major Labor Strike Begins In Israel After Night Of Mass Protests
Demanding Hostage Deal (Photos) - Forbes (No paywall)
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A widespread labor strike began in Israel on Monday, demanding the
country’s government accept a deal to secure the release of hostages
held in Gaza, after massive protests erupted across the country on
Sunday night following the deaths of six hostages captured by Hamas.

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AMLO's dangerous last blast threatens Mexico - The Economist (No
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Most Mexican presidents would be a lame duck in their last month in
power. But not Andrés Manuel López Obrador. After newly elected
congressmen and women take their seats on September 1st, a month
before president-elect Claudia Sheinbaum takes office, Mr López
Obrador will take advantage. His ruling party Morena and its allies
will be so dominant he will almost certainly be able to pass a
constitutional reform of the judiciary.














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Populists prevail in eastern Germany as wounds of past remain raw - FT
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Far-right Alternative for Germany party has upended political logic in
regional elections

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Experts explain the best way to freeze and defrost your food - Science
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For many of us, freezers serve as a sort of black hole for our
leftovers and miscellaneous food items. Everything from half-eaten
cartons of ice cream to Thanksgiving leftovers tend to find a home in
the freezer—sometimes indefinitely. 














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Have Astronomers Finally Found the Source of the Wow! Signal? -
Discover Magazine (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=58377&nl=daily]
One of the most famous events in the history of astronomy is the Wow!
Signal that was picked up by Ohio State University’s Big Ear radio
telescope in August 1977. The signal entered folklore because it
couldn’t be explained by any known natural phenomena and didn’t
appear to have originated from Earth.

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AfD makes German election history 85 years after Nazis started World
War II
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The AfD emerged as the clear victor in Thuringia, in the east of the
country, securing between 32-33 percent of the vote, according to
projections by ARD and ZDF public television. This places the party
well ahead of the center-Right Christian Democratic Union (CDU), which
garnered around 24 percent.














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Scenes From Israel, Where Protesters Blame Netanyahu for Deaths of
Hostages
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There is a word that until now was not used by Israelis to describe
their Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. Yesterday it was everywhere:
in red on handmade signs at the protests that broke out across the
country, on angry social media posts in Hebrew, and in the mouths of
outraged citizens:

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Ukraine Strikes Moscow Oil Refinery in Massive Drone Barrage - WSJ (No
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Russia's Defense Ministry said more than 150 drones were fired against
targets across the country on Sunday













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How Our Longest Nerve Orchestrates the Mind-Body Connection | Quanta
Magazine
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It is late at night. You are alone and wandering empty streets in
search of your parked car when you hear footsteps creeping up from
behind. Your heart pounds, your blood pressure skyrockets. Goose bumps
appear on your arms, sweat on your palms. Your stomach knots and your
muscles coil, ready to sprint or fight.

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Procreate defies AI trend, pledges "no generative AI" in its
illustration app
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On Sunday, Procreate announced that it will not incorporate generative
AI into its popular iPad illustration app. The decision comes in
response to an ongoing backlash from some parts of the art community,
which has raised concerns about the ethical implications and potential
consequences of AI use in creative industries.

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In This Beautiful Library, Bats Guard the Books
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The 60,000 books in the Joanine Library are all hundreds of years old.
Keeping texts readable for that long, safe from mold and moisture and
nibbling bugs, requires dedication. The library’s original
architects designed 6-foot (1.8 meters) stone walls to keep out the
elements. Employees dust all day, every day.

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120 Years of New York's Subterranean Literary Muse
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Within a day of its opening on Oct. 27, 1904, the New York City subway
was already inspiring lyricism: The Times marveled at its
“olive-green woodwork, the unfamiliar air, the darkness alongside,
and the sudden shooting into beautiful white stations like nothing
that the elevated ever had.”

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Studying Stones Can Rock Your World - The New Yorker (No paywall)
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Write about what you know, they say. All due respect, that’s lousy
advice, far too easily misinterpreted as “write about what you
already know.” No doubt you find your own knowledge valuable, your
own experiences compelling, the plot twists of your own past gripping;
so do we all, but the storehouse of a single life seldom equips us
adequately for the task of writing. If you are, say, Volodymyr
Zelensky or Frederick Douglass or Sally Ride, the category of “what
you know” may in fact be sufficiently unusual and significant to
belong in print. For the rest of us, the better, if less pithy, maxim
would be: before you write, go out and learn something interesting.

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It may be one of the basic building blocks of all matter, but there's
still a lot we have to learn about the proton
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A proton should be one of the simplest objects in physics. It’s a
basic building block of all atoms, or, alternatively, the simplest
possible atom all by itself, since hydrogen (one positively charged
proton plus one negatively charged electron) is still hydrogen when
it’s ionised.

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The People Who Quit Dating - The Atlantic (No paywall)
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Imagine you look into a crystal ball. You see that you’ll find your
dream partner in, say, 10 years—but not before then. What would you
do with that intervening time, freed of the onus to look for love?

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String Theorists Accidentally Find a New Formula for Pi - Scientific
American (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=58377&nl=daily]
The number pi (π) appears in the most unlikely places. It can be
found in circles, of course—as well as in pendulums, springs and
river bends. This everyday number is linked to transcendental
mysteries. It has inspired Shakespearean thought puzzles, baking
challenges and even an original song. And pi keeps the surprises
coming—most recently in January 2024, when physicists Arnab Priya
Saha and Aninda Sinha of the Indian Institute of Science presented a
completely new formula for calculating it, which they later published
in Physical Review Letters.

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America isn't ready for another war -- because it doesn't have the
troops
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Independent journalism is more important than ever. Vox is here to
explain this unprecedented election cycle and help you understand the
larger stakes. We will break down where the candidates stand on major
issues, from economic policy to immigration, foreign policy, criminal
justice, and abortion. We’ll answer your biggest questions, and
we’ll explain what matters — and why. This timely and essential
task, however, is expensive to produce.

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Harris and Biden Will Make a Labor Day Pitch to Union Voters
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Although Ms. Harris and Mr. Walz will reach voters in three of the top
swing states, the events themselves will be smaller than the rallies
Ms. Harris has held in recent weeks that have drawn thousands of
attendees. She and Mr. Biden are expected to deliver “informal
remarks” rather than full speeches, according to the Harris
campaign.

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Musk's Starlink Defies Order to Block X in Brazil
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Alexandre de Moraes, the Brazilian Supreme Court justice who has led
the action against X, froze Starlink’s assets in Brazil last week
and blocked it from carrying out transactions in the country. He did
so to try to collect on more than $3 million in fines against X for
ignoring his orders to suspend accounts. Justice Moraes has accused X
of spreading disinformation and hate speech.

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A Finnish Artist and the Apartment and Paintings She Left Behind in
SoHo
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Both the artist and her works are now objects of wonder. On Sept. 4,
Harper’s Gallery, in Manhattan, will exhibit a small selection of
Ms. Leino’s canvases. Peter Hastings Falk, an art historian and
independent curator, who is managing the collection for the Iria Leino
Trust, said, “We’re making the bold statement, which I think is
true, that she’s the first woman abstract painter from Finland, in
America.”

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Lauren Parker's triathlon redemption seals seventh Paralympic gold for
Australia
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Three years after losing to American Kendall Gretsch in Tokyo,
35-year-old turns the tables

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Wild weather across three states ? as it happened
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As shown in an email to the court dated 29 March 2019, Finance's
advice said going to the police should be Higgins' choice and that she
should be made aware of sexual assault and family violence help line,
1800Respect.

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Warren Buffett's Favorite Stock to Buy Just Hit a Milestone That Only
8 Public Companies Have Ever Achieved
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Bank of America is an advertising partner of The Ascent, a Motley Fool
company. Sean Williams has positions in Bank of America and Sirius XM.
The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Bank of America and
Berkshire Hathaway. The Motley Fool recommends Occidental Petroleum.
The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.

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JPMorgan's Matejka says stocks may stall even with rate cut
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Other market strategists including Bank of America Corp.’s Michael
Hartnett have recently warned that the Fed’s first rate cut would be
a catalyst to sell equities rather than drive another leg higher.

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A primer on why microbiome research is hard
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Microbiomes are, as far as cutting-edge science goes, old news.
Knowledge that the microbiome exists and is involved in digestive
process has been known for over a half-century. But, with the
discovery of H. Pylori’s role in causing peptic ulcers and the
subsequently awarded 2005 Nobel Prize in medicine for it, the
microbiome began to be viewed differently: something that is
intertwined with the neurological, immunological, and metabolic health
of its host. And perhaps something that represents a new therapeutic
target entirely. Yet, over the course of the last 20 years, the
microbiome field has little to show for it, despite billions in
funding, thousands of published papers, and dozens of spun-up
companies.

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Warren Buffett Just Joined the $1 Trillion Market-Cap Club. Here's
What You Need to Know
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American Express is an advertising partner of The Ascent, a Motley
Fool company. Brett Schafer has no position in any of the stocks
mentioned. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Apple,
Berkshire Hathaway, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, and Tesla. The
Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.

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Fraternity Brothers Balk at a $515,000 Party for Defending the Flag
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In interviews, several members of the U.N.C. chapter of Alpha Epsilon
Pi, a Jewish fraternity, said they were disappointed that the money
raised on their behalf was paying for a party. They said they would
rather that a significant portion of the money go to a charity that
supports Jewish organizations or relief efforts in Gaza.

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A Maine Camp for Deaf Children Carries On After an Unthinkable Loss
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His father, Joshua Seal, created the Dirigo Experience two years ago,
determined to provide his four young children, and others across
Maine, with an experience he never had as a Deaf child growing up
there: a traditional summer camp adventure alongside Deaf and
hard-of-hearing peers. The name comes from Maine’s state motto,
Latin for “I lead.”

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Biden Seeks Elusive Low Profile as a Turbulent Summer Winds to a Close
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Some beachgoers, thrilled to find themselves on the same stretch of
sand as the president, offered waves and greetings, but Mr. Biden,
wearing red patterned swim shorts, a black cap and his signature
aviators, turned his blue lounge chair around to avoid the onlookers
— and at least one television camera. His wife, Jill, joined him
both days.

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Pork Chops and Politics: Tim Walz Gets Minnesota Homecoming at State
Fair
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“A little bit more of a disruption,” he told reporters, noting
that he had to cut down from his usual 12 days of appearances. “But
it’s exciting — I think people are seeing that we’re getting to
talk about Minnesota across the country.”

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'I heard the sirens go and I was all wobbly at the knees': The
life-changing day World War Two began
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Brazil X ban: Top court judges to vote on block of Musk's platform
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Justice Moraes had ordered that X accounts accused of spreading
disinformation - many of which belonged to supporters of the former
right-wing president Jair Bolsonaro - must be blocked while they are
under investigation.

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Social media: Why algorithms show violence to boys
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Meta, which owns Instagram and Facebook, says it has more than “50
different tools, resources and features” to give teens “positive
and age-appropriate experiences”. According to Meta, it seeks
feedback from its own teams and potential policy changes go through
robust process.

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Oasis tickets: Hundreds lodge complaints over dynamic pricing
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Meanwhile, ticketing websites were praised for coping with the
"enormous demand" for Oasis tickets by Jonathan Brown, chief executive
of the Society of Ticket Agents and Retailers, who insisted prices
would have been set by the band.

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A Funnel Cake Macchiato, Anyone? The Coffee Wars Are Heating Up.
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From the giant Starbucks to upstarts like Scooters Coffee in Nebraska,
the battle is joined for who can come up with the craziest,
calorie-laden, not-really-coffee drink.

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Opinion | This Is How To Fix the Housing Crisis
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What’s newer, and worse, is that even those places in the country
that historically built a lot of housing and thus offered less
expensive alternatives — such as Austin, Texas, and Raleigh, N.C.
— have also experienced big price increases, possibly because of
less building in their most desirable neighborhoods. Hopefully, this
is a blip and does not portend the spread of NIMBYism to these onetime
growth machines.

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ESPN and ABC Go Dark on DirecTV in Feud With Disney
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Benjamin Mullin reports on the major companies behind news and
entertainment. Contact Ben securely on Signal at +1 530-961-3223 or
email at [email protected]. More about Benjamin Mullin

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'Moving in the Dark': Hamas Documents Show Tunnel Battle Strategy
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Just a year before attacking Israel, Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas
in the Gaza Strip, approved spending $225,000 to install blast doors
to protect the militia’s tunnel network from airstrikes and ground
assaults.

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Israelis Go on Strike After Hostage Deaths, and German Far Right Makes
Election Gains
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Plus, the U.S. coffee wars are heating up.

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In a Kyiv Classroom, Cries for Help From Children Scarred by War
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Two years later, she is still teaching at 63, three years past the
retirement age for teachers, torn by the heartbreak of watching her
students grapple with the trauma of air raids, bombings and the loss
of loved ones. She worries for those who have been displaced, forced
to study online, as well as for former students who have already
enlisted in the army and are fighting on the front lines.

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Russia Hits Ukraine With Wave of Strikes as School Year Opens
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Ukraine’s military is stepping up strikes with domestically produced
drones. On Sunday, Russia’s military claimed to have thwarted a
major Ukrainian drone attack, but fires at refineries and power plants
suggested that at least some had gotten through.

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