Imagine if Jeff Bezos got bored just owning The Washington Post, firing hundreds of writers and squashing the freedom of its opinion section, and decided to join the American forces parachuting into Venezuela or Iran, only to ignore their orders and seize some prisoners on his own.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 May 2026
Perhaps even darker is this novel about a girl and 39 women held prisoner in a bunker.
The glasses boast smart features like photo/video capture, open-ear audio, and Meta AI for location descriptions and real-time translation.
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David Phelan,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2026
Plus, an indictment against a 94-year-old former Cuban leader — Raúl Castro — is less impactful than charging Venezuela’s sitting president with drug trafficking and using that to justify his capture.
When the male guards flee, the captives emerge into a barren plain, and the girl, the last to survive, writes about her life.
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The Week US,
TheWeek,
20 May 2026
Mohamed Soliman admitted to the attack on the Pearl Street Mall in June 2025 during a demonstration in support of Israeli captives held by Hamas, throwing two Molotov cocktails at the group, killing one person and injuring more than a dozen others.
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