Every trip to the electric chair is horrifying; a sequence where an intentionally botched execution ignites a still-living prisoner's screaming head in ghoulish blue flames is up there with any supernatural fright King's ever conceived.
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James Grebey,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
Belarus' state news agency Belta said the prisoners freed on Thursday included 14 foreign nationals from Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, France, Britain and Germany.
While the solar capture component is still subject to thermal effects, the energy storage component benefits from the heat.
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Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Sep. 2025
International implications of using foreign fighters By allowing non-Ukrainians to serve, Kyiv runs the risk of these fighters being labelled as mercenaries by Russia, leaving them vulnerable to capture, detention and extradition to Russia.
The proposal Hamas has accepted stipulates a temporary 60-day ceasefire, during which the Israeli army would relocate to allow the entry of humanitarian aid, while half of the 50 Israeli captives would be exchanged for Palestinian prisoners within the same time frame, Al-Jazeera reported.
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Amira El-Fekki,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
On Friday, some of the hostage families said they were briefed by Israeli military officials that the operation could risk the captives’ lives.
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