Afterward, the animals were decontaminated and bathed, and those who experienced the most inhalation are being supervised at a veterinary clinic, Halverson said.
Jews were purged from the Soviet Foreign Ministry in 1939, when the Soviet Union signed a pact with Nazi Germany, and antisemitic show trials followed not long after Germany’s defeat.
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Ian Buruma,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
Many of China’s top military officials have been purged during Xi’s third term on charges of corruption or disloyalty.
The Tigers won two of three against the Mariners early in the season, then got swept by Seattle at home and were outscored 35-14 during a July series that marked the start of a horrid slide.
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Zack Meisel,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
Teams have swept the area with thermal cameras to check for any more survivors, to no avail.
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