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Yet the competitive reality hit hardest during a tense FIBA break.
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Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 8 Jan. 2026
The current spat comes during a year when Japan-China relations are already strained, in part because of Tokyo’s colonial and war-time past.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 12 Nov. 2025
According to a 2023 report from Human Rights Watch, millions of Bangladeshis faced political persecution during Hasina’s tenure, including arrests, prosecution, and violence.
—Muhib Rahman, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2025
Brown allegedly punched Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu, a 41-year-old, during the scuffle before the shooting.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 12 Nov. 2025
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Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 8 Jan. 2026
The current spat comes during a year when Japan-China relations are already strained, in part because of Tokyo’s colonial and war-time past.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 12 Nov. 2025
According to a 2023 report from Human Rights Watch, millions of Bangladeshis faced political persecution during Hasina’s tenure, including arrests, prosecution, and violence.
—Muhib Rahman, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2025
Brown allegedly punched Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu, a 41-year-old, during the scuffle before the shooting.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 12 Nov. 2025
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Temperatures will be dropping throughout the day from the mid-to low 40s to the 30s.—
Andrew Kozak,
CBS News,
11 Jan. 2026
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The unit improved across the board throughout the regular season, but the final memory is typically the one that sticks, fair or not.—
Mike Kaye
Updated January 11,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Jan. 2026
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Her debut poetry collection is forthcoming with House of Anansi in April 2027 and her book of co-translated poems JAWS by Xitlalitl Rodríguez Mendoza is forthcoming with Cardboard House Press in April 2026.—
© Adri Montes,
Hazlitt,
11 Jan. 2026
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The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
11 Jan. 2026
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