Rita, whose parents were renowned as peacemakers, forgave her husband's killers.
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Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
6 Oct. 2026
What matters are the peacemakers, and the true tension of the series rests in their decisions to either respond to provocation in kind or to respond to provocation with kindness.
In the days before the midterms, Qatari mediators had plunged into a fresh round of furtive diplomacy between the United States and Iran, but talks are still at an impasse.
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Ishaan Tharoor,
New Yorker,
5 Nov. 2026
Negotiations will continue Friday with the help of federal mediators, the PMA said.
This time around in talks with studios, union negotiators will be facing a new but familiar opponent on the other side of the table after longtime studio negotiator Carol Lombardini stepped down.
Qatar has brokered the diplomacy, and intermediaries have ranged from Pakistan to Russia to China.
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Taylor Luck,
Christian Science Monitor,
9 Nov. 2026
Thanks to African intermediaries guiding these military explorers, Binger discovered that the fabled Kong Mountains, which stretched across most 19th-century maps, did not exist.
—
Thomas J Bassett,
The Conversation,
29 Oct. 2026
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