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Oct 2022
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This Week's Top Stories | BTS Joins Sout...

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BTS joins the South Korean military, the 2022 midterms prove to have some of the wildest campaign ads yet, MacKenzie Scott donates $85 Million to the Girl Scouts, and Liz Truss resigns as UK’s Prime Minister. Here’s what happened this week. 

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