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Mar 2025
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Marine Le Pen found guilty of embezzleme...

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Elisabeth Braw and Ben Kelly on the guilty verdict in the embezzlement trial of Marine Le Pen, why the White House Correspondents’ Association cancelled plans to feature a comedian and the political backlash over a campaign for a new airport in Kashmir. Then: and why amplified performances are coming to an end on city streets. Plus: ‘Resistance’, an exhibition documenting a century of protest and photography.

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