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Arvind Kejriwal gets bail in excise policy scam case, but won't be released from Tihar jail. Here's why

Arvind Kejriwal case: The Supreme Court granted Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal interim bail in the money laundering case linked to the excise policy scam. However, he remains in custody due to a separate CBI case. His petition challenging his ED arrest was referred to a larger bench for a broader legal review on arrest necessity and proportionality in ED cases.

France24.com (en) 

Biden under pressure from Hollywood's wealthy donors

"I love Joe Biden. But we need a new nominee," Clooney wrote in a column in the New York Times on Wednesday, after Biden's disastrous performance in a televised presidential debate against Republican rival Donald Trump rekindled fears around the 81-year-old's fitness for office. The statement dealt a serious blow to Biden, coming just three weeks after Clooney headlined a major fundraiser in Los Angeles for his reelection campaign. At the gala, the president was able to raise more than $30 million in one evening... Читать дальше...

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 The Theme of the Quest: Gilgamesh and Enkidu as Prototypes for Hemingway’s Robert Jordan, Frederic Henry, and Santiago

On a Fall, 1964 windy day, and while my family was living in a second-story  Beirut, Lebanon, seaside apartment, I watched and was mesmerized by Spencer Tracy’s performance in Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea. By the time Santiago, the old fisherman, began his struggle with the Marlin and the ensuing Hollywood-made nautical storm More

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