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    Oscars Celebrities Wore Millions in Diamonds and Preached About Saving the World — Then Someone Took a Photo of What They Left Behind

    The 98th Academy Awards had everything Hollywood loves about itself. Couture gowns from Chanel and Gucci on the red carpet. Misty Copeland draped in nearly $2 million worth of Jared diamonds before taking part in the ceremony’s Sinners tribute. Javier Bardem stepping up to the podium, wearing a “No to War” pin on his lapel,…

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      China’s Axis of Autocracy Isn’t Looking So Hot

      Even as Donald Trump’s war roils global energy markets and runs down stocks of U.S. air-defense weapons, the president’s relentless assault on the Iranian regime has yielded at least one perhaps accidental achievement: It’s undermining the reputation of America’s chief global rival. China is proving to be an unreliable friend to Iran in this moment…

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