Beatty wins Booker Prize for The Sellout in historic US debut
Paul Beatty's The Sellout is named the Man Booker Prize winner, the first American to claim the prestigious fiction award. Judges praise its savage wit and timely satire on race and class, set in a Dickensian Los Angeles suburb with a narrator on trial at the Supreme Court.
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UN expert calls Haiti cholera response a disgrace
U N human rights expert Philip Alston condemned the United Nations for denying legal responsibility for the 2010 Haiti cholera outbreak linked to a U N peacekeeping base. He called the stance morally unconscionable while praising a $400 million cholera eradication fund and urging broad donations.
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Publisher sells Hungarian opposition paper owner amid press consolidation
A publisher linked to ally of Prime Minister Orban buys Mediaworks Hun gary, publisher of the suspended Nepszabadsag and other titles. Opimus Group confirms 100 percent share acquisition through Opimus Press, price undisclosed, amid concerns over media concentration and government influence.
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