{"id":45188,"date":"2025-08-31T13:03:34","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T13:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/the-book-report-new-books-for-fall-aug-31\/"},"modified":"2025-08-31T13:03:34","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T13:03:34","slug":"the-book-report-new-books-for-fall-aug-31","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/the-book-report-new-books-for-fall-aug-31\/","title":{"rendered":"The Book Report: New books for fall (Aug. 31)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><em>By Washington Post book critic Ron Charles<\/em><\/p>\n<p>With the fall season gearing up, here are some of the biggest titles we&#8217;re looking forward to reading in September:<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/08\/29\/e3d3b9d9-4703-41e8-b319-774cd1400684\/thumbnail\/620x936\/63d29fab8248c7654c64cdf2a21bb8fd\/the-secret-of-secrets-doubleday-900.jpg#\" alt=\"the-secret-of-secrets-doubleday-900.jpg \" height=\"936\" width=\"620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/08\/29\/e3d3b9d9-4703-41e8-b319-774cd1400684\/thumbnail\/620x936\/63d29fab8248c7654c64cdf2a21bb8fd\/the-secret-of-secrets-doubleday-900.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/08\/29\/e3d3b9d9-4703-41e8-b319-774cd1400684\/thumbnail\/1240x1872\/906cd11debb2ff55627d78a133c1f269\/the-secret-of-secrets-doubleday-900.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Doubleday<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Dan Brown, creator of &#8220;The Da Vinci Code,&#8221; is roaring back with his sixth thriller about Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon. In <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/670325\/the-secret-of-secrets-by-dan-brown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8220;The Secret of Secrets&#8221;<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Doubleday), a brilliant scientist is about to publish a revolutionary book about the nature of human consciousness, but nefarious powers will stop at nothing to kill her book \u2013 and anyone who stands in their way.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/670325\/the-secret-of-secrets-by-dan-brown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>&#8220;The Secret of Secrets&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><strong> by Dan Brown (Doubleday), in Hardcover, Large Print Trade Paperback, eBook and Audio formats, available September 9 via <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Secret-Secrets-Novel-Robert-Langdon\/dp\/0385546890?tag=cbs-news-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>Amazon<\/strong><\/a><strong>, <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/the-secret-of-secrets-dan-brown\/1146902400\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>Barnes &amp; Noble<\/strong><\/a><strong> and <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/p\/books\/untitled-6898-doubleday\/22235116%5D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>Bookshop.org<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/danbrown.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>danbrown.com<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/08\/29\/136a3db2-0c14-46ea-b626-d16416f96a73\/thumbnail\/620x943\/b76192d509619522fcfd9a4d0e0af632\/what-we-can-know-knopf-900.jpg#\" alt=\"what-we-can-know-knopf-900.jpg \" height=\"943\" width=\"620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/08\/29\/136a3db2-0c14-46ea-b626-d16416f96a73\/thumbnail\/620x943\/b76192d509619522fcfd9a4d0e0af632\/what-we-can-know-knopf-900.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/08\/29\/136a3db2-0c14-46ea-b626-d16416f96a73\/thumbnail\/1240x1886\/c68cf71c296333a15abeac8e75805bfe\/what-we-can-know-knopf-900.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Knopf<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Excitement is rising on both sides of the Atlantic for a novel called <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/796211\/what-we-can-know-by-ian-mcewan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8220;What We Can Know&#8221;<\/a><\/strong> (Knopf) by Ian McEwan, one of Britain&#8217;s finest living writers. What we can know so far is that this is a story set in the recent past, and a century into the future involving a lost poem \u2013 and a shocking twist.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/796211\/what-we-can-know-by-ian-mcewan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>&#8220;What We Can Know&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><strong> by Ian McEwan (Knopf), in Hardcover, Large Print Trade Paperback, eBook and Audio formats, available September 23 via <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0593804724?tag=cbs-news-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>Amazon<\/strong><\/a><strong>, <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/what-we-can-know-ian-mcewan\/1146954932\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>Barnes &amp; Noble<\/strong><\/a><strong> and <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/p\/books\/untitled-4728\/ef360f757fc9953d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>Bookshop.org<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ianmcewan.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>ianmcewan.com<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/novelist-ian-mcewan-writing-is-a-way-of-being\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\"><strong>Novelist Ian McEwan: Writing is &#8220;a way of being&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><\/span><strong> (&#8220;Sunday Morning&#8221;)<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/08\/29\/47ab5ebf-cb6e-44d1-b90a-48749c0c9a87\/thumbnail\/620x930\/3280a6e99d4fc889a8c645d04d78e0db\/heart-the-lover-grove-900.jpg#\" alt=\"heart-the-lover-grove-900.jpg \" height=\"930\" width=\"620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/08\/29\/47ab5ebf-cb6e-44d1-b90a-48749c0c9a87\/thumbnail\/620x930\/3280a6e99d4fc889a8c645d04d78e0db\/heart-the-lover-grove-900.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/08\/29\/47ab5ebf-cb6e-44d1-b90a-48749c0c9a87\/thumbnail\/1240x1860\/22d4e25eb94ee77bf81786e1afcdcca7\/heart-the-lover-grove-900.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Grove Press<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Lily King is one of my favorite novelists, and her upcoming book, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/groveatlantic.com\/book\/heart-the-lover\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8220;Heart the Lover&#8221;<\/a><\/strong> (Grove Press), sounds delightful. It&#8217;s about a young woman drawn into a complicated friendship with two male classmates in college. Years later, she has to consider how those friendships and her youthful decisions still shape her life.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/book-excerpt-heart-the-lover-by-lily-king\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\"><strong>Read an excerpt: &#8220;Heart the Lover&#8221; by Lily King<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/groveatlantic.com\/book\/heart-the-lover\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>&#8220;Heart the Lover&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><strong> by Lily King (Grove Press), in Hardcover, eBook and Audio formats, available September 30 via <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Heart-Lover-Lily-King\/dp\/0802165176?tag=cbs-news-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>Amazon<\/strong><\/a><strong>, <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/heart-the-lover-lily-king\/1147010165\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>Barnes &amp; Noble<\/strong><\/a><strong> and <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/p\/books\/heart-the-lover-lily-king\/22374246\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>Bookshop.org<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lilykingbooks.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>lilykingbooks.com<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/08\/29\/a756f27b-9508-43b9-b3f2-25aced6c5664\/thumbnail\/620x936\/fdd02c54f400cb578a2c122ae25a78b3\/mother-mary-comes-to-me-scribner-900.jpg#\" alt=\"mother-mary-comes-to-me-scribner-900.jpg \" height=\"936\" width=\"620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/08\/29\/a756f27b-9508-43b9-b3f2-25aced6c5664\/thumbnail\/620x936\/fdd02c54f400cb578a2c122ae25a78b3\/mother-mary-comes-to-me-scribner-900.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/08\/29\/a756f27b-9508-43b9-b3f2-25aced6c5664\/thumbnail\/1240x1872\/06dad476c6531e73019c0a6ec7ceb98b\/mother-mary-comes-to-me-scribner-900.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Scribner<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Booker Prize-winning novelist Arundhati Roy is about to publish her first memoir: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.simonandschuster.com\/books\/Mother-Mary-Comes-to-Me\/Arundhati-Roy\/9781668094716\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8220;Mother Mary Comes to Me&#8221;<\/a><\/strong> (Scribner) promises to take us back to her early life in India, her tumultuous relationship with her mother, and other events that shaped the mind of this powerful writer and activist.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/book-excerpt-mother-mary-comes-to-me-by-arundhati-roy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\"><strong>Read an excerpt: &#8220;Mother Mary Comes to Me&#8221; by Arundhati Roy<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.simonandschuster.com\/books\/Mother-Mary-Comes-to-Me\/Arundhati-Roy\/9781668094716\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>&#8220;Mother Mary Comes to Me&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><strong> by Arundhati Roy (Scribner), in Hardcover, eBook and Audio formats, available September 2 via <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1668094711?tag=cbs-news-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>Amazon<\/strong><\/a><strong>, <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/mother-mary-comes-to-me-arundhati-roy\/1146860647\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>Barnes &amp; Noble<\/strong><\/a><strong> and <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/p\/books\/mother-mary-comes-to-me-arundhati-roy\/22287693\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>Bookshop.org<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/08\/29\/c1f1af11-fb4a-46ba-9278-8eec9439dbf3\/thumbnail\/620x946\/87a61a418d84e4e8483566bc3b589c15\/we-the-people-liveright-900.jpg#\" alt=\"we-the-people-liveright-900.jpg \" height=\"946\" width=\"620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/08\/29\/c1f1af11-fb4a-46ba-9278-8eec9439dbf3\/thumbnail\/620x946\/87a61a418d84e4e8483566bc3b589c15\/we-the-people-liveright-900.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/08\/29\/c1f1af11-fb4a-46ba-9278-8eec9439dbf3\/thumbnail\/1240x1892\/241a835460a8d5eb85591c00da068bac\/we-the-people-liveright-900.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Liveright<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At this moment of intense political division, Jill Lepore&#8217;s <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wwnorton.com\/books\/9781631496080\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8220;We the People&#8221;<\/a><\/strong> (Liveright) couldn&#8217;t be more timely. The Harvard professor and New Yorker magazine writer presents a history of the U.S. Constitution that explores the ongoing struggle to amend the document and keep it a living framework for an evolving nation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wwnorton.com\/books\/9781631496080\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>&#8220;We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><strong> by Jill Lepore (Liveright), in Hardcover, eBook and Audio formats, available September 16 via <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/We-People-History-U-S-Constitution\/dp\/1631496085?tag=cbs-news-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>Amazon<\/strong><\/a><strong>, <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/we-the-people-jill-lepore\/1146855306\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>Barnes &amp; Noble<\/strong><\/a><strong> and <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/p\/books\/we-the-people-a-history-of-the-u-s-constitution\/fbff62c019dfad00\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>Bookshop.org<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/contributors\/jill-lepore\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>Jill Lepore, The New Yorker<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/08\/29\/b8e4f26e-d74e-46bc-a69f-5f03f6415b39\/thumbnail\/620x943\/500f3d4385a8f905ef256cadd68d7b67\/truly-harperone-900.jpg#\" alt=\"truly-harperone-900.jpg \" height=\"943\" width=\"620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/08\/29\/b8e4f26e-d74e-46bc-a69f-5f03f6415b39\/thumbnail\/620x943\/500f3d4385a8f905ef256cadd68d7b67\/truly-harperone-900.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/08\/29\/b8e4f26e-d74e-46bc-a69f-5f03f6415b39\/thumbnail\/1240x1886\/ff9a69dcd83cd0706f411ea6f44ccff5\/truly-harperone-900.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                HarperOne<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For the millions of fans feeling &#8220;endless love&#8221; for Lionel Richie, his upcoming memoir, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.harpercollins.com\/products\/truly-lionel-richie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8220;Truly&#8221;<\/a><\/strong> (HarperOne) will be a must-read. The legendary singer, songwriter and record producer reportedly opens up about his winding, sometimes painful journey from a shy kid to an award-winning entertainer celebrated around the world.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.harpercollins.com\/products\/truly-lionel-richie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>&#8220;Truly&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><strong> by Lionel Richie (HarperOne), in Hardcover, Large Print Trade Paperback, eBook and Audio formats, available September 30 via <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/006325364X?tag=cbs-news-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>Amazon<\/strong><\/a><strong>, <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/truly-lionel-richie\/1104953764\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>Barnes &amp; Noble<\/strong><\/a><strong> and <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/p\/books\/untitled-memoir-lionel-ritchie\/21847689\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>Bookshop.org<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lionelrichie.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>lionelrichie.com<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/lionel-richie-a-life-written-in-song\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\"><strong>Lionel Richie: A life written in song<\/strong><\/a><\/span><strong> (&#8220;Sunday Morning&#8221;)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/lionel-richie-on-the-continuing-power-of-we-are-the-world\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\"><strong>Lionel Richie on the continuing power of &#8220;We Are the World&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><\/span><strong> (&#8220;Sunday Morning&#8221;)<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>That&#8217;s it for the Book Report. For these and other suggestions about what to read this fall, talk with your local bookseller or librarian.    <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m Ron Charles. Until next time, read on!<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<br \/>For more info:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<br \/><em>Produced by Robin Sanders and Lucie Kirk. Editor: Emanuele Secci.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<br \/>For more reading recommendations, check out these previous Book Report features from Ron Charles:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"chartbeat\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation component--type-recirculation-collection\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>    <!-- tags --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a 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