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Hungarian philosopher Agnes Heller dies at age of 90
Hungarian philosopher Agnes Heller, who was a student ofGyorgy Lukacs and later taught political theory for 25 years atthe New School for Social Research in New York City, died at theage of 90 on Friday, the Hungarian Academy of Sciences said.Born 1929 in Budapest, Heller was a survivor of the Holocaustbut she lost most of her family who perished in concentrationcamps.
U.S. rapper A$AP Rocky to remain in Swedish custody, Trumpplans to intervene
Swedish prosecutors on Friday extended American rapper A$APRocky's detention by six days amid their ongoing investigationinto a street fight in Stockholm as U.S. President Donald Trumpsaid he planned to call Sweden's prime minister about the case.A district court agreed to a request from prosecutors for moretime for their investigation of alleged aggravated assault bythe 30-year-old performer, producer and model, whose real nameis Rakim Mayers.