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People Sift Through Rubble in Rafah After Israeli Strike
[ad_1] An Israeli strike killed at least two people and injured dozens of others in the southern region of Rafah, Gaza, late on Thursday. [ad_2] Source link
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Blinken Returns to Middle East as Tensions Grow With Israel
[ad_1] Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken is returning to the Middle East this week with the goals of getting Israel to curtail attacks that are killing thousands of Palestinian civilians and preventing the war from spreading across the region. But previously unreported details of a clash between Mr. Blinken and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel point to the…
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Out of Sight, Out of Mind No More
[ad_1] At last, we appear to be getting somewhere. Late on New Year’s Day, Mohamed Salah’s beaming face appeared on British television screens. Salah always has the slightly ruffled appearance of a man who has not slept desperately well, but he was in distinctly good cheer. His Liverpool team had just dismantled Newcastle United to move three points clear at…
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Israeli Minister Proposes Plan for Postwar Gaza Amid Divisions
[ad_1] As Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken returned to the Middle East on Friday in an effort to ease escalating tensions, Israel’s defense minister floated a postwar plan for the Gaza Strip that exposed divisions in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s wartime government. The proposal by the defense minister, Yoav Gallant, who is a moderate member of Mr. Netanyahu’s right-wing…
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Hezbollah’s Leader Says It Would Not Negotiate Peace With Israel Until War in Gaza Ends
[ad_1] Hassan Nasrallah, the head of the powerful armed group Hezbollah, pledged on Friday that it would not negotiate peace with Israel until the war in Gaza ends — a statement that came as Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken began a diplomatic tour around the Middle East to defuse regional tensions amid deepening fears of a wider conflict. Israel’s…
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Terrorism in Iran Exposes a Vulnerability It Doesn’t Want to Admit
[ad_1] For years Iran justified its military presence in Iraq and Syria, to its own people and the world, as a strategy for keeping terrorist groups at bay. Iranian officials frequently boasted that fighting terrorists directly or through proxy militias in the region meant they didn’t have to fight them at home. That sense of security was shattered on Wednesday,…
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Galaxies in the Early Universe Were Shaped Like Bananas, Study Suggests
[ad_1] What does a newborn galaxy look like? For the longest time, many astrophysicists and cosmologists have assumed that newborn galaxies would look like the orbs and spidery discs familiar in the modern universe. But according to an analysis of new images from the James Webb Space Telescope, baby galaxies were neither eggs nor discs. They were bananas. Or pickles,…
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Map: 4.2-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Southern California
[ad_1] A light, 4.2-magnitude earthquake struck in Southern California on Friday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The temblor happened at 10:55 a.m. Pacific time, data from the agency shows. As seismologists review available data, they may revise the earthquake’s reported magnitude. Additional information collected about the earthquake may also prompt U.S.G.S. scientists to update the shake-severity map. Aftershocks…
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If You Wanna Mail My Letter, You Gotta Get Some Spice Girls Stamps
[ad_1] Postal customers in Britain will soon have the opportunity to spice up their mail: Royal Mail is issuing a set of 15 stamps to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Spice Girls. The stamp collection and other products related to the anniversary were made available for preorder on Friday, and will go on general sale on Jan. 11, Royal…
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Playing for Time, U.K. Leader Sets Up Chance of U.S. Election Overlap
[ad_1] When Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said this week that he was not likely to call a general election in Britain before the second half of the year, he was trying to douse fevered speculation that he might go to the voters as early as May. But in doing so, he set up another tantalizing prospect: that Britain and the…
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