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Biden Administration Again Bypasses Congress for Weapons Sale to Israel
[ad_1] The Biden administration is bypassing Congress for the second time since the start of the war in Gaza for a weapons sale to Israel, a move that comes amid growing anger at the United States over its backing of Israel as the Gaza death toll rises and misery spreads. The State Department said late Friday that it had approved…
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Canada Letter: Restaurants That Are Local Institutions, According to Readers
[ad_1] Things are tough right now for many restaurants. Worldwide food inflation has, in some cases, increased the costs of ingredients used in restaurant kitchens beyond the ability of these businesses to raise their menu prices. In January, the government will start charging interest on the emergency loans that kept many of them in business during the pandemic. And staff…
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Words of Wisdom – The New York Times
[ad_1] There’s such fanfare about the end of the year and the beginning of a new one, but the difference is only a day. I find myself thinking about this a lot, how we invest the turning-over of a new year with such meaning, but it’s really just a Sunday into Monday, a transition we don’t dignify with ceremony the…
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South Africa Accuses Israel of Genocide in U.N. Court
[ad_1] South Africa accused Israel of genocide on Friday in the International Court of Justice and asked the U.N. court to order a halt to fighting in the embattled Gaza Strip, saying that Israel was trying to “destroy Palestinians in Gaza.” Israel’s Foreign Ministry dismissed the claim as “lacking a factual and a legal basis” and described the filing as…
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Palestinians in Southern Gaza Face Dangers Where They Seek Shelter
[ad_1] The Israeli military warned on Friday that it was stepping up operations in the southern Gaza Strip, where hundreds of thousands of people had fled to safety, while hospital officials said Israel bombed an area in the south where it had ordered civilians to seek shelter. At least 18 people were killed and dozens of others injured near Kuwait…
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Israeli Military Releases New Details on Killing of 3 Hostages
[ad_1] New details released by the Israeli military about the accidental killing of three Israeli hostages in Gaza City include that there was a gap of 15 minutes between the fatal shootings of the first two hostages and the third and that a commander had urged the third hostage to come out of hiding just before he was fatally shot.…
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U.N. Says Israeli Forces Fired on Aid Convoy in Central Gaza
[ad_1] Israeli forces shot at a United Nations convoy of armored vehicles in central Gaza on Thursday evening as it was returning from delivering aid in the northern part of the territory, U.N. officials said. No one in the convoy was injured, the officials said, but the episode highlighted the severe challenges facing humanitarian efforts to help Palestinians struggling to…
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Russia Launches Widespread Air Attack on Ukrainian Cities
[ad_1] Ukrainian officials said more than two dozen people were killed in missile and drone attacks across the country over several hours. [ad_2] Source link
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Russia Sends Navalny Associate to Prison for ‘Extremism’
[ad_1] A court in Siberia on Friday sentenced an ally of the jailed Russian opposition leader Aleksei A. Navalny to nine years in a penal colony for running an “extremist organization,” according to her legal team. The sentence signals the Kremlin’s willingness to continue cracking down on members of Mr. Navalny’s political group years after it was banned in Russia.…
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China Appoints Adm. Dong Jun as Defense Minister
[ad_1] China on Friday appointed a naval commander with experience in the South China Sea as its minister of defense, filling a monthslong vacancy created by the unexplained disappearance of the previous minister, who appeared to have fallen in an investigation into possible corruption or other misdeeds. The appointment of the commander, Adm. Dong Jun, as defense minister was finalized…
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