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In This Mexican Neighborhood, Locals Say ¡Viva el Beetle!
[ad_1] Rusted and stripped of their right seat, the cars parked in queues rounding street corners serve as the unofficial taxi in the hillside neighborhoods in Cuautepec in Mexico’s capital. The curvy symbol of the 1960s hippie era is admired — even decorated and named — by residents who say the car represents their resilience and work ethic. They can…
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As World’s Gaze Shifts to Gaza, Israel’s Psyche Remains Defined by Oct. 7 Attack
[ad_1] The Oct. 7 attack on Israel has prompted soul-searching on the Israeli left, undermining faith in a shared future with Palestinians. It has created a crisis of confidence on the Israeli right, sapping support for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. It has drawn ultra-Orthodox Jews, often ambivalent about their relationship to the Israeli state, closer to the mainstream. Across religious…
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What to Do With a Bug Named Hitler?
[ad_1] Anophthalmus hitleri was discovered in the former Yugoslavia on June 20, 1932, four months after the Austrian-born Hitler became a German citizen and four days before he demanded, as leader of the Nazi Party, that the government declare martial law throughout the country. The discoverer, a naturalist named Vladimir Kodric, stumbled on the insect in a cave named Pekel…
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Tuesday Briefing
[ad_1] Benjamin Netanyahu’s vow to continue the war in Gaza. [ad_2] Source link
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U.S. Strikes Iran-Backed Groups in Iraq in Round of Retaliation
[ad_1] The United States conducted a new round of airstrikes early on Tuesday in Iraq, most likely killing militants and destroying three facilities used by Iranian proxies that had been targeting American and coalition troops, U.S. military officials said. The American strikes were in retaliation for a series of assaults, including a drone attack hours earlier by members of Kataib…
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Iran Accuses Israel of Killing Sayyed Mousavi, a Military Official
[ad_1] Iran accused Israel on Monday of killing a high-level military figure in a missile strike in Syria at a time when concerns are growing that the war in Gaza could escalate into a regional conflict. The assassinated Iranian was identified as Brig. Gen. Sayyed Razi Mousavi, a senior adviser to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps. He was said to…
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Mongolians Are Circus Stars All Over the World, Except at Home
[ad_1] It’s cold as a walk-in refrigerator at the Mongolian Circus School, housed in a once proud edifice now on the verge of collapse with cracked walls, moldy ceilings and the stale smell of decades of cigarette smoke embedded into the venue’s wooden frame. A group of teenage acrobats shrug off the frigid, fraying surroundings to practice leaping and somersaulting…
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Tuesday Briefing: Netanyahu Visits Gaza
[ad_1] Netanyahu visits troops in Gaza Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel visited Israeli troops fighting in Gaza yesterday. His visit came after Gazan health officials said that an overnight strike on a crowded neighborhood had killed dozens of people. Netanyahu said that Israel would “deepen” the fighting, despite the death toll — which Gaza Health Ministry officials say stands…
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Civilian Deaths in Custody Anger Kashmir
[ad_1] Kashmiris are calling for an investigation into the deaths of three civilians on Friday who were among several people Indian soldiers had detained for questioning in connection with an attack by separatist militants in the restive region. The ambush, on Thursday, of two army vehicles, which left four soldiers dead and three others injured, was the latest in a…
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Gazans Search for Survivors After Deadly Attack
[ad_1] Health officials in Gaza said an overnight attack had killed dozens in the Al Maghazi neighborhood in central Gaza. Israel’s military said it was reviewing the incident. [ad_2] Source link
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