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U.N. Resolution on Gaza Passes but Stops Short of Calling for Cease-Fire
[ad_1] Mr. Guterres said he hoped that the resolution would help the U.N. and aid agencies deliver more food, water and medicine to people in Gaza, but said that the only way to truly address the crisis was to end the fighting. “A humanitarian cease-fire is the only way to begin to meet the desperate needs of people in Gaza…
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The Morning Readers’ Favorite Things of 2023
[ad_1] Your very specific, highly idiosyncratic best-ofs of the year. [ad_2] Source link
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The Best of Canada in 2023
[ad_1] Read: The 10 Best Books of 2023 Best TV Shows Nathan Fielder, the Canadian actor known for his deadpan delivery, is back with a dark comedy called “The Curse.” Here’s a trailer. It’s streaming on Paramount+ Canada. (Mr. Fielder was an executive producer on “How To With John Wilson,” another show that critics say is worth your time.) Read:…
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Houthi Militia in Yemen Presents a Special Challenge for U.S.
[ad_1] When Iranian-backed militias repeatedly targeted U.S. troops in Syria and Iraq this fall, the Biden administration struck back with force. Action was needed, officials said, to deter the groups from turning Israel’s conflict with Hamas into a wider war. But the United States has not yet retaliated against one Iranian-backed group: the Houthis of Yemen. In the past month…
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When the season calls for merry murder mysteries
[ad_1] My “mystery winter” reading theme continues, and this week I decided to turn to the “Queen of Crime” herself: Agatha Christie. I asked my sister, a whodunit connoisseur, for her recommendation. She instantly suggested “The Murder of Roger Ackroyd,” a Poirot mystery that many consider to be Christie’s masterpiece. Not only is the plot suitably twisty and the setting…
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U.S. Increasingly Isolated Over Israel and Gaza After Leading on Ukraine
[ad_1] Days of intense negotiations enabled the Biden administration to avoid casting a veto at the United Nations Security Council in defense of Israel’s military campaign in Gaza. But abstaining from a resolution designed to help more humanitarian aid reach Gaza only limited the damage to America’s standing around the world as it becomes an increasingly lonely protector of Israel.…
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What Happened in the Hamas Attack on Be’eri, Israel
[ad_1] The massacre at Be’eri was not a single outburst of violence, over in a terrifying instant. It was a prolonged rampage, in which dozens of terrorists roamed freely through a pastoral village, killing methodically and with cruelty. A 10-week New York Times investigation into what happened at Be’eri, based on interviews with scores of survivors and witnesses as well…
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Yacouba Sawadogo, African Farmer Who Held Back the Desert, Dies at 77
[ad_1] Yacouba Sawadogo, a farmer known as “the man who beat the desert” in Burkina Faso for revolutionizing agricultural methods and creating a 75-acre forest on barren land, died on Dec. 3 in Ouahigouya, a northern provincial capital in that West African country. He was 77. His death, in a hospital after a long illness, was confirmed by his son…
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Israel Tells Gazans to Evacuate More Territory, as Offensive Grinds On
[ad_1] “Our forces continue to intensify ground operations in northern and southern Gaza,” Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, the chief spokesman for the Israeli military, said on Thursday night. Israel says it has achieved operational control in some areas in the north, but the grinding progress is leading some prominent Israeli military analysts and political commentators to point to a widening…
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A Tokyo Taxi Driver Is Charged With Running Down a Pigeon
[ad_1] Often seen as disease-carrying nuisances, pigeons have an image problem around the world. Japan is no exception, but the birds enjoy some legal immunity, forcing city dwellers to put up with these unwanted guests roosting and cooing on their balconies. Under Japan’s wildlife laws, residents may not kill or remove even the peskiest of birds without approval from the…
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