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Wednesday Briefing – The New York Times
[ad_1] Trump ineligible to hold office, court rules Colorado’s top court ruled that Donald Trump was disqualified from holding office again because he engaged in insurrection ahead of the Jan. 6, 2021, storming of the Capitol. It was an explosive ruling that injected more legal uncertainty into the 2024 presidential race, in which the former president is the Republican front-runner,…
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Vigil Commemorates Journalists Killed in Gaza
[ad_1] The names of journalists and media workers killed covering the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza were read aloud during a candlelight vigil in New York City. [ad_2] Source link
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Western Sydney’s ‘Heat Islands’ Make Summer Deadlier
[ad_1] The construction site was only 15 miles inland from Bondi Beach on Australia’s east coast, but it may as well have been a world away. When the first heat wave of the summer hit earlier this month, the broiling conditions left Apenisa Marau’s co-worker too delirious to function, with a pounding head and sore, aching eyes. He was moved…
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Wednesday Briefing: The Aftermath of China’s Quake
[ad_1] China quake survivors face subzero temperatures The 5.9-magnitude earthquake that struck northwest China overnight on Monday has killed more than 120 people and injured more than 500 others, officials and state media said yesterday. The quake damaged 15,000 houses and knocked out water, electricity and transportation links in some parts of the region. Like much of China, the region…
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U.N. Security Council Vote on Gaza Resolution Is Delayed Again
[ad_1] For the second day in a row, the United Nations Security Council delayed a vote on a resolution calling for Israel and Hamas to provide greater access for more humanitarian aid, and pauses in the fighting to make that possible, as diplomats wrestled with the United States on what it might allow to pass. The announcement of a delay…
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French Parliament Approves Immigration Overhaul
[ad_1] France’s Parliament late Tuesday approved an immigration overhaul that was made tougher under right-wing pressure, securing a legislative win for President Emmanuel Macron but risking a political crisis for a leader elected twice on centrist vows to keep far-right populism at bay. Hours after the bill was passed by the French Senate, it received 349 votes in favor and…
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Zelensky, After Tough Year on Battlefield, Insists Ukraine Will Prevail
[ad_1] President Volodymyr Zelensky pushed back against doubts about Ukraine’s battlefield prospects and about the support of its allies, telling reporters on Tuesday that his country is not losing the war and is prepared to negotiate with Russia, but only on its own terms. Ukraine’s military fell far short of its goals in a counteroffensive over the summer, but Mr.…
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Netanyahu Meets With Families of Israeli Hostages
[ad_1] Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel met on Tuesday with families of hostages captured on Oct. 7, as pressure mounted over his government’s plans to bring them home. “We are committed, I am personally committed, to the release of all the hostages,” Mr. Netanyahu said, according to a statement sent by his office. “Rescuing them is a supreme task.”…
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Iceland’s Volcanic Eruption Is a Fiery Show of Lava and Smoke
[ad_1] Pall Viggosson, a tour guide in Iceland, was driving a van carrying nine British tourists on Monday night in search of the northern lights. But instead of the greenish glow of the aurora borealis, he saw red — flames and smoke from a volcanic eruption that Iceland had been uneasily awaiting. The area, the Reykjanes Peninsula, had been experiencing…
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Mystery Amid an Anthrax Outbreak in Africa
[ad_1] Five African countries are battling outbreaks of anthrax, with nearly 1,200 people affected so far and 20 deaths, according to the World Health Organization. But the official tally belies confusion about the exact nature and scale of the outbreaks, which may complicate the efforts needed to contain them. Of the 1,166 presumed anthrax cases in Kenya, Malawi, Uganda, Zambia…
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