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Tasmania Falls for Neil the Seal, a 1,000 Pound Beach Bum
[ad_1] He has shown up uninvited on doorsteps, slept on the road and prompted calls to the police. But the residents of a coastal region in southern Tasmania, Australia, have been unusually forgiving to their interloper — after all, he is a seal. The more than 1,300 pound southern elephant seal, whom locals have affectionately named Neil (the Seal), appears…
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Iceland Volcano Eruption: What to Know About Risks and Air Travel
[ad_1] After weeks of anticipation, a volcanic eruption in Iceland’s most populated area sent lava spewing into the night sky late Monday and pushed the authorities into action mode Tuesday. The eruption, which was larger than volcanologists had predicted, happened not far from an evacuated town and a power plant. Iceland is no stranger to volcanic eruptions, and the authorities…
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In Myanmar, Accounts of Disappearances Create a Climate of Fear
[ad_1] At least 16 young men disappeared last month. In four cities across Myanmar, under cover of darkness, armed groups took them to police stations, according to family members and some of the men themselves. Some were released after paying ransoms. In other cases, failure to pay led to forced conscription into the military. Other men simply vanished. Such disappearances…
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Chinese Traders and Moroccan Ports: How Russia Flouts Global Tech Bans
[ad_1] Shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine last year, engineers at Convex, a Russian telecommunications company, needed to find American equipment to transmit data to the country’s feared intelligence service. But no gear was flowing in after Western nations imposed sweeping new trade limits on Russia. Convex’s employees soon found a solution. While Cisco, a U.S. tech provider, had halted sales…
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New Hope — and an Old Hurdle — for a Terrible Disease With Terrible Treatments
[ad_1] Three years ago, Jesús Tilano went to a hospital in a thickly forested valley in Colombia with large open lesions on his nose, right arm and left hand. He was diagnosed with leishmaniasis, a parasitic disease that is spread in the bite of a female sand fly and which plagues poor people who work in fields or forests across…
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Israelis Abandon Political Left Over Security Concerns After Oct. 7
[ad_1] Maya Mizrachi grimaced at the group of eight Israelis calling for peace with Palestinians in front of Israel’s military headquarters this month in Tel Aviv. A year ago, Ms. Mizrachi, 25, had protested alongside them, carrying a sign that called for Israel to end its military occupation of the West Bank. Now, she had bumped into them by accident,…
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Tuesday Briefing – The New York Times
[ad_1] Meetings between Israeli and U.S. officials Top U.S. officials have again pushed Israel to do more to protect civilians in the Gaza Strip and sought to restart talks aimed at releasing hostages held by Hamas. Pressure is mounting internationally on Israel to scale back its war in Gaza, which has killed almost 20,000 people, according to the Hamas-run health…
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Earthquake Hits Northwestern China
[ad_1] Chinese state media footage showed the aftermath of a 5.9-magnitude quake that damaged buildings and killed more than 100 people in two provinces. [ad_2] Source link
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Volcano in Iceland Erupts
[ad_1] The location of the fissure poses a risk to the nearby Svartsengi Power Plant and to the town of Grindavík, which was evacuated last month because of heightened seismic activity. [ad_2] Source link
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U.S. Urges Israel to Protect Gaza Civilians
[ad_1] The Israeli military said on Sunday that the hostages, all Israelis, had tried to use leftover food to create signs calling for help. The men emerged shirtless from a building, carrying a makeshift white flag, and tried to tell approaching Israeli soldiers in Hebrew that they were civilians, the military said. The deaths have created widespread anguish in Israel,…
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