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Wednesday Briefing
[ad_1] President Biden’s warning to Israel. [ad_2] Source link
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Canadian Town Hosts Passengers From Diverted Delta Flight
[ad_1] A Canadian province known for the warmth and hospitality shown to thousands of airline passengers diverted after the Sept. 11 attacks has again hosted hundreds of surprise visitors — this time, because of what Delta Air Lines described as a “mechanical issue” with one of its planes. The company said the flight, which left Amsterdam on Sunday afternoon and…
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In Real vs. Fake Christmas Tree Debate: Consider the Wildlife
[ad_1] A few years after the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests started a Christmas tree farm, Nigel Manley, who oversaw the operations, began noticing some interesting developments among the rows of fragrant balsam and Fraser firs lining the land. In the spring, areas around the younger trees drew ground nesters like bobolinks — songbirds that migrate to…
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‘She Gave Me Hope’: Thai Hostage’s Friendship With an Israeli Child
[ad_1] Thai hostage Nutthawaree Munkan was held by Hamas for nearly 50 days. During her time underground, a 5-year-old Israeli child gave her hope that she’d make it out alive. [ad_2] Source link
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Under Rules of War, ‘Proportionality’ in Gaza Is Not About Evening the Score
[ad_1] The international laws governing war are unfeeling. They give more precedence to military advantage than to civilian harm. They do not consider comparative numbers of dead or wounded. They ask commanders in the field to judge, often very quickly, the military advantage of an attack, the nature of the threat they face, what means they possess to counter it…
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‘She Gave Me Hope’: Thai Hostage’s Friendship With an Israeli Child
[ad_1] Thai hostage Nutthawaree Munkan was held by Hamas for nearly 50 days. During her time underground, a 5-year-old Israeli child gave her hope that she’d make it out alive. [ad_2] Source link
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Australia’s First Cyclone of Season Nears Amid Rash of Extreme Weather
[ad_1] A tropical cyclone is bearing down on northeastern Australia, the first of the season and part of a stretch of extreme weather Australia has experienced over the past few days, including heat waves, floods and wildfires. Tropical Cyclone Jasper is expected to make landfall as a Category 2 storm near the city of Cairns (population: 170,000) in Queensland on…
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Russia Strikes Kyiv, Injuring 45 People
[ad_1] Russia struck an apartment building and a hospital in Kyiv on Wednesday, injuring 45 people, the third significant strike on the capital in the past week. The bombardment came two days after the Russian military targeted Kyiv with ballistic missiles and attack drones, which Ukraine said it had shot down. President Volodymyr Zelensky had left for Washington earlier that…
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France Plans to Lure FIFA With the Promise of a Tax-Free Home
[ad_1] Call it a friendship with extremely generous benefits. French lawmakers on Wednesday will vote on a plan promoted by the government of President Emmanuel Macron that would encourage international sports bodies to move to the country by promising them what critics have labeled a “tax gift” unavailable to most French companies and citizens. The plan, offered as an amendment…
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Wednesday Briefing: Biden Says Israel Is Losing Support
[ad_1] Biden says Israel is losing support A divide between Israel and the U.S. burst into the open yesterday as President Biden warned that Israel was losing the world’s support over its war in Gaza. “They’re starting to lose that support,” Biden said. He added that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu needed to make changes to his government, the most far…
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