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No Aid for Ukraine Would Be a Gift to Russia, Biden Says as Zelensky Visits
[ad_1] President Biden warned on Tuesday that Russia was celebrating American division over providing aid to Ukraine, as President Volodymyr Zelensky hit a wall of resistance from congressional Republicans during a daylong lobbying blitz in Washington. Speaking from the White House with Mr. Zelensky by his side, Mr. Biden said failing to support Ukraine would be a gift to President…
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U.N. General Assembly Votes for Israel-Hamas Cease-Fire, Countering U.S. Veto
[ad_1] The U.N. General Assembly demanded an immediate cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war in an overwhelming vote on Tuesday that highlighted much of the world’s desire to bring the bloody conflict to an end. About three-quarters of the body’s members voted in favor of the nonbinding resolution, underscoring the isolation of Israel and the United States, which last week blocked…
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Putin ‘Banking On’ U.S. Failing to Deliver Aid to Ukraine, Biden Says
[ad_1] new video loaded: Putin ‘Banking On’ U.S. Failing to Deliver Aid to Ukraine, Biden Says transcript Back transcript Putin ‘Banking On’ U.S. Failing to Deliver Aid to Ukraine, Biden Says President Biden said he approved more aid for critical equipment for Ukraine. We’ll continue to supply Ukraine with critical weapons and equipment as long as we can, including $200…
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Israel Announces Discovery of 2 Hostages’ Bodies in Gaza
[ad_1] Israeli military officials announced on Tuesday that they found the remains of two hostages captured in Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack on Israel and have repatriated the bodies. The remains of the hostages, Eden Zakaria, 27, and Master Sgt. Ziv Dado, 36, were discovered during a recent operation in the Gaza Strip, Israeli officials said in a statement. Ms. Zakaria…
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Biden Warns Israel It Is ‘Losing Support’ Over War
[ad_1] President Biden warned Israel’s leaders on Tuesday that they were losing international support for their war in Gaza, exposing a widening rift with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who rejected out of hand the American vision for a postwar resolution to the conflict. Mr. Biden delivered the blunt assessment of America’s closest ally in the Middle East during a fund-raiser…
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Biden Says Israel Is Losing War Support, Rebuking Netanyahu
[ad_1] President Biden intensified international pressure on Israel on Tuesday, saying for the first time publicly that the country is losing support around the world as its fierce war against Hamas in Gaza claims the lives of thousands of civilians. Mr. Biden made the blunt remarks during a fund-raiser in Washington, where he described the government of Prime Minister Benjamin…
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NOAA’s Arctic Report Card for 2023
[ad_1] This summer was the Arctic’s warmest on record, as it was at lower latitudes. But above the Arctic Circle, temperatures are rising four times as fast as they are elsewhere. The past year overall was the sixth-warmest year the Arctic had experienced since reliable records began in 1900, according to the 18th annual assessment of the region, published by…
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U.N. Seeks Repayment of $63.6 Million From Former Official
[ad_1] The United Nations has ordered one of its former officials to repay $63.6 million personally, after he lost a vast amount of U.N. funds by entrusting them to a man he met at a party, according to court filings. The huge financial penalty that the U.N. is seeking to impose on the former official, Vitaly Vanshelboim — once the…
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Houthi Militia Attacks Ship Near the Red Sea, Pentagon Says
[ad_1] A commercial ship was hit and set on fire by an anti-ship cruise missile in the southern Red Sea, an attack U.S. officials say came from the Iranian-backed Houthi militia in Yemen. The Strinda, a Norwegian motor tanker, was hit by “what is assessed to have been an anti-ship cruise missile launched from a Houthi controlled area of Yemen,”…
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How Abigail Echo-Hawk Uses Indigenous Data to Close the Equity Gap
[ad_1] “Transforming Spaces” is a series about women driving change in sometimes unexpected places. Data has long been in the background of Abigail Echo-Hawk’s life. Growing up in rural Alaska, she remembers hearing stories about Indigenous data gatherers, like an uncle who counted beavers every spring so he’d know how many could be sustainably hunted the following winter. But it…
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