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Netanyahu Speaks to Putin and Criticizes Cooperation Between Russia and Iran
[ad_1] Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia spoke by telephone on Sunday for the first time in weeks, offering sharply different accounts of what was said in a reflection of the strained relationship between the two leaders since the outbreak of war between Israel and Hamas. Mr. Netanyahu said he was dissatisfied with…
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Yemen’s Houthi Militia Threatens to Block All Ships Headed to Israel
[ad_1] The Iran-backed Houthi militia that controls northern Yemen threatened on Saturday to block any vessel sailing to Israeli ports, expanding its earlier warnings to ships passing through the Red and Arabian Seas. The Houthi militia had already threatened to target ships owned or operated by Israelis, and its fighters were still holding a commercial vessel, the Galaxy Leader, that…
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What Can You Do With an Einstein?
[ad_1] It’s been a year of endless einsteins. In March, a troupe of mathematical tilers announced that they had discovered an “aperiodic monotile,” a shape that can tile an infinite flat surface in a pattern that does not repeat — “einstein” is the geometric term of art for this entity. David Smith, a shape hobbyist in England who made the…
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A World Map With No National Borders and 1,642 Animals
[ad_1] A self-taught artist-cartographer and outdoorsman spent three years on an obsessive labor of love with few parallels. Dec. 10, 2023 In July 2020, his universe shrunk to a two-bedroom apartment by a rattling train line, Anton Thomas pulled out an H pencil and opened a portal to the world. At once, his days of solitude were filled with New…
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Israel-Hamas War Has Buoyed Egypt’s Leader Ahead of Presidential Vote
[ad_1] President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt woke up on Oct. 7 remarkably unpopular for someone considered a shoo-in for a third term in office — guaranteed by his authoritarian grip on the country to dominate elections that begin on Sunday, but badly damaged by a slow-motion economic collapse. The ensuing weeks have eclipsed all of that, with war displacing…
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‘I left my good friends’: In videos shown in Tel Aviv, freed hostages share their stories.
[ad_1] Sitting on a couch next to a crocheted blanket, Adina Moshe introduced herself in a video as having been released from the captivity of Hamas. The voice of the 72-year-old was quiet. “I left my good friends from Kibbutz Nir Oz there,” she said. Ms. Moshe was held hostage in Gaza for 49 days after witnessing militants kill her…
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Israel strikes targets across the Gaza Strip.
[ad_1] The Israeli military struck targets from the air, ground and sea across the Gaza Strip overnight into Saturday, it said, as air-raid sirens warning of incoming rocket fire blared in Israeli communities near Gaza. About a week into Israel’s new push in the south, the military said that much of the close-quarters fighting in its ground assault was taking…
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State Department Bypasses Congress to Approve Israel’s Order for Tank Ammunition
[ad_1] The State Department is pushing through a government sale to Israel of 13,000 rounds of tank ammunition, bypassing a congressional review process that is generally required for arms sales to foreign nations, according to a State Department official and an online post by the Defense Department on Saturday. The State Department notified congressional committees at 11 p.m. on Friday…
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New Photos Renew Questions About a Deadly Expedition on Aconcagua
[ad_1] Fifty years ago, eight Americans set off for South America to climb Aconcagua, one of the world’s mightiest mountains. Things quickly went wrong. Two climbers died. Their bodies were left behind. Now, a camera belonging to one of the deceased climbers has emerged from a receding glacier near the summit … … and one of mountaineering’s most enduring mysteries…
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Israeli Strikes Pound Gaza a Day after U.S. Vetoes Cease-Fire Resolution.
[ad_1] Israel unleashed a barrage of airstrikes across Gaza on Saturday, killing dozens of people and sending hundreds of wounded to overwhelmed hospitals, according to health authorities in the territory. The attacks came a day after the United States vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution calling for an immediate cease-fire. Some of the strikes targeted the southern Gaza Strip, where…
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