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Wednesday Briefing: Israel Entered Southern Gaza’s Largest City
[ad_1] Israeli forces enter southern Gaza’s largest city Israeli troops were fighting in the heart of Khan Younis, southern Gaza’s largest city, a military commander said yesterday, describing some of the heaviest combat of the two-month war. After days of warning civilians to leave the city, Israeli forces stepped up their attacks overnight. Intense bombing was heard yesterday from inside…
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U.S. Imposes Visa Bans Tied to West Bank Violence
[ad_1] The Biden administration is preparing to impose visa bans on dozens of Israel settlers and Palestinians who have committed acts of violence in the West Bank. In a statement on Tuesday, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken announced a new policy “targeting individuals believed to have been involved in undermining peace, security, or stability in the West Bank, including…
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U.S. Imposes Visa Bans Tied to West Bank Violence
[ad_1] The Biden administration is preparing to impose visa bans on dozens of Israel settlers and Palestinians who have committed acts of violence in the West Bank. In a statement on Tuesday, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken announced a new policy “targeting individuals believed to have been involved in undermining peace, security, or stability in the West Bank, including…
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A Whale Forecast for Fishermen
[ad_1] The opening of California’s commercial crab season, which normally starts in November, is delayed once again to protect humpback whales foraging for krill and anchovies along the coast. This region of the Pacific has been under the grip of a marine heat wave since May. “The Blob,” as this mass of warm water has become known, is squeezing cooler…
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Hospital in Khan Younis Crowded With Wounded Amid Israeli Attacks
[ad_1] Injured Palestinians were rushed to Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis as Israel increased its attacks on the southern Gazan city. [ad_2] Source link
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Rohingya Refugees Stuck on Boats in Andaman Sea, U.N. Says
[ad_1] The United Nations refugee agency said on Tuesday that about 400 people were believed to be stranded on two boats adrift in the Andaman Sea, calling on nearby governments to help rescue them. Most of them are believed to be members of the Rohingya ethnic group, a persecuted Muslim minority, the U.N. agency said. More than a million Rohingya…
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Zelensky Will Address U.S. Senators Before Vote on Ukraine Aid
[ad_1] A day after the White House warned that the United States would soon run out of money to send weapons to Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky will make a direct appeal to senators on Tuesday aimed at reminding lawmakers what is at stake if they fail to quickly approve emergency military aid for his nation. Republican support for funding Ukraine’s…
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Math Scores Dropped Globally, but the U.S. Still Trails Other Countries
[ad_1] The math performance of U.S. teenagers has sharply declined since 2018, with scores lower than 20 years ago, and with American students continuing to trail global competitors, according to the results of a key international exam released on Tuesday. In the first comparable global results since the coronavirus pandemic, 15-year-olds in the United States scored below students in similar…
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Got Climate Angst? At the U.N. Summit, There’s a Quiet, Spiritual Place.
[ad_1] Among the hubs for climate scientists, activists and fossil fuel lobbyists at the United Nations climate summit is a new addition this year: a place to pray. The first-ever Faith Pavilion, inaugurated by Pope Francis and the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, Ahmed Al-Tayeb, in a video message on Sunday, offers a space for meditation, daily prayers and even a…
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Can Boris Johnson Keep His Cool at U.K.’s Covid Inquiry?
[ad_1] Boris Johnson, the ousted prime minister who led Britain through the pandemic, will testify before an official inquiry on Wednesday, giving his first detailed public account of how he grappled with a rampaging virus that divided his government, laid the seeds for his political downfall and nearly killed him. Mr. Johnson, who left Parliament earlier this year after he…
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