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12 People Taken Hostage from Kibbutz Nir Oz Return to Israel
[ad_1] All but one of the 13 Israeli hostages released on Friday were abducted from Kibbutz Nir Oz, an Israeli village close to the Gaza border where Hamas militants took more than 70 people on Oct. 7. Family members said they were thankful that 12 hostages taken from the kibbutz had been returned home to Israel, but that was only…
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Displaced Palestinians Try to Return Home to Northern Gaza
[ad_1] Israel had warned Gazans that it would prohibit them from trying to move from southern Gaza to the north during the temporary cease-fire. [ad_2] Source link
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Audrey Salkeld, Pioneering Historian of Everest, Dies at 87
[ad_1] Audrey Salkeld, a pioneering historian who mined archives that had been neglected for decades to write about mountains like Kilimanjaro and Everest, which she also ascended, died on Oct. 11 in Bristol, England. She was 87. Her sons Ed and Adam Salkeld said the cause of death, at an assisted living facility, was dementia. In a tribute, Climbing magazine…
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Who the Released Israeli Hostages Are
[ad_1] After nearly seven weeks in captivity, 13 hostages abducted by Hamas and other groups during the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel were released on Friday as part of a deal that paused the fighting in the Gaza Strip. The 13 — all women and children — were returned to Israel. Five other hostages had been released or rescued earlier…
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Taiwan’s Opposition Splits After Collapse of Unity Bid
[ad_1] For weeks, Taiwan’s two main opposition parties were edging toward a coalition, in a bid to unseat the island democracy’s governing party in the coming presidential election, an outcome that Beijing would welcome. The election, one elder statesman from Taiwan’s opposition said, was a choice between war and peace. This week, though, the two parties — which both argue…
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As Cease-Fire Takes Hold, Some Gazans Attempt a Treacherous Return Home
[ad_1] When the cease-fire in Gaza took effect early Friday morning, Palestinians across the Gaza Strip prepared to go back to the homes they fled to see if they were still intact, to check on relatives left behind, and in some cases, to finally bury their dead. The skies above the besieged territory were free of Israeli warplanes for the…
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Iceland in Limbo Despite Threat of Volcanic Eruption Being Lowered
[ad_1] The likelihood that a volcanic eruption will engulf the fishing town of Grindavik, Iceland, is decreasing by the day, officials said on Friday, even as they continued to warn that an eruption could still occur. Grindavik, with more than 3,000 people, was evacuated this month after it was determined that a nine-mile-long underground river of magma was moving beneath…
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Dublin Violence Brings Shame on Ireland, Prime Minister Varadkar Says
[ad_1] A violent clash between rioters and police in central Dublin on Thursday injured several police officers, one seriously, and prompted the arrests of 34 people, according to the Garda Síochána, the Irish police force. Rioters set fire to police vehicles, destroyed public buses and looted or damaged more than a dozen shops, the Garda said. A mob had gathered…
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Past Israel-Hamas Cease-Fires Have Proved Fragile
[ad_1] Israel and Hamas have agreed to a four-day truce — but if the past is any indication, there is no guarantee that the pause in fighting will hold, much less lead to lasting peace. The history of Israeli-Hamas hostilities is filled with cease-fire agreements and truces that were broken or barely held. It’s become an all-too-familiar cycle: an escalation…
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Dublin Violence Brings Shame on Ireland, Prime Minister Varadkar Says
[ad_1] A violent clash between rioters and police in central Dublin on Thursday injured several police officers, one seriously, and prompted the arrests of 34 people, according to the Garda Síochána, the Irish police force. Rioters set fire to police vehicles, destroyed public buses and looted or damaged more than a dozen shops, the Garda said. A mob had gathered…
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