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Oscar Pistorius, Olympic Athlete Convicted of Murder, Will Be Released on Parole
[ad_1] Oscar Pistorius, a once inspirational figure who gained international fame as an Olympic sprinter for South Africa before he was convicted of murdering his girlfriend, will be released on parole, the authorities said on Friday. A parole board granted Mr. Pistorius’s petition on the basis that he had served half of his 15-year sentence, making him eligible for parole…
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Can the Palestinian Authority Really Govern Gaza After the War?
[ad_1] Lanky and lightly bearded, Jihad Imtoor is the proud son of a fighter killed in the first intifada, or uprising, against Israel. His father was a member of Fatah, the political faction that controls the Palestinian Authority. But he has had enough of its rule in the West Bank. On a recent day, Mr. Imtoor, 32, a small-business owner,…
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Friday Briefing – The New York Times
[ad_1] A brief cease-fire in Gaza Shortly after the truce between Israel and Hamas was scheduled to begin today, there were signs that some fighting continued. Cease-fires in the region often require some time to take hold, and it was unclear if the fighting threatened a fragile four-day pause in fighting. Read the latest updates. Each day of the pause,…
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Cheers for Cricket – The New York Times
[ad_1] The Australia Letter is a weekly newsletter from our Australia bureau. Sign up to get it by email. This week’s issue is written by Vivek Shankar, an editor for The Times. A stadium packed with thousands of raucous fans. The atmosphere electric. Hundreds of millions more glued to TVs. Two teams — Australia and India — at the top…
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Firefighters Battle Blazes in Australia
[ad_1] Helicopters dropped loads of water onto flames in Perth as Western Australia deals with a heat wave. [ad_2] Source link
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North Korea’s Han Kwang-song Returns to International Soccer
[ad_1] When the North Korean men’s soccer team took the field for two 2026 World Cup qualifying matches this month, close observers noticed an important roster change. Han Kwang-song, a high-profile striker, was back, more than three years after vanishing from public view for reasons beyond his control: United Nations-imposed sanctions on North Korean nationals over Pyongyang’s nuclear program. Mr.…
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Illness Surge in China Is Not From a Novel Pathogen, Data Suggests
[ad_1] The World Health Organization said that China had shared data about a recent surge in respiratory illnesses in children, one day after the agency said it was seeking information about the possibility of undiagnosed pneumonia cases there. The Chinese data indicated “no detection of any unusual or novel pathogens,” according to a W.H.O. statement on Thursday. The data, which…
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Israel, Hamas Agree to Begin Cease-Fire Friday Morning
[ad_1] Israeli forces said on Thursday that they had detained the director of Al-Shifa Hospital, Dr. Mohammad Abu Salmiya, for questioning “following evidence showing that the Al-Shifa Hospital, under his direct management, served as a Hamas command and control center.” And on both sides of the border, families of the captives waited with terrible trepidation, counting down the hours, hoping…
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Riots in Dublin After Knife Attack Injures 3 Children and a Woman
[ad_1] People set police cars on fire in riots after a knife attack near a school in Dublin. The police blamed a far-right faction for the unrest and suggested the rioters were driven by “misinformation” about the attack. [ad_2] Source link
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South Korea Sentences Dissident Who Fled China on a Jet Ski
[ad_1] After being held for months on an immigration violation, a Chinese dissident who traveled from China to South Korea on a Jet Ski-type vehicle in August was given a suspended sentence on Thursday. His prospects remain unclear. The district court in Incheon, South Korea, handed the activist, Kwon Pyong, 35, a suspended jail term of one year with a…
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