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The Invisible War in Ukraine Being Fought Over Radio Waves
[ad_1] The drones began crashing on Ukraine’s front lines, with little explanation. For months, the aerial vehicles supplied by Quantum Systems, a German technology firm, had worked smoothly for Ukraine’s military, swooping through the air to spot enemy tanks and troops in the country’s war against Russia. Then late last year, the machines abruptly started falling from the sky as…
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Viktor Belenko, Who Defected to the West in a Jet Fighter, Dies at 76
[ad_1] On a clear late summer day in 1976, a plane popped up on the radar just off the coast of the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido. It had been flying a mere 100 feet off the water, low enough to avoid detection. Now, suddenly, it climbed up to 20,000 feet. Clearly, the pilot wanted to be seen. The aircraft…
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Gazans Grapple With the Aftermath of Airstrikes in Khan Younis
[ad_1] After parts of southern Gaza were hit by airstrikes, injured Palestinians were taken to the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, and people searched for survivors in the rubble of damaged buildings. [ad_2] Source link
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Patients and Workers Leave Gaza Hospital Days After Israeli Raid
[ad_1] “Medical personnel will remain in the hospital to support patients who are unable to evacuate,” the Israeli military said in a statement, adding that it had provided “additional food, water and humanitarian assistance” to Al-Shifa overnight. It was not immediately clear how many patients, staff members or Israeli soldiers remained in the complex. Munir al-Bursh, an official with the…
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For Survivors of Trance Party Attacked by Hamas, New Center Helps With Healing
[ad_1] The gunning down of hundreds of partygoers at Tribe of Nova, a trance party in Re’im, Israel, in the Hamas-led Oct. 7 terrorist attacks has wrought an outpouring of grief for those killed or taken hostage. Yet while the more than 1,000 attendees who survived may feel lucky to be alive, many are still grappling with the aftermath of…
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Is Israel’s Military Strategy to Eradicate Hamas Working?
[ad_1] Israel blames the civilian deaths — 11,000, according to the Gaza health ministry — in part on Hamas’s decision to hide its military fortifications and command centers in residential neighborhoods and hospitals like Al-Shifa. But U.S. officials said Israel’s rapid decision to launch ground operations in the enclave left Israeli commanders little time for extensive planning to mitigate risks…
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Colombia to Sterilize Pablo Escobar’s ‘Cocaine Hippos’
[ad_1] When the Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar was killed in 1993, most of the animals he had imported as pets — zebras, giraffes, kangaroos and rhinoceroses — died or were transferred to zoos. But not his four hippopotamuses. They thrived. Perhaps a little too well. Officials estimate that about 170 hippos, descended from Mr. Escobar’s original herd, now roam…
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A Thanksgiving Road Map – The New York Times
[ad_1] Last Thanksgiving, just as a jubilant Santa Claus was making his way across 34th Street on TV, I noticed something alarming in the kitchen of my childhood home. The oven I had preheated for my stuffing had not, in fact, heated. My dad, flashlight in hand and flanked by a gaggle of panicked observers, crouched down on the floor,…
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Single-Use Plastics Ban Overturned by Canadian Court
[ad_1] Plastic bags have been disappearing from the checkout lines of Canadian retailers after the federal government banned them last year, along with a handful of other single-use plastic items such as straws and disposable takeout cutlery. But just as businesses and consumers were adapting, a court ruling upended the policy, a key part of Canada’s effort to be among…
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‘It’s Like I Am Blind’: Waiting for Asylum in a British Hotel
[ad_1] Every morning, Mohammed Al Muhandes wakes up in a hotel in Leeds, England, and wonders how to pass the day. Along with dozens of other asylum seekers, he eats the same breakfast each morning, then returns to his room or walks in a nearby park. The 9.58 pounds, or $11.90, he is given each week is barely enough for…
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