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Israel’s Opposition Leader Says Netanyahu ‘Must Go Now’
[ad_1] Yair Lapid, who leads Israel’s parliamentary opposition, has said that he would join an Israeli government led by the right as long as it excluded the prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and some of Mr. Netanyahu’s hard-line partners. “Israel has lost faith in the prime minister,” Mr. Lapid told the Israeli network Channel 12 in an interview on Wednesday, adding,…
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China’s Xi Jinping Draws Elon Musk, Tim Cook and Other U.S. CEOs to Gala in San Francisco
[ad_1] The streets outside the San Francisco hotel where the Chinese leader, Xi Jinping, addressed a crowd of American business executives Wednesday night were chaotic, echoing with police sirens and the chants of protesters. A woman had strapped herself to a pole 25 feet in the air in front of the hotel, yelling “Free Tibet!” as a cold rain fell.…
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Biden Says ‘Real’ Palestinian State Must Come After War
[ad_1] President Biden said on Wednesday that the endpoint of the Israel-Hamas conflict has to be a Palestinian state that is “real,” existing alongside an Israeli one. He added that he and his aides have been negotiating with Arab nations on next steps, but did not give any details. “I can tell you, I don’t think it ultimately ends until…
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12 African Artists Leading a Culture Renaissance Around the World
[ad_1] In one of his famed self-portraits, Omar Victor Diop, a Senegalese photographer and artist, wears a three-piece suit and an extravagant paisley bow tie, preparing to blow a yellow, plastic whistle. The elaborately staged photograph evokes the memory of Frederick Douglass, the one-time fugitive slave who in the 19th century rose to become a leading abolitionist, activist, writer and…
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Ukrainians Fleeing Russian Occupation Cross Through Russia Back to Their Own Country
[ad_1] The Russian soldiers turned up at her home close to midnight with an ominous message. “They said, ‘If in two weeks you don’t have a Russian passport, we will talk to you in a different way,’” recalled Evelina, a social worker who until this month lived under Russian occupation in southeastern Ukraine. She didn’t wait to have that conversation.…
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After Days Trapped in a Tunnel, Workers Wait for a Rescue’s Plan B
[ad_1] Four days after 40 workers became trapped in a Himalayan road tunnel, the Indian authorities were still trying on Thursday to find a way through debris and rescue them, as anguished family members and colleagues protested outside to demand faster action. The workers became stranded on Sunday about 500 feet from the tunnel’s entrance after landslides in the northern…
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Fire at Coal Firm Office in China Kills at Least 26
[ad_1] At least 26 people were killed and dozens more hospitalized when a fire broke out in a coal company’s office building in a provincial city southwest of Beijing on Thursday, China’s state-run news media reported. The fire began around 7 a.m. in the offices of Yongju Coal Company in Lüliang, a city in the northern province of Shanxi, the…
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How China Dominates South China Sea with Its Ships
[ad_1] Dots show Chineseships’ movements Philippines exclusive economic zone Mischief Reefoccupied by China Second Thomas Shoaloccupied by the Philippines Mischief Reefoccupied by China Second Thomas Shoaloccupied by the Philippines Union Bankoccupied by Chinaand Vietnam Subi Reefoccupied by China Beijing says many of these boats are just fishing. But they bristle with machine guns, rocket-propelled grenades and high-velocity water cannons. They’re…
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U.N. Security Council Calls for Days-Long Humanitarian Pauses in Gaza
[ad_1] The United Nations Security Council adopted a resolution on Wednesday calling for immediate and urgent dayslong humanitarian pauses in the Israel-Hamas war to allow desperately needed aid to reach civilians in Gaza. The resolution put forth by Malta passed after weeks of division and inaction over the Israel-Gaza war. It stopped short of calling for a cease-fire, and it…
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Thursday Briefing
[ad_1] Israel’s raid of Gaza’s main hospital. [ad_2] Source link
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