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In a Report Card on Global Warming, Nations Get a Very Poor Grade
[ad_1] Despite the clear human and environmental toll of global warming, countries are taking only “baby steps” to rein in greenhouse gas emissions, a senior United Nations official said, summarizing a new U.N. report card on the promises made by governments so far. The U.N. findings, published Tuesday, are the latest of several assessments that paint a dire picture in…
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Vivian Silver, Canadian-Israeli Activist, Confirmed Killed in Hamas Attack
[ad_1] A Canadian Israeli peace activist who was thought to have been abducted and taken to Gaza on Oct. 7 was confirmed to have been killed in the initial attack that day, according to her son. During the attack, the activist, Vivian Silver, 74, wrote to members of the Women Wage Peace group that she had helped found, telling them…
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5th National Climate Assessment Lays Out Climate Threats and Solutions
[ad_1] The food we eat and the roads we drive on. Our health and safety. Our cultural heritage, natural environments and economic flourishing. Nearly every cherished aspect of American life is under growing threat from climate change and it is effectively too late to prevent many of the harms from worsening over the next decade, a major report from the…
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What to Know About Iceland’s Volcano Eruption and Possible Flight Disruptions
[ad_1] Iceland is bracing for a possible volcanic eruption. Since late October, tens of thousands of earthquakes have been reported in the Reykjanes Peninsula, in the southwestern part of the country. At one point there were as many as 1,400 in a single 24-hour period. On Tuesday, the Icelandic Met Office, the country’s weather service, warned that there was a…
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Hamas Says Israeli Hostage Noa Marciano Was Killed in Gaza Bombardments
[ad_1] Hamas on Monday released a video of a 19-year-old Israeli soldier who was captured in the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel that included clips of her speaking early in the conflict and then images of her lifeless body. Hamas said she had been killed by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza on Thursday. The Israeli military released a statement appearing to…
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March for Israel: Jewish Groups Plan Rally in Washington, D.C.
[ad_1] Jewish organizations in the United States are planning a demonstration for Tuesday on the National Mall in Washington, with tens of thousands expected to gather in a show of solidarity with Israel as it wages war in Gaza in response to the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas. The rally, called the March for Israel, comes after large protests across…
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As Xi Heads to San Francisco, Chinese Propaganda Embraces America
[ad_1] Not long ago, Chinese propaganda was warning that American attempts at easing tensions were mere performance. Its state security agency was urging people to be on guard against American spies. The country’s leader, Xi Jinping, declared that the United States was engaged in a campaign of “all-around containment, encirclement and suppression,” in remarks broadcast across state media. Now, the…
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More Than 400 U.S. Officials Sign Letter Protesting Biden’s Israel Policy
[ad_1] More than 400 political appointees and staff members representing some 40 government agencies sent a letter to President Biden on Tuesday protesting his support of Israel in its war in Gaza. The letter, part of growing internal dissent over the administration’s support of the war, calls on the president to seek an immediate cease-fire in the Gaza Strip and…
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Thousands of Ukrainian Refugees Risk Returning Home for Medical Care
[ad_1] She lives in a French town near St.-Tropez that she calls “paradise,” where she and her young son have taken refuge from the war back home in Ukraine. But when Liudmyla Gurenchuk and her son needed to see doctors this fall, they made the 1,300-mile trek back to Kyiv, leaving the picturesque tranquillity of the off-season Riviera for a…
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Tuesday Briefing – The New York Times
[ad_1] Gaza hospitals “must be protected,” Biden says President Biden called for “less intrusive action” around hospitals in Gaza, as Israeli troops battled to seize control of what Israel says is a Hamas command complex that lies below the enclave’s main medical center, Al-Shifa Hospital. Hamas and hospital officials have denied the allegation. Here’s the latest. U.S. officials “remain in…
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