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In Melbourne, an Enchanting Hyperlocal Paper for the Digital Age
[ad_1] The Australia Letter is a weekly newsletter from our Australia bureau. This week’s issue is written by Natasha Frost, a reporter based in Melbourne. In August 1972, a collective of writers, mostly in Melbourne, released the first issue of a biweekly broadsheet that would chronicle a certain corner of Australian countercultural life — starting with a scathing piece on…
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Conservatives Suffer Setback in Parliamentary Election in Britain
[ad_1] Britain’s governing Conservative Party has lost the first of two parliamentary elections in a new blow to its embattled leader, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, whose future has been questioned by critics within his fractious political party. The Conservatives were defeated in Kingswood, near Bristol, by 8,675 to 11,176 votes, losing a seat that the party had previously held. Votes…
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Israeli Military Raids One of Gaza’s Last Functioning Hospitals
[ad_1] Health care workers shared videos of a chaotic scene at Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, as Israeli troops raided the hospital and ordered people to evacuate. [ad_2] Source link
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These Countries Are Warning Against Israel’s Planned Rafah Offensive
[ad_1] International alarm over Israel’s plans for a ground offensive in Rafah, in southern Gaza, has intensified in recent days, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vows to press ahead with plans to invade the city near the Egyptian border. Over half of the Gaza Strip’s entire population of more than two million is sheltering in Rafah, according to the United…
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Russia’s Antisatellite Technology Poses No Immediate Threat, White House Says
[ad_1] A White House spokesman said on Thursday that antisatellite technology being developed by Russia had not been deployed and posed “no immediate threat to anyone’s safety.” “We are not talking about a weapon that can be used to attack human beings or cause physical destruction here on earth,” the spokesman, John F. Kirby, told reporters. Mr. Kirby also pushed…
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In Munich, Harris Aims to Reassure European Allies as Trump Disparages NATO
[ad_1] As Air Force Two taxied for takeoff bound for Germany, Vice President Kamala Harris made her way through the plane handing out heart-shaped Valentine’s Day cookies. It was good practice for her trip to the Munich Security Conference, where her mission will be to reassure European allies that America still loves them. Arriving in Munich even as House Republicans…
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A Wall Is Reported to Be Going Up Near Egypt’s Border With Gaza
[ad_1] Video verified by The New York Times shows a construction site south of the Rafah border crossing. [ad_2] Source link
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Intelligence About Russia Puts Focus on New U.S. Satellite Push
[ad_1] Hours after the news broke on Wednesday that the United States had picked up worrisome intelligence about Russia’s capacity to strike American satellites, the Pentagon sent a missile-tracking system into orbit, part of a vast new effort to bolster the military’s growing presence in space. The timing was coincidental. But it underscored how concerns about advances in Russian and…
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Venezuela Expels U.N. Human Rights Agency
[ad_1] A United Nations agency that investigates human rights abuses was ordered on Thursday to leave Venezuela by the government of President Nicolás Maduro, an extraordinary move that will further strip the country of foreign oversight at a time when its government has been accused of intensifying repression. The announcement, by foreign minister Yvan Gil, comes just days after the…
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Palestinians Evacuate Major Gaza Hospital After Israeli Orders
[ad_1] A journalist described the chaotic scene inside Nasser Medical Complex after Israeli forces ordered evacuations in the area on Wednesday. [ad_2] Source link
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