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Russia Hides Its War Toll. We Pieced Together the Clues.
[ad_1] The true casualty toll in Russia from its invasion of Ukraine is an enduring secret of the war. The Kremlin maintains a policy of silence, and many Russians do not speak publicly for fear of repercussions. But the number of Russians wounded in combat is believed to be staggering. The Pentagon puts the Russian death toll at about 60,000,…
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Israeli Media Report Netanyahu Has Pulled Out of Cease-fire Talks in Egypt
[ad_1] As talks continued in Cairo toward an Israel-Hamas cease-fire, Israeli media reported on Wednesday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had told his negotiators not to take part, infuriating some family members of hostages still in Gaza who say that the government is not doing enough to rescue their relatives. Mr. Netanyahu’s office did not directly confirm or deny the…
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The U.K. Labour Party’s Worst Enemy Might Be Itself
[ad_1] These days, the only thing that can stop the Labour Party, it seems, is the Labour Party. For more than a year, the leader of Britain’s main opposition party, Keir Starmer, has sat on a double-digit lead in the polls over the Conservative Party. But a pair of embarrassing suspensions of Labour parliamentary candidates for their comments about Israel,…
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As China Tries to Present a Friendlier Image, a New Face Emerges
[ad_1] Faced with declining foreign investment at home, China has sought to soften its image in the United States and Europe and make nice with some of its neighbors. One Communist Party official has played an unusually prominent role in the shift in tone. In New York, he told an audience of scholars and businesspeople that China did not seek…
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Hundreds Flee One of Gaza’s Last Working Hospitals, Fearing Israeli Attack
[ad_1] “We call on everyone, especially the Hamas movement, to quickly complete the deal so that we can protect our people and remove all obstacles,” Mr. Abbas said in a statement reported by Wafa, the authority’s official news agency. Mr. Abbas leads Fatah, a political party that is a rival of Hamas. With food, water and medicine in desperately short…
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Russia’s Advances on Space-Based Nuclear Weapon Draw U.S. Concerns
[ad_1] The United States has informed Congress and its allies in Europe about Russian advances on a new, space-based nuclear weapon designed to threaten America’s extensive satellite network, according to current and former officials briefed on the matter. Such a satellite-killing weapon, if deployed, could destroy civilian communications, surveillance from space and military command-and control operations by the United States…
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Macron Says Booksellers Can Stay Put During Olympic Games
[ad_1] Gold-leafed books with engravings, 200-year-old leather-bound books, books so rare and precious they are wrapped carefully in cellophane before being nestled into place inside an antique wooden box set on the Seine’s stony shoulder for students, intellectuals, power brokers and tourists to browse. For centuries, the wooden bookstalls have been a fixture in the heart of Paris, and so…
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How to Vote in the Mexican Elections From Abroad
[ad_1] Two women will face off for Mexico’s highest office in what is set to be a historic election this spring. Mexicans will choose their first female president on June 2, and they will also vote to renew all 500 deputies for the lower chamber of Congress and the 128 members of the Senate. At the same time, 30 of…
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Biden Shields Palestinians in the U.S. From Deportation
[ad_1] President Biden on Wednesday shielded thousands of Palestinians in the United States from deportation for the next 18 months, using an obscure immigration authority as he faces mounting criticism over U.S. support for Israel in the Gaza war. About 6,000 Palestinians are eligible for the reprieve under a program called Deferred Enforced Departure, which allows immigrants whose homelands are…
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Hundreds Flee Nasser Hospital in Gaza After Israel Orders Evacuation
[ad_1] It was unclear where those who left the complex could find safety, as Israel’s military has often bombarded areas of Gaza that it had previously said were safe. Israeli leaders have also vowed to invade Rafah, the southernmost city in Gaza, which is sheltering more than a million people. Inside the hospital, some medical staff were packing their belongings…
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