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Indonesia Election: Everything You Need to Know
[ad_1] The numbers are staggering. More than 100 million people are expected to vote, many for the first time. They’ll do so in booths across thousands of islands and three time zones, hammering nails into ballots to mark their choices. And within hours, if history is any guide, the world will know the outcome of the biggest race of the…
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Monday Briefing – The New York Times
[ad_1] Trump’s outburst alarmed NATO allies Donald Trump said over the weekend that, while president, he told NATO allies that he would “encourage” Russia to do “whatever the hell they want” to countries that had not paid the money he claimed they owed to the military alliance. Trump’s statement, made at a campaign rally in South Carolina, seemed to cast…
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Israel Says It Rescued 2 Hostages From Rafah
[ad_1] Israeli security forces said early Monday that they had rescued two hostages who were being held in the southern Gazan city of Rafah, in one of the few examples of a successful hostage rescue in Gaza since the start of the war. The hostages, Fernando Simon Marman, 60, and Louis Har, 70, were undergoing tests at a hospital in…
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Biden Cautions Netanyahu on Ground Offensive in Southern Gaza
[ad_1] President Biden warned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel on Sunday that a ground offensive in southern Gaza should not proceed without a plan to protect the more than 1.4 million Palestinians clustered there, the latest sign of frustration by the White House over rising civilian deaths from Israel’s military assault. During the call on Sunday, according to a…
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Israel Says It Conducted ‘Wave of Attacks’ on Rafah
[ad_1] Israel’s military said early Monday that it had conducted a “wave of attacks” on Rafah, the city in Gaza to which more than a million displaced Palestinians have fled. At about 3 a.m. local time, the military said on Telegram that its strikes on “quality targets” were over. Images and videos on social media, which could not immediately be…
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Lloyd Austin Taken to Hospital for Bladder Issue
[ad_1] The Pentagon announced on Sunday that Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III had been taken that afternoon to a military hospital to be treated for “symptoms suggesting an emergent bladder issue.” Mr. Austin was taken to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., 2:20 p.m., a Pentagon spokesman, Maj. Gen. Patrick S. Ryder, said in a statement.…
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Monday Briefing: Pakistan’s Stunning Election Results
[ad_1] Khan’s party shocks in Pakistan Candidates aligned with the party of the imprisoned former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan won the most seats in Pakistan’s parliamentary elections, despite the military’s efforts to suppress support. The stunning performance humiliated the country’s powerful generals, upended most political forecasts and created a political crisis. Now, uncertainty looms large. Khan’s supporters are electrified.…
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Israel Says It Will Protect Civilians in a Gazan City It Is Determined to Invade
[ad_1] Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, brushing aside a chorus of international condemnation, said Sunday that an invasion of the southern Gazan city of Rafah would move forward as soon as Israel completed plans for the more than a million people sheltering there to be allowed to move to safety. “Those who say that under no circumstances should we…
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How Imran Khan Used Social Media to Rise Again in Pakistan
[ad_1] When Pakistan’s government censored the media, former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party posted campaign videos on TikTok. When the police barred his supporters from holding rallies, they hosted virtual gatherings online. And when Mr. Khan ended up behind bars, his supporters produced speeches using artificial intelligence to simulate his voice. Mr. Khan’s message resonated with millions across the country…
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An Outburst by Trump on NATO May Push Europe to Go It Alone
[ad_1] Long before Donald J. Trump threatened over the weekend that he was willing to let Russia “do whatever the hell they want” against NATO allies that do not contribute sufficiently to collective defense, European leaders were quietly discussing how they might prepare for a world in which America removes itself as the centerpiece of the 75-year-old alliance. Even allowing…
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