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Finland Votes for President – The New York Times
[ad_1] Voters in Finland are casting ballots on Sunday in a presidential election that comes as NATO’s newest member faces the threat of an antagonistic Russia. The election, which is expected to require a second round of voting, is for Finland’s first new head of state in 12 years. The country’s wildly popular president, Sauli Niinistö, has served two terms…
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Where Is Hamas Getting Weapons? Increasingly, From Israel.
[ad_1] Israeli military and intelligence officials have concluded that a significant number of weapons used by Hamas in the Oct. 7 attacks and in the war in Gaza came from an unlikely source: the Israeli military itself. For years, analysts have pointed to underground smuggling routes to explain how Hamas stayed so heavily armed despite an Israeli military blockade of…
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‘Two Days of Horror’: Doctor Documents Scene at Nasser Hosital
[ad_1] Dr. Ahmed Moghrabi, a surgeon who has worked at Nasser Medical Complex for three years, said that the “pressure is very big” at the hospital as Israeli forces surrounded Khan Younis, Gaza. [ad_2] Source link
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Major Donors Pause Funding for U.N. Agency as Scandal Widens
[ad_1] Germany, Britain and at least four other countries said Saturday they were suspending funding for the United Nations agency that provides food, water and essential services for Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip, many of whom have been described as being on the brink of starvation after 16 weeks of war between Israel and Hamas. The countries joined the…
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Ex-Im Bank Faces Push Back on Funding of LNG Terminal in Papua New Guinea
[ad_1] Even as the Biden administration, under pressure from environmentalists, hits pause on its approval of a major natural gas export terminal in the United States, it faces another big gas decision overseas. A $13 billion natural gas export project in Papua New Guinea led by TotalEnergies and Exxon Mobil is on a shortlist of projects set to receive financing…
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Israel Has History of Friction With U.N. Agency for Palestinians
[ad_1] Israel’s accusations against 12 employees of the U.N. aid agency for Palestinians, the main aid operation in Gaza, are the latest episode of a decades-long friction between Israel and the group. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency, known as UNRWA, is one of the oldest U.N. agencies, founded in 1949 to care for Palestinian Arabs who had fled…
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ICJ’s Genocide Ruling Against Israel Has Little Immediate Effect
[ad_1] A ruling on Friday by the International Court of Justice on charges of genocide against Israel had deep historical resonance for both Israelis and Palestinians. But it lacked immediate practical consequences. The World Court did not order a halt to fighting in the Gaza Strip and made no attempt to rule on the merits of the case brought by…
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The meaning of the first I.C.J. ruling in the genocide case against Israel
[ad_1] Today the United Nations’ highest court, the International Court of Justice, issued its first, preliminary decision in the genocide case South Africa brought against Israel. South Africa won its application for “provisional measures,” roughly equivalent to a temporary injunction, ordering Israel to take proactive steps to ensure genocide doesn’t occur in the future, while the broader case is pending.…
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On Holocaust Memorial Day, Germans Rally Against Far Right and for Democracy
[ad_1] Tens of thousands of people took to the streets across Germany on Holocaust Memorial Day on Saturday to demonstrate in support of democracy and against the rise a far-right party, the Alternative for Germany, or AfD, which is on track to make political gains in state elections this year. In towns and medium-sized cities like Düsseldorf, Kiel, Mannheim and…
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Palestinian Americans’ Lawsuit in Oakland Seeks to Halt U.S. Support for Israel
[ad_1] Palestinian American plaintiffs asked a federal judge in California on Friday to force the White House to withdraw U.S. support for Israel pending a cease-fire in Gaza and accused President Biden and other administration officials of abetting a genocide of the Palestinian people. In more than two hours of testimony before Judge Jeffrey White in U.S. District Court in…
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