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Landslide in Southern China Buries Dozens and Sends Hundreds Fleeing
[ad_1] A landslide in southwestern China’s Yunnan Province on Monday left at least 11 people dead and more than 30 others buried, according to the Chinese state media, as a cold wave blanketed much of the country. State media said that more than 500 people had been evacuated. Aerial footage of the disaster site from the state broadcaster, China Central…
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Elon Musk, on Rehabilitation Tour, Calls Himself ‘Aspirationally Jewish’
[ad_1] Pushing back against accusations of antisemitism, Elon Musk has in recent months visited Israel, hosted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a Tesla factory in California and repeatedly insisted he bears no animus toward Jews. On Monday, he took his penitence tour to a new level, declaring himself “aspirationally Jewish” after a visit to the former Nazi death camp Auschwitz…
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Fighting Intensifies in Southern Gaza and Its Main City, Khan Younis
[ad_1] Fighting intensified in southern Gaza on Monday, with medical personnel reporting heavy exchanges of gunfire and a surge of Israeli tanks and troops into areas around hospitals. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society and the Gazan health ministry said many people had been killed and wounded in the city of Khan Younis on Monday, without providing specific counts. Nahed Abu…
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Sunak’s Rwanda Plan Fails First Test in House of Lords
[ad_1] Four days ago, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak of Britain urged the House of Lords, the unelected upper chamber of Parliament, not to block his plans to put asylum seekers on one-way flights to Rwanda, describing his contentious migration policy as “the will of the people.” On Monday night, the Lords did not play ball. Instead, they voted to delay…
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Bali Bombers May Return to Malaysia After Sentencing
[ad_1] When a jury of military officers is assembled this week at Guantánamo Bay, it will be asked to choose a sentence in the 20- to 25-year range for two Malaysian prisoners who admitted to conspiring with an affiliate of Al Qaeda that carried out a deadly bombing in Indonesia two decades ago. But behind the scenes, through a secret…
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Protesters Storm Israel’s Parliament as Anger Over Gaza Hostages Grows
[ad_1] Supporters and relatives of hostages captured in the Oct. 7 Hamas-led attacks burst into a meeting at Israel’s Parliament on Monday to demand that lawmakers take greater action to secure the captives’ release from Gaza. The protest reflected the growing frustration of hostage families who have become increasingly concerned about the fate of their family members as the war,…
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Map: 7.0-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Western China
[ad_1] A major, 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck in western China near the border with Kyrgyzstan on Tuesday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The temblor happened at 2:09 a.m. China time, data from the agency shows. As seismologists review available data, they may revise the earthquake’s reported magnitude. Additional information collected about the earthquake may also prompt U.S.G.S. scientists to…
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North Korean Missiles in Ukraine Prompt New Concerns
[ad_1] When Russia turned to Kim Jong-un of North Korea to help it through its war with Ukraine, it came with a big shopping list that included a million rounds of artillery to shoot at Ukrainian troops dug into trenches across the south and east, and dozens of North Korea’s newest, barely tested missiles. Now those weapons are beginning to…
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Blinken, in Cape Verde, Signals U.S. Attention to Africa
[ad_1] Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken touched down on a remote African island chain on Monday, kicking off a four-nation swing through the continent intended to show the Biden administration’s continued interest in Africa amid major conflicts in the Middle East and Europe. A cool Atlantic breeze blew across the dusty port in Praia, Cape Verde’s capital, as Mr.…
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Families of Hostages Storm Israeli Parliament Meeting
[ad_1] Relatives and supporters of Israelis held hostage by Hamas in Gaza protested a meeting in Israel’s Parliament to demand lawmakers take greater action to secure their release. [ad_2] Source link
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