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Gaza is Facing Yet Another Communications Blackout
[ad_1] The Gaza Strip was plunged into another communications blackout on Friday, with internet and phone service cut off for most of its more than two million residents as Israeli bombardment continued. “All telecom services in Gaza Strip have been lost due to the ongoing aggression,” the major Palestinian telecommunications company, Paltel, announced late Friday afternoon. Another mobile network, Ooredoo…
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Tesla and Volvo to Pause Production in Europe After Red Sea Attacks
[ad_1] Tesla and Volvo said their assembly lines in Europe would be suspended in coming weeks because of attacks in the Red Sea that have forced cargo ships to take longer routes, disrupting supply chains. The factory stoppages, announced late Thursday and on Friday, follow weeks of attacks by the Houthis, a Yemeni rebel group backed by Iran, on ships…
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The Regional War No One Wanted Is Here. How Wide Will It Get?
[ad_1] From the outbreak of the Israeli-Hamas war nearly 100 days ago, President Biden and his aides have struggled to keep the war contained, fearful that a regional escalation could quickly draw in American forces. Now, with the American-led strike on 16 sites in Yemen on Thursday, there is no longer a question of whether there will be a regional…
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How Women’s Soccer Is Embracing Mental Health
[ad_1] The best way to do that, Common Goal argues, is through the players. According to the organization’s research, players tend not to turn to family or friends outside soccer for support but to look inward, to their teammates. “It is a way of reclaiming power,” said Barrett-O’Keefe. “It is a way of saying, ‘I can help myself, and I…
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It’s a monster election year. Don’t let the horse race distract you.
[ad_1] I have no idea how I got to my office this morning. I mean, I do know: I walked to the tube station near my house, got on a train, transferred a few stops later to another one, got off near my office and then walked in, making the briefest of stops at a coffee shop to pick up…
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Pope Cites Bronchitis as He Skips Speaking to Audiences at the Vatican
[ad_1] Pope Francis on Friday chose not to read out a prepared speech, lamenting a “touch of bronchitis,” and instead delivered his remarks in printed form to a delegation of French religious communications experts gathered at the Vatican, adding a few impromptu words. It is the second time in recent months that Francis, 87, showed signs of illness during one…
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Netflix Film’s Removal Shows Power of India’s Hindu Right Wing
[ad_1] The trailer for “Annapoorani: The Goddess of Food” promised a sunny if melodramatic story of uplift in a south Indian temple town. A priest’s daughter enters a cooking tournament, but social obstacles complicate her inevitable rise to the top. Annapoorani’s father, a Brahmin sitting at the top of Hindu society’s caste ladder, doesn’t want her to cook meat, a…
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U.S.-Led Airstrikes in Yemen Spark Outrage in the Middle East
[ad_1] Many in the Middle East, including some U.S. allies, condemned the American-led airstrikes against Houthi targets in Yemen on Friday and warned that they risked causing a broader conflict in the region. The strikes came after a series of Houthi attacks against ships in the Red Sea. The Houthis have said they are targeting Israeli ships and vessels headed…
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Houthis Vow to Respond After U.S. Leads Strikes in Yemen: Live Updates
[ad_1] Since mid-November, the Houthis, a Yemeni rebel group backed by Iran, have launched dozens of attacks on ships sailing through the Red Sea and the Suez Canal, a crucial shipping route through which 12 percent of world trade passes. The United States and a handful of allies, including Britain, struck back, carrying out missile strikes on Houthi targets inside…
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Accused of Genocide, Israelis See Reversal of Reality. Palestinians See Justice.
[ad_1] Whatever its outcome, the accusation of genocide leveled this week against Israel at the world’s top court is an epochal intervention imbued with profound symbolism for both Israelis and Palestinians. In the granular sense, the case at the International Court of Justice is a chance to assess three months of devastation in Gaza. Israel stands accused of committing genocide…
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