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Anyone who looked at the situation in Gaza on Tuesday might reasonably have concluded that the ceasefire had collapsed.
Israeli forces in Gaza…
Category: 2. World
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The Normalization Trap: A Former Minister’s Warning on Taliban Diplomacy
For decades, Afghanistan has been dubbed the “graveyard of empires,” but a more enduring and painful truth is its role as a chessboard for regional rivalries. Today, a dangerous new chapter is unfolding: a tense disconnect between escalating…
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Trump Says US-South Korea Trade Deal Reached, But No Details Provided
US President Donald Trump and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung finalized a trade deal Wednesday, capping months of negotiation over implementation of a framework agreement struck in July.
The deal will see Seoul make $150 billion in…
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US and South Korea reach trade deal
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Trump-Xi meeting nears with high stakes and hopes, but few details
Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump
Sergey Bobylev | Kent Nishimura | Reuters
A high-stakes meeting between President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping could yield a breakthrough in the quarrelsome trade…
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Two Syrian soldiers killed by Kurdish forces: state media
UN condemns ‘horrific’ massacre of hundreds at El-Fasher hospital as Sudan crisis escalates
NEW YORK CITY: The UN on Wednesday condemned what it described as…Continue Reading
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UN chief condemns Gaza killings, urges full respect for ceasefire – UN News
- UN chief condemns Gaza killings, urges full respect for ceasefire UN News
- Why did Israel launch air strikes on Gaza, then ‘resume’ truce? Al Jazeera
- Israeli strikes in Gaza kill 104, health ministry says, after Hamas accused of killing…
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Can the Gaza ceasefire deal survive?
Frank GardnerSecurity correspondent, Jerusalem
EPAFirst responders say Israel’s overnight strikes hit residential areas, schools and tents housing displaced families When is a ceasefire no longer a ceasefire? It depends on who you ask.
According to…
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Revealed: Israel demanded Google and Amazon use secret ‘wink’ to sidestep legal orders | US news
When Google and Amazon negotiated a major $1.2bn cloud-computing deal in 2021, their customer – the Israeli government – had an unusual demand: agree to use a secret code as part of an arrangement that would become known as the “winking…
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‘This was a slaughter, not an operation’: the favela reeling from Rio’s deadliest police raid | Brazil
Day had yet to break over Vila Cruzeiro but already dozens of corpses were splayed out along the favela’s main drag after more than 130 people were killed during the deadliest police operation in Rio’s history: grotesquely disfigured,…
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