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Tel Aviv protesters call for hostage release after 600 days in Gaza
Thousands of Israelis gathered in Tel Aviv on Wednesday to demand an end to the war in Gaza and the release of hostages still held by Palestinian militant group Hamas, marking 600 days since their abduction. Crowds assembled at Hostages Square in the centre of the city to draw attention to the fate of the…
Read MoreIsrael prepares to call up 450,000 soldiers amid mounting toll on reservists and their families
The escalation of Israel’s operations in Gaza has brought new upheaval for reservists and their families, as well as renewed resentment about haredi Orthodox Jews who avoid military service. Tzemach David Schloss has spent 290 days in the IDF reserves over the last 19 months — close to half of the time that has passed…
Read More‘£123m down the drain’ and ‘Better than a slap’
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Read MoreSioux Falls church members look to build rehab center in Ukraine
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — A church in Sioux Falls is once again stepping up to help people suffering from the war in Ukraine. After raising almost 150 thousand dollars in earlier efforts, Westminster Presbyterian Church is joining forces with a longtime Ukrainian partner to support wounded soldiers still fighting on the front lines. Jamie…
Read MoreOval Office Ambush
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Read MorePortugal’s Chega party becomes the main opposition and joins Europe’s far-right surge
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal’s anti-immigration Chega party notched another political gain for Europe’s far right on Wednesday after it was assigned the second-most seats in parliament — meaning it will become the head of the parliamentary opposition to the new government. That shatters the pattern of Portugal’s center-right and center-left mainstream parties alternating between…
Read MorePeter Godfrey-Smith on Alien Intelligences in Our Midst
In the two-thousands, the philosopher of science Peter Godfrey-Smith began snorkelling off the coast of his native Sydney, where he became captivated by giant cuttlefish. The experience spurred him to explore the subjective experience of cephalopods, the marine invertebrates (including octopuses, cuttlefish, and squid) whose sentience developed on an evolutionary lineage that split off from…
Read MorePolice forcibly remove protesters marking 600th day of war from Likud headquarters
Protestors project the words “Qatari Embassy in Israel” onto the side of the Likud headquarters, alluding to the alleged payoffs from the Qatari government to government aides. Israel Police began forcibly evacuating protesters who had entered the Likud headquarters (Metzudat Ze’ev) in Tel Aviv, tied themselves in front of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office, and…
Read MoreGerman refugee authority says 464 Syrians have returned voluntarily
At least 464 Syrian refugees have returned home from Germany this month, a spokesman for the office for migration and refugees told dpa on Wednesday. Confirming a report in the Berlin daily Tagesspiegel, the spokesman said the returnees had accepted state assistance that has been available to Syrians since January 13. The option had not…
Read MoreMoscow says it’s ready for Ukraine talks on Monday in Istanbul
Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what’s in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience.Generate Key Takeaways Moscow has proposed further direct talks with Kiev on a possible ceasefire in the Ukraine war this Monday in Istanbul. The Russian delegation is…
Read MoreThe Criminalization of Venezuelan Street Culture
On the morning of April 23, 2024, Claudio David Balcane González, a twenty-six-year-old musician from the state of Aragua, in Venezuela, arrived at the Texas border. In the previous three months, he had travelled through nine countries, before securing an appointment with officials at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security through CBP One, an initiative…
Read MoreHamas Leader Mohammed Sinwar Killed, Netanyahu Says
The European Hospital, pictured in July 2024. Israel says that Sinwar was killed during an airstrike on the hospital on May 13. Credit – Anas Zeyad Fteha—Getty Images Hamas’s de facto leader in Gaza, Mohammed Sinwar, was killed during a recent airstrike, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu said on Wednesday. Netanyahu previously said last week that…
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