The United Arab Emirates’ team organizing the COP28 climate talks that begin this week was planning to use its position as host…
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For more than six weeks, the conditions in which the Israeli hostages captured by Hamas were being held in Gaza were virtually…
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Throughout the 50 days Noam and Alma Or were held captive in Gaza, one thought kept the siblings going: reuniting with their…
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World
Opponents vow ‘beginning of the end’ for Myanmar’s junta as resistance launches nationwide offensive
Almost three years on from its bloody coup, Myanmar’s military junta is facing the biggest threat to its hold on power as…
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As any smoker will tell you, quitting tobacco isn’t easy – and it’s something New Zealand’s new government just isn’t prepared to…
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A green pit viper coiled around a drainpipe, three blue-banded bees sleeping on a grass blade, and a gecko climbing a tree…
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World
Rescuers successfully drill through to trapped men in Himalayan tunnel in breakthrough for perilous operation
Rescuers on Tuesday successfully drilled through to 41 men trapped inside a collapsed Himalayan tunnel, as a weekslong evacuation effort fraught with uncertainty…
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Politics
Attorney General Garland expresses ‘hope’ Hamas will release more American hostages ‘in the days to come’
Attorney General Merrick Garland visited the U.S. Attorney’s Office in New York City on Monday, when he shared brief public remarks about…
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Politics
New images of Avigail Idan show released 4-year-old US citizen smiling, reunited with family members
New images released Monday show 4-year-old U.S. citizen Avigail Idan smiling and reunited with surviving family members after being taken hostage by…
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The identities of 11 additional hostages who were kidnapped by Hamas on Oct. 7 and returned Monday have been released. The Israeli…