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  • Israeli Media: Over 3,000 Casualties, Billions in Damage from Iran War

    Israeli Media: Over 3,000 Casualties, Billions in Damage from Iran War

    Massive damage in Tel Aviv following Iran’s retaliatory attack. (Photo: video grab, via social media)

    By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

    Israeli reports reveal a sharp rise in injuries, displacement, and damage claims following the 12-day war with Iran.

    Israeli newspaper Maariv reported on Monday a significant rise in casualties and displacement resulting from Iranian missile strikes during the recent 12-day war between Israel and Iran. 

    The war saw Iran launch extensive retaliatory…

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    News Source: www.palestinechronicle.com

  • In Ukraine, most back negotiations over more fighting to end Russia’s war | Russia-Ukraine war News

    In Ukraine, most back negotiations over more fighting to end Russia’s war | Russia-Ukraine war News

    Kyiv, Ukraine – Halyna is ready to abandon her dreams of returning home in exchange for peace in the rest of Ukraine.

    “I want this nightmare to be over. I don’t want to hear air raid sirens almost every night and read about dead children and people burned alive in their homes almost every morning,” said the 35-year-old who withheld her last name because she “doesn’t want to sound unpatriotic”.

    “I want peace, even if it means we can’t ever go back home,” she told Al…

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    News Source: www.aljazeera.com

  • Ancient DNA reveals leprosy hit the Americas long before colonization

    Ancient DNA reveals leprosy hit the Americas long before colonization

    • Hansen’s Disease (leprosy) is thought to have originated in Eurasia: previous studies on Mycobacterium leprae, the dominant form of leprosy, suggest the disease originated in Eurasia.
    • Ancient pathogen genomes from old bones: a team of scientists from Germany and Argentina have reconstructed two genomes of Mycobacterium lepromatosis in 4000-year-old human skeletons from Chile. This pathogen is regarded as a second, less common, cause of Hansen’s Disease.
    • A new American chapter for…

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    News Source: www.sciencedaily.com

  • France court jails migrant smugglers over 2022 Channel deaths

    France court jails migrant smugglers over 2022 Channel deaths

    A French court on Monday sentenced seven Afghans and two Iraqi Kurds to seven to eight years in jail over the fatal capsizing of a boat carrying would-be asylum seekers from France to England in 2022.

    France and Britain have vowed to crack down on people smugglers who heap migrants on flimsy dinghies to make the dangerous Channel crossing in exchange for thousands of dollars.

    In the latest such case to go to court in France, a small boat departed France early on December 14, 2022, carrying…

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    News Source: www.al-monitor.com

  • 27.2 million people of all ages uninsured in 2024 in the United States, survey reveals

    27.2 million people of all ages uninsured in 2024 in the United States, survey reveals

    A total of 27.2 million people of all ages were uninsured in 2024, marking a nonsignificant increase from 25.0 million in 2023, according to early estimates from the National Health Interview Survey, 2024, released by the National Center for Health Statistics.

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    News Source: medicalxpress.com

  • Spend $1, Get $3 Back From Washington: The Medicaid Funding Conundrum

    Spend $1, Get $3 Back From Washington: The Medicaid Funding Conundrum

    As the U.S. Senate deliberates the One Big Beautiful Bill, a key healthcare issue sparking debate is how to divide Medicaid costs, which serve low-income Americans, between state and federal taxpayers.

    Since 2014, Medicaid spending…

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    News Source: www.forbes.com

  • US ambassador to Turkey says F-35 issue to be resolved 'by year-end'

    US ambassador to Turkey says F-35 issue to be resolved 'by year-end'

    The new US ambassador to Ankara says that Congress is open to taking a fresh look at the F-35 issue.

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    News Source: www.al-monitor.com

  • US ambassador to Turkey sees solution to F-35 issue 'by year-end'

    US ambassador to Turkey sees solution to F-35 issue 'by year-end'

    The new US ambassador to Ankara says that Congress is open to taking a fresh look at the F-35 issue.

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    News Source: www.al-monitor.com

  • What’s next for Messi? Miami contract, 2026 FIFA World Cup, retirement | Football News

    What’s next for Messi? Miami contract, 2026 FIFA World Cup, retirement | Football News

    Lionel Messi’s journey at the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 has come to an end after Inter Miami were handed a 4-0 thumping by Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) in the tournament’s last 16.

    Following their loss to the European champions on Sunday, Inter Miami now bring their attention back to Major League Soccer (MLS), where their campaign in the Eastern Conference was put on hold during the Club World Cup in the United States.

    Messi will continue to lead in his third year at Miami, but questions…

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    News Source: www.aljazeera.com

  • High Court allows UK to keep exporting F-35 jet parts to Israel | Courts News

    High Court allows UK to keep exporting F-35 jet parts to Israel | Courts News

    Britain’s High Court has ruled that the government’s decision to allow the export of Lockheed Martin F-35 jet parts to Israel is lawful despite accepting that they could be used in breach of international humanitarian law.

    In a 72-page ruling on Monday, Judges Stephen Males and Karen Steyn said the case was about a “much more focused issue” than just the jet parts.

    “That issue is whether it is open to the court to rule that the UK must withdraw from a specific multilateral defence…

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    News Source: www.aljazeera.com