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Dr. Dalal Erekat: The Israeli escalation is not merely a …
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams says 19 people were injured in the collision, four of them seriously.
A Mexican Navy sailing ship has crashed into the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City, injuring at least 19 people, including four who are in critical condition, according to officials.
The incident took place on Saturday.
Videos posted online show the ship sailing underneath the bridge, connecting the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Manhattan, as the top of its three masts collide with the…
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A Russian drone strike hit Ukraine’s Sumy region hours after first direct talks in three years.
It took three years to get officials from Ukraine and Russia in the same room.
But President Vladimir Putin, who proposed the meeting, did not go to Istanbul and the talks ended in less than 90 minutes.
The result: an agreement for a large-scale prisoner exchange, talks about their presidents meeting, and both sides pushing their vision of a future ceasefire.
Yet, diplomacy is not narrowing the…
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Palm Springs Police Chief Andy Mills said the blast ‘appears to be an intentional act of violence’.
At least one person has been killed after an explosion near a reproductive health facility in Palm Springs, California, the city’s mayor said.
Palm Springs Police Chief Andy Mills said the blast on Friday “appears to be an intentional act of violence” and that several buildings were damaged, some severely.
“There has been one fatality, the person’s identity is not known,”…
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Actory calls on filmmakers to ‘keep telling the stories, keep expressing yourself and keep fighting to be who you are’.
Chilean-American actor Pedro Pascal has called on members of the film industry to “fight back” and keep expressing themselves amid what he appeared to describe as a political climate of fear in the United States.
“F*** the people that try to make you scared. And fight back. This is the perfect way to do so in telling stories. Don’t let them win,” said…
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Syria on Saturday announced the formation of a national commission for missing persons and another for transitional justice, more than five months after the ouster of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad.
Syria’s new authorities have pledged justice for victims of atrocities committed under Assad’s rule, and a five-year transitional constitution signed in March provided for the formation of a transitional justice commission.
The fate of tens of thousands of detainees and others who went missing…
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Gaza (Quds News Network)- Israeli warplanes bombed multiple areas west of Khan Younis on Saturday, killing at least 15 Palestinian civilians, most of them are children. Some of the victims’ bodies were charred. The strikes targeted tents and homes sheltering displaced families in Al-Mawasi area, near the Kuwait Field Hospital.
Video footage showed horrifying scenes. Flames engulfed tents filled with women and children. Survivors screamed for help as fire and smoke spread across…
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Pro-Palestinian demonstrators clashed with riot police in Basel as the Swiss city hosted the Eurovision Song Contest Saturday, AFP journalists at the scene witnessed.
Protesters demonstrating against Israel’s participation in the contest while it ramps up its war in Gaza clashed briefly with police in the centre of the city shortly before Israel’s Eurovision entrant Yuval Raphael took to the stage at the St. Jakobshalle venue across town.
Blows were exchanged and police used tear gas and…
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Germany on Saturday criticized Israel’s latest military attacks in Gaza, warning that the offensive could undermine ceasefire efforts, endanger the lives of hostages, and worsen the already catastrophic humanitarian crisis, Anadolu reports.
“The launch of a renewed Israeli ground offensive in Gaza is cause for deep concern – both with regard to Israel’s strategic objectives and the humanitarian situation in Gaza,” the German Foreign Ministry said in a…
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