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Live Updates: Iranian and Syrian Media Report Strike in Damascus
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John
on October 2024
Nobel Physics Prize Awarded for Pioneering A.I. Research by 2 Scientists
John J. Hopfield and Geoffrey E. Hinton, pictured onscreen, were announced as recipients of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics in Stockholm on Tuesday.
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John
on October 2024
So, Are You Pregnant Yet? China’s In-Your-Face Push for More Babies.
Propaganda artwork in Miyun, a district of Beijing, depicting a couple with three children and including slogans promoting childbearing.
Posted by
John
on October 2024
For Many Israelis, Oct. 7 Never Ended
In Kfar Aza last month.
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John
on October 2024
A Cartel Double-Cross Turns a Mexican State Into a War Zone
Police guarding a crime scene last month in Culiacán, Mexico.
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John
on October 2024
Russia Pushes Forward in Ukraine’s East After Fall of Vuhledar
Ukrainian servicemen near Toretsk, in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, in September.
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John
on October 2024
India’s Elections Offer Mixed Results for Modi
Supporters of the opposition Congress Party celebrating on Tuesday in Srinagar, in Jammu and Kashmir. Congress and its allies won overwhelmingly in the territory.
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John
on October 2024
U.K.’s MI5 Chief Says Russian Spies Seek to ‘Generate Mayhem’
Ken McCallum, director general of MI5, delivers an annual speech at Counter Terrorism Operations Centre in west London on Tuesday.
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John
on October 2024
France’s Government Survives a No-Confidence Vote
French Prime Minister Michel Barnier in Paris on Monday. A no-confidence vote against his government failed on Tuesday.
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John
on October 2024
What Is Hamas Capable of After a Year of War?
The scene of a rocket assault In Kfar Chabad, Israel, on Monday.
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John
on October 2024
Israelis Hold Sorrowful Vigils on Anniversary of Oct. 7 Attack
Relatives and friends of victims of the Oct. 7 attacks gathered at the site of the Nova music festival in southern Israel on the morning of the anniversary.
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John
on October 2024
Israel Faces 4-Front War Year After Oct. 7 Attack
The aftermath of an explosion on Monday in the Lebanese village of Qmatiyeh near Beirut.
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John
on October 2024
As a Massacre Unfolded in Haiti, a Frantic Call: ‘Send for Help'
Families from Pont-Sondé, a town in central Haiti attacked by a gang last Thursday, gathered at a park in the nearby city of Saint-Marc.
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John
on October 2024
Biden Excoriated Netanyahu on Israel’s Conduct in the War, Woodward Book Says
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel with President Biden at the White House in July.
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John
on October 2024
Toronto Woman Is Accused of Murdering 3 in Serial Killings
The police outside of the Toronto home of Sabrina Kauldhar, who is accused of killing three people last week.
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John
on October 2024
What We Know About the Israeli Forces Fighting in Lebanon
Israeli military vehicles staging near the border with Lebanon earlier this month.
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John
on October 2024
Netanyahu Says Israel Killed Nasrallah’s Replacement and ‘the Replacement of the Replacement’
Hashem Safieddine, center, in a southern suburb of Beirut, in August.
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John
on October 2024
Art or Trash? It Can Be a Fine Line.
Posted by
John
on October 2024
Does My Home Have Lead Pipes? And What Can I Do About Them?
A lead pipe in a Chicago home. It’s possible to identify lead pipes with a magnet and by lightly scratching the metal.
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John
on October 2024
Iran Crisis Ignites New Debate About Trump’s Nuclear Deal Exit
In May 2018, President Donald J. Trump announced that the United States would no longer abide by the Iran nuclear deal.
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John
on October 2024
U.N. Official Took $3 Million in Secret Gifts From Businessman
A U.N. court found last week that Vitaly Vanshelboim had committed fraud and “blatant misconduct” by failing to disclose gifts from a British businessman.
Posted by
John
on October 2024
Japan Says It Doctored Photo of Cabinet Ministers
New Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba of Japan, center front, posing for an official photo with his cabinet in Tokyo this month.
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John
on October 2024
Lead Drinking-Water Pipes Must Be Replaced Nationwide, E.P.A. Says
Lead, a neurotoxin, is particularly dangerous to children. A length of lead pipe being replaced in Newark in 2019.
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John
on October 2024
Oppenheimer’s Communist Past Draws New Attention
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John
on October 2024
Athens Democracy Forum: Where Is Global Politics Headed?
Voters in France, above, and 20 other countries cast their ballots in the European Parliament election in June.
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John
on October 2024
A Young Activist Arrested in Zimbabwe Holds Onto Her ‘Why’
Namatai Kwekweza at the Athens Democracy Forum last year. She was held for 35 days after being taken off a plane in July and arrested in Harare, Zimbabwe.
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John
on October 2024
Athens Democracy Forum: Seeking the Road to Peace in the Middle East
A view from Ashkelon, Israel, on Oct. 1 of Israel’s Iron Dome antimissile system intercepting rockets from Iran.
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John
on October 2024
Does India Offer a Glimmer of Hope for Democracy?
Supporters of Prime Minister Narendra Modi celebrated after India’s election in June. His Bharatiya Janata Party failed to win a simple majority in the lower house of Parliament, and Mr. Modi now leads a coalition government.
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John
on October 2024
Athens Democracy Forum: Young Activists on What Drives Them
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John
on October 2024
Athens Democracy Forum: Can Money Help Save Democracy?
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John
on October 2024
Athens Democracy Forum: Democracy at the World’s Ballot Boxes
Voting in Soweto during South Africa’s general election in May.
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John
on October 2024
A Year Later, Biden Faces the Limits of U.S. Influence in the Mideast
President Joe Biden and Jill Biden, the first lady, lit a yahrzeit candle for the victims of the Oct. 7 attacks with Rabbi Aaron Alexander at the White House on Monday.
Posted by
John
on October 2024
Washington Worries the Israelis Will Bomb Iran’s Nuclear Sites. But Can They?
An Israeli F-15 flying over southern Israel in March. The country is capable of striking targets deep inside Iran, but would prefer to have the support of the United States.
Posted by
John
on October 2024
Tuesday Briefing: Israelis and Palestinians Mourn a Year of Loss
Relatives and friends of victims of the Oct. 7 attacks at the site of last year’s Nova music festival.
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John
on October 2024
Netanyahu Rebukes Macron’s Call for Arms Embargo on Israel
President Emmanuel Macron of France on Monday.
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John
on October 2024
Israel challenges U.N. court’s jurisdiction to issue a warrant for Netanyahu’s arrest.
Karim Khan, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in February.
Posted by
John
on October 2024
Viktor Bout Is Trying to Sell Weapons to the Houthis, Western Officials Say
The Russian arms dealer Viktor A. Bout was released by the Biden administration in December 2022 after serving less than half of his sentence in U.S. federal prison.
Posted by
John
on October 2024
Pro-Israel and Pro-Palestinian Students at Columbia Hold Side-by-Side Protests
Outside Columbia University, people gathered in support of Israel. On the campus, students held adjacent rallies, one for Israel and another for Palestinians.
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John
on October 2024
Israel’s Hostage Families Vow to Keep Fighting as War Escalates, One Year On
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John
on October 2024
In Mexico, a Mayor Is Brutally Killed Just Days After Taking Office
Mexican security forces on Sunday at the scene where Alejandro Arcos Catalán, the mayor of Chilpancingo, Mexico, was killed.
Posted by
John
on October 2024
Why Israel’s Hostage Families Are Turning on Their Government
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John
on October 2024
Missile Hits Near Ukrainian Air Base as Russia Expands Air Attacks
A man walks next to parts of a Kinzhal Russian hypersonic missile recovered from an airstrike in Ukraine last month.
Posted by
John
on October 2024
Emirates bans pagers and walkie-talkies on flights after attacks.
Lebanese Middle East Airlines (MEA) and Emirates Airlines planes on the tarmac of Beirut-Rafic Al Hariri International Airport in July.
Posted by
John
on October 2024
In London, a Pro-Palestinian Protest Disrupts the Launch of an American Mural
Palestinian protesters disrupt the dedication ceremony for Shepard Fairey’s latest project, a mural on climate change, in London on Monday.
Posted by
John
on October 2024
Tunisia’s President Cruises to Landslide Re-Election Victory
Supporters of President Kais Saied of Tunisia in Tunis after exit poll results were announced on Sunday.
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John
on October 2024
Key Moments in the Middle East War Since Hamas’s Oct. 7 Attack on Israel: Timeline
Victims lie on a highway in the Sderot area of southern Israel following the attack by Hamas on Oct. 7.
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John
on October 2024
Russia Sentences 72-Year-Old American on Charges of Fighting for Ukraine
A still image taken from a video provided by the Moscow City Court of Stephen James Hubbard at a court hearing in Moscow on Monday.
Posted by
John
on October 2024
Ex-Philippine President, Under Investigation for War on Drugs, Returns to Politics
Rodrigo Duterte, in white mask, attending the inauguration of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. of the Philippines, left, in Manila in 2022.
Posted by
John
on October 2024
Hostages’ Families Endure Surreal Wait on Anniversary of Oct. 7 Attacks
“I feel the hostage situation has been put to the back,” said Ofri Bibas-Levy, Yarden Bibas’s sister.
Posted by
John
on October 2024
Palestinians in Gaza Reflect on One Year of Israel’s War With Hamas
Palestinians fleeing Israeli bombing in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, last year.
Posted by
John
on October 2024
On the Oct. 7 Anniversary, Remembering the Nova Festival Victims
Relatives and friends gathering at the site of the Nova music festival near Re’im, Israel, on Monday.
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John
on October 2024
In a World Changed by Oct. 7, Hatred Is Winning
Relatives and friends of victims of the Oct. 7 attacks gathered at the site of the Nova music festival on the morning of the anniversary.
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John
on October 2024
How Gaza Became a Mass Death Trap
A camp for internally displaced people in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, in late October 2023.
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John
on October 2024
A Hostage Waits for Her Husband Still Being Held in Gaza
Sharon Cunio, her husband and their 4-year-old twin daughters were among the roughly 250 hostages abducted by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023.
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John
on October 2024
How Can I Cut PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals?’
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John
on October 2024
Climbers Rescued from Himalayan Mountain After Being Stranded for Two Nights
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John
on October 2024
China Calls for Tighter Security After Workers Are Killed in Pakistan
The site of an explosion outside Karachi airport, Pakistan, early Monday.
Posted by
John
on October 2024
The War That Won’t End: How Oct. 7 Sparked a Year of Conflict
Palestinians entered Israel through a breach in the Gaza border fence during the Hamas-led attacks on Oct. 7, 2023.
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John
on October 2024
Israel-Gaza War: Photos that Defined a Year of Conflict
Posted by
John
on October 2024
Fighting Myanmar’s Patriarchy, One All-Male Panel at a Time
Ying Lao has long worked for democratic and feminist causes, but she has faced a backlash for her public evisceration of manels, or all-male panels.
Posted by
John
on October 2024