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Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to continue the war in Gaza in the face of growing opposition to Israel’s ongoing military campaign. In a pre-recorded video Saturday night, Netanyahu…

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The real strategy behind Russia’s sudden truce announcement

April 19, 2025

The timing, the brevity, the sudden, unilateral nature of it all. If Ukraine’s allies needed proof of Moscow’s wild cynicism when it comes to peace, the announcement of an immediate…

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Putin declares brief Easter ceasefire in war with Ukraine

April 19, 2025

Russian President Vladimir Putin declared a brief Easter ceasefire in his war with Ukraine, saying “all hostilities” will pause for a two-day period. There has been no immediate response from…

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Death toll from a boat capsizing in Congo earlier this week rises to 148, officials say

April 19, 2025

The death toll from a boat fire and capsizing in Congo earlier this week rose to 148 with more than 100 people still missing, officials said Friday. About 500 passengers…

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What the UK ruling on the definition of ‘woman’ means for same-sex spaces, culture wars and more

April 19, 2025

The United Kingdom’s Supreme Court has ruled that a woman is defined by “biological sex” under the country’s equality law – excluding transgender women – in a case that is…

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Chinese robots ran against humans in the world’s first humanoid half-marathon. They lost by a mile

April 19, 2025

If the idea of robots taking on humans in a road race conjures dystopian images of android athletic supremacy, then fear not, for now at least. More than 20 two-legged…

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Gaza photojournalist who wrote, ‘If I die, I want a resounding death’ killed in Israeli airstrike

April 18, 2025

Fatima Hassouna, a war documentarian who had covered the conflict in Gaza on the ground for 18 months, was killed along with seven members of her family in an Israeli…

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He’s been dead for more than 300 years. So why is this emperor angering millions today?

April 18, 2025

Despite being dead for more than 300 years, this Indian ruler is still making waves in the nation’s politics. Aurangzeb Alamgir has become so central to India’s fraught political moment,…

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The US and Iran are set to meet for a second round of nuclear talks. Here’s what we know

April 18, 2025

The United States and Iran are due to hold their second round of nuclear talks on Saturday, as what both sides are looking for in a deal begins to take…

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How the US threat to ‘move on’ from peacemaking efforts in Ukraine could play out

April 18, 2025

The Trump administration’s patience with peacemaking for Ukraine, always painfully thin, now appears to be running out altogether. “If it is not possible to end the war in Ukraine, we…

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