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Latest Israel-Hamas war news: Gaza cease-fire talks continue as Israel strikes Rafah

The Israel Defense Forces said Tuesday that it has taken “operational control” of the Gazan side of the Rafah crossing with Egypt. Wael Abu Omar, a Gaza border official, said travel and the flow of aid into the Strip “stopped completely” as a result. Hamas said it agreed to a Qatari-Egyptian cease-fire proposal, and Israel […]

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Amazon to invest bn in Singapore to expand cloud services

Amazon to invest $9bn in Singapore to expand cloud services

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Announcement comes after rival Microsoft last week unveiled major investments in Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia. Amazon has announced plans to invest $9bn in Singapore to expand cloud infrastructure in the city-state. The announcement at the Amazon Web Services (AWS) ASEAN Summit on Tuesday comes after the Seattle-based tech giant last year unveiled multibillion-dollar investments in

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What are the implications of Israel’s ban on Al Jazeera? | Israel War on Gaza

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Qatar-based network says action by Israel’s government is illegal. Al Jazeera has condemned the Israeli government’s decision to shut down the media network’s operations in the country as a criminal act against international and humanitarian law. What’s behind this ban? And how effective will it be? Presenter: Tom McRae Guests: Ronnie Kasrils – leading anti-apartheid

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Historic floods kill 83, leaving Brazil and its president angry, shaken

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The airport is shut down. Dozens of highways have been blocked. Most in the state capital are without running water. The death toll is already at 83 — and sure to climb higher. Even in a country increasingly inured to natural disasters driven by climate change, the flooding that has swallowed Rio Grande do Sul,

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Palestinians evacuate eastern Rafah ahead of expected Israeli assault | Israel War on Gaza News

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Israel’s military has ordered tens of thousands of people in the southern Gaza city of Rafah to evacuate, signalling that a long-expected ground invasion could be imminent. The evacuation order comes as indirect ceasefire talks between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas appeared to stall amid intense disagreements between the warring sides. The United States

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Death toll from southern Brazil rainfall rises with many still missing | Floods News

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The death toll is rising as heavy rains continue to lash southern Brazil, driving floodwaters higher. The storms and flooding in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul have killed at least 78 people, local authorities said on Sunday, with more than 115,000 people displaced. Volunteers using boats, jet skis – and even swimming

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Why did voters desert the UK Conservatives in local elections? | Elections

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Support for the Conservative Party has collapsed in local elections in England. After a landslide win in the last general election, support for the United Kingdom’s governing Conservative Party has collapsed in local elections in England. The opposition Labour Party made gains across the country, although it appeared to pay an electoral price due to

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Israeli strike kills 4 civilians in southern Lebanon, state media says

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BEIRUT (AP) — An Israeli airstrike Sunday in the town of Mays al Jabal in south Lebanon killed four civilians and wounded several others, Lebanese state media and the town’s municipality reported. Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reported that the strike took place “while a number of the town’s residents were inspecting their homes and

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Rebel Writers: Palestine & Syria | Politics

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The story of a Palestinian poet and a Christian Syrian professor who championed the Palestinian cause. Meet two Arab writers from different parts of the Middle East who shared a common cause – Muin Bseiso and Constantin Zurayk. Bseiso, a Palestinian poet who wrote about life in Gaza at a time when it was controlled

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Teen hands himself into police after attack on German politician

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Heiko Rebsch/picture-alliance/dpa/AP/File Matthias Ecke at a SPD Saxony conference in June 2023, where he was nominated as a candidate for the upcoming European election. CNN — A 17-year-old boy handed himself in to police after admitting that he attacked a German politician on Friday. Police say that Matthias Ecke, the candidate for the Social Democratic

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