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Israel prepares to receive six more Gaza hostages

Israel prepared to receive six more hostages from Gaza in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners and detainees, after accusations over the return of a misidentified body this week threatened to derail a fragile truce.

February 22, 2025 5:24 pm
 

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Massive sinkholes put hundreds in Amazonian town at risk

The city of Buriticupu, in the northeastern tip of the Brazilian Amazon, is being slowly swallowed by the earth.

February 22, 2025 2:11 pm
 

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Berlin police arrest suspect in stabbing at Holocaust memorial

German police arrested a suspect in the stabbing at Berlin’s Holocaust memorial that seriously injured a man two days before a watershed national election.

February 22, 2025 9:14 am
 

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Trump cuts deportation protections for 521,000 Haitians

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Thursday cut the duration of deportation protections and work permits for 521,000 Haitians covered by the Temporary Protected Status program so that they will expire in August, a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said.

February 21, 2025 10:30 am
 

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Netanyahu vows revenge as Hamas hands over bodies of youngest hostages

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed revenge on Hamas on Thursday after the group released what it said were the bodies of four Israeli hostages, including the infant Kfir Bibas and his four-year-old brother Ariel, the youngest of those abducted during the October 7, 2023 attack.

February 21, 2025 9:36 am
 

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Spotify considers $5.99 premium for extra features, ticket access

Spotify (SPOT.N), opens new tab is considering charging up to $5.99 a month on top of existing subscriptions for a new music streaming service that will include higher-quality audio, remixing tools and access to concert tickets, Bloomberg News reported on Friday.

February 20, 2025 4:36 pm
 

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Australia's ANZ's impaired assets rise in the first quarter, shares fall

ANZ Group (ANZ.AX), opens new tab, Australia’s fourth-biggest lender, said on Thursday that asset impairments jumped to their highest levels since 2021 in the first quarter, driven primarily by mortgages, sending its shares down 3%.

February 20, 2025 3:26 pm
 

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HSBC delays net-zero emissions target by 20 years

HSBC (HSBA.L), opens new tab is ditching its target of reaching net-zero carbon emissions across its business by 2030 because of slow change in the economy, the bank said on Wednesday, compounding fears from campaigners that the world’s biggest lenders are rowing back on climate pledges.

February 20, 2025 2:26 pm
 

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Trump tells 'dictator' Zelenskiy to move fast or lose Ukraine

U.S. President Donald Trump denounced Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy as a “dictator” on Wednesday and warned he had to move quickly to secure peace or risk losing his country, deepening a feud between the two leaders that has alarmed European officials.

February 20, 2025 12:44 pm
 

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Report: Australian children bypass social media age limits

Children in Australia are able to easily bypass the minimum age limit imposed by social media platforms, a report by the country’s online safety regulator showed on Thursday, ahead of a landmark ban by the government on access for those under 16.

February 20, 2025 11:35 am
 

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Netflix 'definitely' eyeing Sunday NFL package

Netflix has called an audible and now plans to pursue a Sunday NFL package following its successful Christmas Day debut last season.

February 20, 2025 10:26 am
 

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'Help us': Hundreds deported from US held in Panama hotel

In a room at the luxury Decápolis Hotel in Panama City, two girls hold a piece of paper to the window with a written message. “Please help us,” it reads.

February 20, 2025 9:32 am

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