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Netanyahu to undergo hernia surgery

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will undergo surgery on Sunday for a hernia, his office said, at a time when he is waging a war against Hamas in Gaza, and less than a year after he was fitted with a pacemaker.

April 1, 2024 12:55 pm

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Fighting rages across Gaza amid revival of truce talks

Israeli strikes killed 77 Palestinians in Gaza in the past 24 hours, health authorities said on Sunday, as Egypt hosted an Israeli delegation for a new round of talks in a bid to secure a truce with Gaza’s Hamas rulers.

April 1, 2024 11:34 am

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Pope Francis, in Easter address, calls for Gaza ceasefire

Pope Francis called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and the release of all Israeli hostages in an Easter Sunday address that marked the most important day on the Christian calendar by deploring the suffering caused by wars.

April 1, 2024 8:23 am

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Pope soldiers through Easter Vigil after missing procession

Pope Francis on Saturday soldiered through a more than 2-hour Easter Vigil Mass in St Peter’s Basilica, one of the longest services in Catholic liturgy, amid renewed concerns about the 87-year-old’s frail condition.

March 31, 2024 4:53 pm

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Salvage crews to lift first piece of collapsed Baltimore bridge

Salvage crews were set to lift the first piece of Baltimore’s collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge from the water on Saturday to allow barges and tugboats to access the disaster site, Maryland and U.S. officials said, the first step in a complex effort to reopen the city’s blocked port.

March 31, 2024 12:53 pm

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Dutch nightclub hostage drama ends peacefully

A hostage drama at a nightclub in the eastern Netherlands ended peacefully after several hours on Saturday with the arrest of a suspect – a man wearing a balaclava mask who exited the building and surrendered to police.

March 31, 2024 10:25 am

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Ukraine says Russian attacks damage power facilities

Massive Russian missile and drone attacks hit thermal and hydro power plants in central and western Ukraine overnight, officials said on Friday, in the latest barrage targeting the country’s already damaged power infrastructure.

March 31, 2024 8:12 am

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Trump appeals Georgia prosecutor ruling

Donald Trump on Friday asked a Georgia appeals court to disqualify the district attorney prosecuting him for trying to overturn his 2020 election defeat in the state for a romantic relationship the prosecutor had with a former top deputy.

March 30, 2024 4:57 pm

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Texas court blocks transgender parents probe

March 30, 2024 3:34 pm

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Ukraine's Zelenskiy reports his income increased in 2022

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday declared his income for 2022 rose to 12.42 million hryvnias ($306,000) from 3.7 million hryvnias the previous year, with the increase attributable to improved rent collection and sale of some government bonds.

March 30, 2024 12:53 pm

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Israel kills dozens in airstrikes across the Gaza Strip

Israel sustained its aerial and ground bombardment of the Gaza Strip on Friday, killing dozens of Palestinians, as fighting raged around Gaza City’s main Al Shifa hospital, Palestinian officials and the Israeli military said.

March 30, 2024 8:34 am

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Australia keen to make progress on Chinese export hurdles for beef, lobsters

Australia is focused on removing impediments to exports to China for live lobsters and beef from some suppliers, a government official said, one day after Beijing said it would lift tariffs on Australian wine.

March 29, 2024 4:35 pm