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Gaza truce talks expected as offensive and aid crisis rage on

Mediators expected to reconvene in Cairo as soon as Sunday and search for a formula acceptable to Israel and Hamas for a lasting ceasefire in Gaza, sources with knowledge of the talks said, after foreign governments resorted to airdrops to aid desperate civilians in the Palestinian enclave.

March 3, 2024 2:34 pm
 

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Spain braces for wildfires as beef farmers battle red tape

Across Europe, farmers have jammed roads, burned tyres and dumped manure in protest at a host of pressures threatening their livelihoods and way of life. In the province of Asturias, Spain, authorities are preparing for worse.

March 3, 2024 1:26 pm
 

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US makes its first Gaza aid airdrop as mediators to seek truce deal

The United States on Saturday carried out the first of what it said would be a series of humanitarian airdrops of food into Gaza, as aid agencies warned of a growing humanitarian disaster in the Palestinian enclave in the absence of a ceasefire deal.

March 3, 2024 8:20 am
 

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As famine looms in Gaza, the US scrambles for solutions

From air drops of humanitarian aid to supply ships from Cyprus, the United States is urgently seeking ways to feed the people of Gaza as Israel resists Washington’s push for more aid access and U.S. efforts to broker a truce in the war test global patience.

March 2, 2024 4:43 pm
 

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Trump seeks delay of trial on mishandling classified documents

Donald Trump appeared in federal court in Florida on Friday to ask a judge to push back his criminal trial on charges of mishandling classified documents until the thick of the U.S. presidential campaign.

March 2, 2024 2:23 pm
 

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Biden says US military to airdrop food and supplies into Gaza

U.S. President Joe Biden announced on Friday plans to carry out a first military airdrop of food and supplies into Gaza, a day after the deaths of Palestinians queuing for aid threw a spotlight on an unfolding humanitarian catastrophe in the crowded coastal enclave.

March 2, 2024 12:40 pm
 

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Gaza aid seekers: 100 plus dead, total toll exceeds 30,000

Gaza health authorities said Israeli forces on Thursday shot dead more than 100 Palestinians as they waited for an aid delivery, but Israel blamed the deaths on crowds that surrounded aid trucks, saying victims had been trampled or run over.

March 2, 2024 8:36 am
 

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Norway's king may soon return home from Malaysia

Norway’s King Harald may return home from Malaysia in a few days following his hospitalization, the Norwegian royal household said.

March 1, 2024 2:38 pm
 

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Masked men in Gaza enforce prices in street markets

Armed, masked men in Gaza have started patrols to stop traders profiteering in Rafah.

March 1, 2024 1:25 pm
 

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Biden says reported firing on Gaza food line will complicate truce talks

President Joe Biden said on Thursday the United States was checking reports of Israeli troops firing on people waiting for food aid in Gaza and that he believes the deadly incident will complicate talks on a ceasefire.

March 1, 2024 11:23 am
 

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Gaza health authorities say Israeli fire kills 104 waiting for aid

Health authorities in Gaza said on Thursday Israeli fire on people waiting for aid near Gaza City had killed 104 Palestinians and wounded 280, with one hospital saying it had received 10 bodies and dozens of injured patients.

March 1, 2024 11:11 am
 

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Five countries pledge personnel for Haiti security mission

The Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Benin and Chad have formally notified the United Nations of their intent to contribute personnel to an international force to help Haitian national police fight armed gangs, a U.N. spokesman said.

March 1, 2024 10:38 am

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