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Day one of Israel and Hamas indirect talks ends on ‘positive’ note in Egypt
Sources familiar with the talks say there was progress on Monday, and negotiations will continue on Tuesday.
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Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,321
Here are the key events from day 1,321 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.
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US sends another ‘third-country’ deportation flight to Eswatini
Trump administration continues to send individuals to countries where they have no ties amid mass deportation push.
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Cycling team to drop Israel name after mass pro-Palestinian Vuelta protests
Israel-Premier Tech cycling team will drop Israeli ties after multiple protests at the Vuelta a Espana race.
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AMD’s shares surge on deal to supply AI chips to OpenAI
The deal also gives the ChatGPT creator the option to buy up to 10 percent of AMD.
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Indians hard hit as US student visas decline by a fifth from last year
Indian nationals see decrease of 45 percent compared to same period last year as US clamps down on foreign students.
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White House reverses Trump claim firings have begun amid gov’t shutdown
US lawmakers remain at impasse as shutdown stretches into sixth day; White House again threatens layoffs.
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Study finds US asthma inhalers produce same emissions as 500,000 cars
Researchers say inhalers in the US alone generate annual emissions equivalent to 530,000 cars.
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Trump announces 25 percent tariffs on medium and heavy imported trucks
It is not clear if countries under trade agreements with the US would also be subjected to this new tariff.
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The difficult lives of Gaza’s babies born on October 7
Al Jazeera’s Tareq Abu Azzoum shares the story of two toddlers born in Gaza on October 7, 2023, right before the war.
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Israel deports Greta Thunberg and other Gaza flotilla activists
Among the 161 arriving in Athens, MEP Rima Hassan reports that she was 'beaten' by Israeli police officers.
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Death toll in Indonesian school collapse rises to at least 60
Indonesia's national search-and-rescue agency said more bodies discovered in the rubble, a week after school collapse.
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Syria’s first elections since Assad’s fall conclude
Syria has concluded its first elections since the fall of Bashar al-Assad.
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Israel says blind Hezbollah fighter, wife killed in Lebanon car strike
CCTV footage shows the moment an Israeli drone struck a car in southern Lebanon, killing a husband and wife.
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Syria shares results of parliamentary election amid inclusivity concerns
Election marks landmark moment in country’s post-war transition, but vote goes largely to Sunni male representatives.
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Man on trial in Albania kills judge, injures two others in shooting
Astrit Kalaja, an appeals court judge, died on his way to hospital after the courtroom attack on Monday.
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Gaza flotilla activists arrive in Greece after Israeli prison release
Greta Thunberg spoke publicly for the first time since being released from an Israeli prison.
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Lula asks Trump to lift 40 percent tariff from Brazilian goods
Trump had imposed a 40% tariff on Brazil in July on top of a 10% earlier even though US has a trade surplus with Brazil.
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Trump threatens use of Insurrection Act to deploy troops to cities
US president's comments came as Portland, Chicago continue to fight the deployment of the national guard in the courts.
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US Supreme Court declines to hear Ghislaine Maxwell appeal
Former girlfriend of convicted sex abuser Jeffrey Epstein is serving a 20-year prison sentence for sex trafficking.
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