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Death toll climbs and Arab-Israeli protests intensify as Israel and Gaza slip toward war
Mass Arab protests raged across cities in Israel, while more than 1,000 Hamas rockets were lobbed into Gaza and Israel downed several multilevel buildings
Covid-19 live updates: Indian coronavirus variant has now spread to almost 50 countries, says WHO
While numbers are declining in every other region globally, cases in India are still soaring and made up half the new cases worldwide over the last week.
A sweeping coronavirus lockdown in Turkey sets off arguments and economic anxiety
The restrictions, from the well-intentioned to the bizarre, landed on a public in no mood for more rules this late in the pandemic.
An escaped leopard is eluding its would-be captors in China. Officials sent hundreds of drones to find it.
Two of the three big cats that escaped from a safari park in April have been recaptured, but one remains on the loose.
CDC director urges parents to vaccinate children
In testimony before a Senate committee, the CDC director encouraged children to ask for the vaccine if their parents are hesitant.
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The Abraham Accords have already become a Middle East afterthought
The limits of Israel’s normalization of ties with a handful of Arab states is already on view.
In southern Israel, a barrage of rockets kills 2 and sends residents scrambling for shelter
In the Gaza Strip, 30 people were killed Tuesday, among them 10 children, according to the Palestinian health ministry.
Violence between Israelis and Palestinians escalates toward all-out war
Officials said at least 30 Gazans died in retaliatory attacks as Hamas fired rockets at Israeli cities, killing at least three people.
What’s behind the violence in Israel and Gaza?
Violence in Gaza Strip escalated Tuesday after a night of Israeli airstrikes.
Here’s how rockets from Gaza test Israel’s Iron Dome
Amid spiraling violence sparked by clashes in Jerusalem, a familiar sound has returned to southern Israel: the blare of rocket sirens and the explosions of Iron Dome interceptors.
Moments before the blast, she ushered her children inside. She wasn’t so lucky herself.
Israel’s retaliatory airstrikes on Gaza have caused widespread damage and disrupted daily lives.
The U.K. is set to pursue a ban on ‘conversion therapy.’ Here’s where other countries stand on the issue.
Tuesday’s announcement positions the U.K. closer to joining only a handful of other countries with nationwide bans against conversion therapy. Here’s a look at where the practice stands globally.
At least 9 dead in rare Russian school shooting
Video footage showed children jumping from school windows to escape the gunfire.
Queen Elizabeth II doesn’t wear a mask or crown as she opens U.K. parliament and outlines Boris Johnson’s agenda
It was the public’s first glimpse of the 95-year-old monarch since the funeral of her husband, Prince Philip, three weeks ago at Windsor Castle.
British elections send a message to Trump, GOP and Biden’s Democrats
The tug and pull of cultural and economic issues and changing coalitions affect both parties.
Deadly ‘black fungus’ cases add to India’s covid crisis
Doctors are alarmed by the increase in mucormycosis, with the rare infection on the rise due to overuse of steroids to treat covid-19.
China says its population is still growing, if slowly, in once-a-decade census
Officials said the figure reached 1.41 billion in 2020, with the growth rate getting closer to zero.
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The U.S. calls for ‘calm’ between Israelis and Palestinians. But it’s part of the problem.
Some analysts argue that the support of successive U.S. administrations for Israel — through billions of dollars in military aid, acquiescence to Israel’s steady expansion of settlements in the West Bank and the shielding of Israel from censure in international forums — brought the conflict to this point.
WHO classifies variant found in India as being of global concern
French President Emmanuel Macron called the move pragmatic and said the E.U. will focus on more “effective” vaccines.
Hamas and Israel exchange rocket fire following contentious ‘Jerusalem Day’ clashes
After a bloody day of confrontations that left 300 Palestinians injured, Hamas retaliated by launching 200 rockets toward Jerusalem and southern Israel.
The Latest: Gaza deaths rise in Israeli-Palestinian conflict
The Gaza Health Ministry says the death toll from Israeli airstrikes on Gaza has climbed to 43, including 13 children and three women
Escalating Mideast violence bears hallmarks of 2014 Gaza war
Rockets streamed out of Gaza and Israel pounded the territory with airstrikes
Official says fire at ICU in Egypt hospital kills 2 patients
An Egyptian official says a fire broke out in an intensive care unit of a government-run hospital, leaving two patients dead
Germany to consider spending more to meet climate goal
Germany’s environment minister says the government is considering additional spending to meet the new climate targets it has set for the coming decade
Red Cross warns that coronavirus cases are exploding in Asia
The International Federation of the Red Cross says coronavirus cases are exploding in Asia with over 5.9 million new confirmed infections over the past two weeks
