Tag: israel-hamas war
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Egypt floats its currency and agrees with the IMF to increase a bailout loan to $8 billion
Egypt has floated its currency and announced a deal with the International Monetary Fund to increase its bailout loan to $8 billion
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Few Americans want US more involved in current wars in Ukraine and Gaza, AP-NORC poll finds
A new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds few Americans want the U.S. to take a more active role in solving the world’s problems
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A government official says Canada will restore funding to embattled UN agency in Gaza
Canada will restore funding to the United Nations relief agency for Palestinians, a government official tells The Associated Press, weeks after the agency lost hundreds of millions of dollars in support following Israeli allegations against some of its staffers in Gaza
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Democrat Adam Schiff and Republican Steve Garvey set to compete for California Senate seat
Republican former baseball star Steve Garvey and Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff will compete in November for the U.S. Senate seat long held by the late Dianne Feinstein
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The Latest | Former Trump presidential campaign adviser advances in Texas
Katrina Pierson, a former Trump presidential campaign adviser, has advanced to a Republican primary runoff in Texas for a legislative seat in the Dallas suburbs
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Gaza cease-fire talks fail to achieve a breakthrough with Ramadan just days away, Egypt says
Egyptian officials say three days of negotiations with Hamas over a cease-fire in Gaza and the release of Israeli hostages have failed to achieve a breakthrough
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Biden’s closest allies are stepping up pressure on White House to do more to ease suffering in Gaza
More of President Joe Biden’s top Senate allies are demanding that the U.S. act directly to ease Palestinian civilian suffering in Gaza and are joining calls to cut military aid if Israel refuses to change course
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Blinken urges Hamas to sign cease-fire, Israel to ‘maximize’ aid
Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged Hamas leaders to agree to a cease-fire deal that would free hostages and halt the war in Gaza, even as he called on Israel to let in more humanitarian aid for increasingly desperate Palestinians. “It is on Hamas to make decisions about whether it’s prepared to engage in that…
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Mideast Starbucks franchisee firing 2,000 workers after being targeted in Israel-Hamas war boycott
The Middle East franchisee of Starbucks has begun firing some 2,000 staff at its coffee shops across the region after the brand found itself targeted by activists during the ongoing Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip
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Vice President Harris hosts Israeli war Cabinet member as the US pushes to get more aid into Gaza
Vice President Kamala Harris has held a meeting with a member of Israel’s wartime Cabinet who came to Washington in defiance of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu