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2023 was hottest year on record as Earth closed in on critical warming mark, European agency confirms

Earth last year shattered global annual heat records, flirted with the world’s agreed-upon warming threshold and showed more signs of a feverish planet, the European climate agency said Tuesday. In one of the first of several teams of science agencies to calculate how off-the-charts warm 2023 was, the European climate agency Copernicus said the year […]

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Settlers killed a Palestinian teen. Israeli forces didn’t stop it.

The Washington Post Exclusive A review of the deadliest settler attack in the West Bank since the war began shows how increasingly violent tactics have gone unpunished January 9, 2024 at 7:01 a.m. EST At least six Israeli settlers attacked a house in the West Bank Palestinian community of Qusra on Oct. 11. (PalPost) Comment

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Australia bans Nazi salutes, swastikas after extremist right-wing protests

Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save MELBOURNE, Australia — Displays of Nazi salutes and symbols were banned in Australia starting Monday, with lawbreakers facing 12 months’ imprisonment. The ban will “ensure no one in Australia will be allowed to glorify or profit from acts and symbols that celebrate the Nazis and

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Tuesday Briefing

Israel announced a new military phase in Gaza Israel said its military was starting to shift from a large-scale ground-and-air campaign in the Gaza Strip to a more targeted phase, with fewer troops and airstrikes, in its war against Hamas. Israeli officials have privately told their U.S. counterparts that they hoped the transition would be

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Israel-Hamas War: Hezbollah Says a Commander Was Killed in a Strike in Lebanon

Hezbollah said on Monday that one of its commanders had been killed in a strike in southern Lebanon, adding to concerns that Israel’s fight against Hamas in Gaza could erupt into a wider regional war. The killing of the commander, identified by Hezbollah as Wissam Hassan al-Tawil, came as Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, visited

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