World Issues & Politics: 6 of 10
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Middle East Crisis: Cairo Talks on a Gaza Cease-Fire Are Extended
Two officials, one Egyptian and one American, said the negotiations would keep going for three more days.
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Conservationists take UK to court for ‘illegally squandering’ fish stocks
Blue Marine Foundation is challenging government for ignoring scientific advice on limits and giving a green light to overfishing
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With Offices Sitting Empty, Landlords Are ‘Handing Back the Keys’
Office landlords, hit hard by the work-from-home revolution, are resorting to a desperate measure in the real estate world: “handing back the keys.” When this happens, the landlord stops paying the mortgage on the office building or declines to refinance it.
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Mary Weiss, Lead Singer of the Shangri-Las, Dies at 75
The 1960s pop girl group released hits such as “Leader of the Pack" and “Heaven Only Knows."
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Delusions of Grandeur: The Scandalous Crime of a Los Angeles Millionaire
The bizarre, bloody story behind L.A.'s Griffith Park
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A man blew up his apartment while trying to kill a single cockroach with way too much insecticide, police say
The explosion shattered a balcony window and left the man with minor injuries, per the newspaper Mainichi Shimbun.
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Five new species of soft-furred hedgehogs discovered in south-east Asia
There are now seven known species of soft-furred hedgehogs, which look like a cross between a mouse and a shrew
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7 Months Inside an Online Scam Labor Camp
A man was abducted by a Chinese gang and forced to work in a scam operation. He gathered financial information, photos and videos and shared the material with The New York Times.
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Hind Rajab, 6, found dead in Gaza days after phone calls for help
Hind was last heard from trapped in a car under fire, surrounded by bodies of her relatives, 12 days ago.
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Apple pays out over claims it deliberately slowed down iPhones
The tech giant is compensating US customers and faces similar allegations in the UK.
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You Know It’s a Placebo. So Why Does It Still Work?
As researchers try to make sense of “open-label” placebos—fake drugs that proudly announce their fakeness—the mysterious effect is starting to show up beyond the world of medicine.
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Assange’s final British appeal against extradition set for February
The WikiLeaks publisher is perilously close to being extradited to the US, where he would face life imprisonment for exposing US-led war crimes, human rights abuses and diplomatic conspiracies.
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Federal judge postpones Trump's March trial on charges of plotting to overturn 2020 election
The postponement comes as a federal appeals court has yet to resolve a pending appeal from Trump arguing that he is immune from prosecution for actions he took in the White House.
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Penn Jillette Wants to Talk It All Out
The outspoken magician/comedian/writer talks to Cracked about leaving behind Libertarianism, why he’s worried about the future and how Trump is even worse than you think
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IIHF extends ban of Russia, Belarus from worlds
Russia and Belarus will be excluded from the hockey world championships through the 2024-25 season, the sport's governing body said Monday.
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Full Monty actor Tom Wilkinson dies aged 75
Family of British Oscar-nominated actor have announced his death
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World's first "self-amplifying" vaccine approved in Japan
The approval of the world's first saRNA vaccine could signal a new era in how we prevent and treat everything from infections to cancer.
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Video: Visual Evidence Shows Israel Dropped 2,000-Pound Bombs Where It Ordered Gaza’s Civilians to Move for Safety
A Times investigation used aerial imagery and artificial intelligence to detect bomb craters that showed that one of Israel’s biggest bombs was used routinely in south Gaza.
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How writing 'made us human' – an 'emotional history' from ancient Iraq to the present day
Evidence suggests that writing was probably invented in southern Iraq sometime before 3000BC. But what happened next?
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Destroying Gaza’s Health Care System Is a War Crime
The ICC should prosecute Israelis responsible for bombing hospitals, denying access to medicines and vaccines, and causing excessive civilian harm.