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Palestinians mourn poet Refaat Alareer killed in Israeli air strike | Israel-Palestine conflict News
Tributes have poured in following the killing of renowned, and for some controversial, Palestinian poet and academic Refaat Alareer, in an Israeli strike in Gaza. The 44-year-old Alareer was a prominent professor at the Islamic University of Gaza and one of the leaders of a young generation of authors in the enclave. He was killed alongside several family members by…
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Israel: Journalist killed in Lebanon was in ‘active combat zone’ | Israel-Palestine conflict News
Rights groups say the Israeli strike that killed a Reuters reporter and injured six others must be investigated as a war crime. Israel has said that a journalist killed by its military forces in southern Lebanon was “in an active combat zone”. Appearing to dismiss calls for a war crime investigation into the death of a Reuters journalist and injury…
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Blinky, the Kenyan bandleader whose crew shaped ‘cool’ Nairobi music scene | Arts and Culture
Nairobi, Kenya – In April 2022, Kenyan alternative music collective Just A Band released a comeback single after a six-year hiatus and 12 years after it first shot into national reckoning. The return came as Kenya’s music identity was undergoing an evolution; after the COVID-19 pandemic, alternative music found new roots among listeners eager to escape contemporary African music with…
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Jon Rahm jumps ship to LIV Golf in a stunning blow to the PGA Tour | Golf News
Big money move by the 29-year-old Masters champion to Saudi-backed LIV Golf sends another shockwave through the sport. Masters champion Jon Rahm has bolted for Saudi-funded LIV Golf for what’s believed to be more money than the PGA Tour’s entire prize fund, a stunning blow that deepens the divide in golf as the two sides were negotiating a commercial deal.…
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Playing with friends, shot dead by Israel: A Jenin boy’s final moments | Israel-Palestine conflict
Jenin, occupied West Bank — Suleiman Abu al-Waf will never forget the “thumping sound” that forever changed his life. The 47-year-old, a general physician in the Jenin Directorate of Health, was sitting at home with his younger son and two daughters on November 29. The Israeli army had raided the city’s refugee camp that day, ripping up streets, ordering people…
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Rockets reportedly fired towards US embassy in Baghdad | Israel-Palestine conflict News
US troops and installations have come under regular attacks due to Washington’s support of Israel’s bombardment of Gaza. Rockets have been fired at the US embassy in Baghdad, according to unconfirmed reports. Explosions were heard early on Friday morning in the vicinity of the Iraqi capital’s heavily fortified Green Zone, which houses the institution. US troops and installations across the…
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Will Netanyahu risk a tunnel conflict to ‘eradicate Hamas’, stay in power? | Israel-Palestine conflict News
Benjamin Netanyahu’s hold on his position as prime minister of Israel appears increasingly tenuous. Many Israelis hold him and his cabinet responsible for the security failures of October 7, and he has come under heavy domestic criticism for his handling of the war on Gaza. Add to that the fact he has long been bogged down by corruption charges and…
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Social media platform X added 10 million new users in December, CEO says | Social Media News
Linda Yaccarino makes announcement amid exodus of advertisers from the platform. X, formerly Twitter, added more than 10 million users in December, the social media platform’s chief executive has said. CEO Linda Yaccarino made the announcement in a post on X on Thursday amid an exodus of advertisers from the platform over disinformation and hate speech concerns. Yaccarino did not…
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Hunter Biden charged over alleged scheme to avoid $1.4m tax bill | News
DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, Indictment comes after President Joe Biden’s son last month pleaded not guilty to three firearms-related charges. Hunter Biden, United States President Joe Biden’s son, has been charged with nine counts of tax-related crimes over his alleged failure to pay $1.4m he owes to the government. Biden is accused of failing to file and pay taxes, evading tax…
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Blinken urges Israel to finish probe into killing of journalist in Lebanon | Media News
Blinken’s comments come after rights groups say Israel should be investigated over possible war crime. United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken has urged Israel to conclude and release the findings of a probe into artillery strikes that killed a journalist and wounded six others in Lebanon. Blinken said on Thursday that it is “important and appropriate” that Israel thoroughly…
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