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1 month, 3 weeks ago

The Smell of War: Gaza's Crossroads and the Quest for Peace

Gaza will become an open-air prison once more, with the construction of two more Israeli military corridors slicing the Strip into three zones. The war has caused immense suffering and loss of life, and the prospect of a return to the dark days of the Nakba is a painful reminder of the fragility of peace in the region. The international …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Where is Hassan Nasrallah? After Israel's strikes on Beirut, Hezbollah — and the Middle East — stands at a crossroads

ABC

As smoke rises over the Beirut skyline, one big question remains so far unanswered: where is Hezbollah's leader, Hassan Nasrallah? The Israel Defense Forces said it had bombed several residential buildings in Beirut's south, claiming the militant group's "central headquarters" were embedded underneath. Israel has been swiftly killing Hezbollah's leaders — lately, in bases built underneath residential areas, where the …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

‘Yemen at a crossroads’: Nearly 200 aid groups issue urgent funding appeal

Al Jazeera

Only a fraction of funds needed to provide aid to millions in the war-torn country is secured, the groups say. Dozens of aid groups have called for more donor funding to meet the urgent humanitarian needs of Yemen, warning that inaction would lead to “catastrophic consequences” for people in the war-ravaged country. “Underfunding poses a challenge to the continuity of …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Joe Biden at history's crossroads: Is backing Bibi's Gaza war a fatal mistake?

Salon

Joe Biden was the Democratic Party’s duct-tape solution to a national emergency, the compromise candidate who was almost everyone’s second choice. Biden’s literal and figurative embrace of Benjamin Netanyahu, and his unqualified support for Israel’s war in Gaza — which is, at minimum, already a humanitarian disaster and a PR disaster, without even getting into contested questions about “war crimes” …

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1 year, 2 months ago

The robot aircraft with a nightmarish nuclear mission

BBC

The robot aircraft with a nightmarish nuclear mission Getty Images The atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll in 1946 were too dangerous for conventional aircraft to observe. These warplanes, fresh off the production line at the end of World War Two, had been "droned" by the addition of a set of radio-controlled instruments, and, certainly in the B-17s, television cameras …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Ukraine’s months-long counteroffensive at the crossroads

Al Jazeera

Ukraine’s troops appear to be nearing a breakthrough, slowly edging south in the Zaporizhia region. Ukrainian forces this far south will then be able to destroy targets round Melitopol, putting pressure on Russian troops there and threatening Russian units protecting the near bank of the Dnipro with encirclement. The city of Donetsk, the linchpin for the southern and eastern fronts, …

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2 years ago

2022 Notebook: Democracy at a crossroads

Associated Press

THE BACKGROUND: The U.S. midterm elections broke from the historical pattern of the president’s party taking a drubbing. That was a clarifying moment that really kind of helped crystallize, I think, for voters, and people maybe who weren’t tuned into the political process. I think it’s instructive about the conflicts that are going on around the country, in the Republican …

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3 years, 3 months ago

A crossroads of culture

China Daily

The Rybnaya Derevnya, or Fishing Village, in Kaliningrad attracts tourists with its reconstructed Germanic-style buildings and decent restaurants. Such an unusual mixture of European and Russian culture and architecture, visible through numerous attractions, exists due to the city's history which includes the heritage of Prussia, Poland, the German Empire, the Soviet Union and modern Russia. Before that, even, for many …

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3 years, 3 months ago

A crossroads of culture

China Daily

The Rybnaya Derevnya, or Fishing Village, in Kaliningrad attracts tourists with its reconstructed Germanic-style buildings and decent restaurants. Such an unusual mixture of European and Russian culture and architecture, visible through numerous attractions, exists due to the city's history which includes the heritage of Prussia, Poland, the German Empire, the Soviet Union and modern Russia. Before that, even, for many …

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3 years, 7 months ago

India-China ties at crossroads, depend on neighbour following rules: Jaishankar

India Today

The relationship between India and China is at a crossroads and its direction depends on whether the neighbouring country adheres to various agreements on maintaining peace and tranquillity along the border, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Thursday, referring to the eastern Ladakh standoff. Jaishankar said the then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's visit in 1988 to China, 26 years …

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The Smell of War: Gaza's Crossroads and the Quest for Peace

Where is Hassan Nasrallah? After Israel's strikes on Beirut, Hezbollah — and the Middle East — stands at a crossroads

‘Yemen at a crossroads’: Nearly 200 aid groups issue urgent funding appeal

Joe Biden at history's crossroads: Is backing Bibi's Gaza war a fatal mistake?

The robot aircraft with a nightmarish nuclear mission

Ukraine’s months-long counteroffensive at the crossroads

2022 Notebook: Democracy at a crossroads

A crossroads of culture

A crossroads of culture

India-China ties at crossroads, depend on neighbour following rules: Jaishankar