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Ukraine, Russia trade blame for devastating dam collapse, displacing thousands

KHERSON, Ukraine — An attack on a major Russian-held dam in southern Ukraine on Tuesday unleashed a torrent of water that flooded two dozen...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

86-year-old woman found dead in trash room of Harish commercial center

An 86-year-old woman was found dead in the garbage room of a commercial center in the northern city of Harish on Wednesday morning. The woman was...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

State to examine if Netanyahu trial witness violated deal and should be prosecuted

An external attorney has been appointed to review whether Shlomo Filber, a former confidant of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, should be...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Pencil said to have been Hitler’s sells for $6,700 — a 10th of pre-auction estimate

A silver-plated pencil said to have belonged to Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler was sold Tuesday for only a tenth of its pre-auction estimate. A bidder...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

After fatal attack, Gallant says ‘female and male IDF fighters are one and the same’

The Times of Israel is liveblogging Wednesday’s events as they unfold. Yesh Atid MK Karine Elharrar formally submits her nomination for next...

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The Times of Israel

Amy Spiro

Wrangling over nominations for judicial selection panel strains overhaul talks

Next week’s scheduled election of two lawmakers to the country’s panel for judicial appointments has put pressure on the ongoing negotiations over...

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The Times of Israel

Carrie Keller-Lynn

Ending squabble, opposition aligns behind Yesh Atid’s Elharrar for judicial panel

Opposition parties quelled their latest round of infighting Wednesday, aligning behind Yesh Atid MK Karine Elharrar as their candidate for a June...

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The Times of Israel

Carrie Keller-Lynn

Canadian Army sergeant fined for antisemitic jokes during training course

JTA — A German-born sergeant in the Canadian Army was fined roughly $2,200 and given a “severe reprimand” after joking about the Holocaust...

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The Times of Israel

Jackie Hajdenberg

Emerging bloc dynamics

South Korea elected as a non-permanent member of UNSC By Kim Won-soo Geopolitical dynamics among the world's three emerging blocs are turning out...

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The Korea Times

Editorial

An Essay Comparing George Washington to David Ben-Gurion by ChatGPT

Bibi mulled over what he learned at his meetings with Sam Altman (ChatGPT) and Elon Musk (Tesla, SpaceX, Twitter, and OpenAI.) He recalled...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Mort Laitner

Freedom in Fire

Tremors. Memory loss. Fatigue. Confusion. Disorientation. The side effects I wasn’t warned about. No matter; We’re well acquainted now. Equally...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Miriam Simmonds

(EKONOMSKE PERSPEKTIVE) Kolumna Mejre Festić: Je Maribor res v zatonu?

SaŠo Bizjak V nadaljevanju kolumne Mejre Festić preberite: - Odhajanje podjetij iz Maribora ne sega le v zadnja leta, ampak je treba pogledati...

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Večer

Dr. Mejra Festić

Interesting Shabbat Law

One of the prohibitions related to Shabbat laws, is that it is forbidden to carry an object from a private domain to a public domain, or vice...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Kenneth Cohen

Envisioning nuclear arms control in challenging times

By Manpreet Sethi On Feb. 21, as Russia marked one year of its "special military operations" in Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin announced the...

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The Korea Times

Guest Column

The Job That Is and In Torah

I know it’s going to be a shock to read this, given who I am now… But I was not always good at learning. Or at least I was led to believe that I...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Rivka Herzfeld

Why fossil fuel divestment movement should reach hospitals

By Don Lieber I chose a career in medicine because I wanted to work somewhere with a strong ethical foundation. It was the same reason I spent...

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The Korea Times

Tribune Service

Don’t wait for the Perfect Moment—Take the moment and Make it Perfect!

If you were gifted $86,400, you’d probably have little difficulty knowing what to do with it. But if you were gifted 86,400 seconds, would you be...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Dovid Vigler

VOX POPULI: Perpetrator in 2008 Akihabara Massacre felt only loneliness

Both “loneliness” and “solitude” denote a state of being alone, but there are subtle differences in meaning. The former has a negative...

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The Asahi Shimbun

The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: Nagoya officials failed to weed out hurtful abuse at castle forum

When a discriminatory remark is uttered during a public meeting hosted by a municipality, it is the city officials' responsibility to demonstrate...

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The Asahi Shimbun

The Asahi Shimbun

Two notable developments

By Kim Ji-soo When the young May verdant gives way to deeper summer greens in June, many Koreans ― particularly older Koreans who remember directly...

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The Korea Times

Columns

Voice-phishing blues

By Lee Eung-tae The other day I got a message ostensibly from a popular parcel delivery company. I had mail and I should click on the site to...

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The Korea Times

Thoughts Of The Times

TIMELINE - Saudi-Iran ties: A history of ups and downs

Iran reopened its embassy in Saudi Arabia's capital, Riyadh, on Tuesday, Saudi media reported, months after the two regional rivals agreed to end...

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Middle East Monitor

Reuters

China should heed the concerns of its neighbors

This past weekend at the 20th annual Shangri-la Dialogue security forum in Singapore, China’s defense minister, Li Shangfu, argued that the lack...

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The Japan Times

Stephen Nagy

Trust between Tokyo, Seoul essential for regional security

Two democracies should extend current positive momentum to more fields

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Nikkei Asian Review

Nikkei Editorial

New Thai Government’s Vows Obedience to US Foreign Policy: Myanmar is First Victim

Following recent general elections in Thailand, influenced heavily by years of US interference, a pro-US proxy regime is poised to take power. Even...

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New Eastern Outlook

Brian Berletic

It Is Not Too Late to Reconsider Plan to Scrap Current Verification System

Editorial 12:40 JST, June 7, 2023 It is unreasonable to scrap the health insurance certification that people are familiar with and integrate the...

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The Japan News

The Japan News Editorial

In the liberated territories of Myanmar

Reportage. In the border areas between the Indian state of Mizoram and Myanmar, the Burmese junta has virtually no territorial control. But that...

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Il Manifesto Global

Alessandro De Pascale

Opinion: How stronger alliances could benefit Europe

Closer cooperation between Poland, Romania, Ukraine and Moldova could bring huge benefits. However, for such an initiative to have a substantial...

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Deutsche Welle

Radu Magdin

3 Ways You're Ruining Your Relationship

Some relational patterns make relationships much harder than they need to be.

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Psychology Today

Caitlin Cantor Lcsw

Guatemalan prosecutors want 40 years in prison for investigative journalist ‘Chepe’

Reportage. José Rubén Zamora Marroquín is accused of money laundering and other charges in a sham trial. The former editor of El Periódico...

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Il Manifesto Global

Simona Carnino

Senate green-lights tax bill for workers freelancing for abroad

Even with Congress almost paralyzed, the tech unified tax (“monotributo tech”) project has been passed in the lower house and has a majority...

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Buenos Aires Herald

Florencia Barragan

In Jerusalem’s Old City, Armenian community members fear eviction over land deal

A real estate deal in Jerusalem’s Old City, at the epicenter of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, has sent the historic Armenian community there...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Israel said to mull recognition of Moroccan sovereignty over disputed Western Sahara

The government is considering recognizing Morocco’s sovereignty over the disputed region of Western Sahara, according to a Wednesday report. The...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Daily Briefing June 7: How Jews of war-torn Kherson are faring in Dnipro dam disaster

Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 15-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world,...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Tel Aviv ranked eighth most expensive city in the world for foreigners

Tel Aviv is the eighth most expensive city in the world according to an annual ranking released Wednesday by a group that aids the relocation of...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Trauma revisited: Historian reconstructs her week aboard a hijacked jet in Jordan

On September 6, 1970, 12-year-old Martha Hodes boarded a flight in Tel Aviv bound for New York. The plane never arrived at its destination....

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The Times of Israel

Amy Spiro

OECD projects more moderate growth for Israel, citing judicial overhaul tension risk

Israel’s economy is set to expand at a more moderate pace this year and next year, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development...

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The Times of Israel

Sharon Wrobel

Two residents of south arrested over theft of 26,000 bullets from IDF base

Two Israeli suspects were detained early Wednesday for the theft of tens of thousands of rounds of ammunition from an army base in southern Israel...

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The Times of Israel

Emanuel Fabian

Barkat said to nix appearance in Boston amid ongoing anti-government protests

Economy Minister Nir Barkat canceled an appearance at Israel’s consulate in Boston scheduled for Thursday, amid relentless anti-government...

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The Times of Israel

Luke Tress

Knesset advances bill that would allow Tiberias mayor to run in October

The Knesset advanced a bill on Wednesday that would cancel the cooling-off period for caretaker mayors and their appointed staff, five months ahead...

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The Times of Israel

Carrie Keller-Lynn

Supreme Court justice says he’s ‘worried’ about Ben Gvir police law during hearing

Supreme Court Justice Isaac Amit said he was “a worried citizen” due to what he implied was a lack of constraints present in a new law delineating...

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The Times of Israel

Jeremy Sharon

Israel sees its first-ever case of rare rapid aging ‘Benjamin Button’ disease

The first case of progeria in Israel, a rare genetic syndrome causing children to age rapidly, has been diagnosed in a baby girl at Rambam Medical...

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The Times of Israel

Renee Ghert-Zand

New Israeli technology improves prediction of patient response to immunotherapy

Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev have developed a new bio-sensing technology that predicts cancer patients’ response to immune...

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The Times of Israel

Renee Ghert-Zand

In first, artificial intelligence used for Holocaust education

BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — Inge Auerbacher fears for a future when Holocaust survivors like her can no longer bear witness. But advances in virtual...

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The Times of Israel

Deborah Cole

Israeli Protesters, Instead of ‘Democracy,’ Chant ‘Apartheid’!

This week, we are marking the end of the occupation’s 56th year. The fact that so much time has passed means that the vast majority of the millions...

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Haaretz

Michael Sfard

In New York, Israel’s Far-right Government Hands a Big Win to Its U.S. Jewish Opponents

The ongoing attempt to destroy Israel’s democracy by Israel’s own far-right government has had at least one unintended consequence: it has...

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Haaretz

Nomi Colton-Max

The power of being YOU

One of the great qualities of any product is a strong, proud, and unique identity. Look at what happens when smartphones start looking and acting...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Shlomo Ezagui

Shelach Lecha: One of These Spies Is Not Like the Others

You may remember that when we began the book of Numbers I suggested it should really be called the Book of the Tribes. Over and over again, here...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Michael Carasik

I don’t want a free Tesla!

Cryptocurrencies are a Ponzi scheme: you will lose ALL your money The Internet ad I’m critiquing here If you continue to own virtual ‘money,’...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Moshe-Mordechai Van Zuiden

Turkey's pragmatic Islamist

By Shlomo Ben-Ami TEL AVIV ― What does President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's election for an unprecedented third term mean for Turkish foreign policy?...

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The Korea Times

Guest Column

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