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Teams find burnt wreckage of helicopter carrying Iran’s president and FM, no sign of life

All passengers including Ebrahim Raisi and Hossein Amir-Abdollahian feared dead * locating wreckage took long hours, with rescuers searching...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Securing Imperial Family Members: Grave Political Responsibility Exists to Maintain System

Editorial 14:30 JST, May 19, 2024 It must be the wish of the people that the Imperial family, which has preserved and passed on Japanese...

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The Japan News

The Japan News Editorial

Netanyahu said to reject negotiators’ bid to formulate new hostage deal proposal

Networks report PM upbraided team, telling them their offers ‘will lead to an end to the war’; Gantz said to retort: ‘It’s apparent you’re...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Saudi ties in reach but hinge on path to Palestinian state, Sullivan tells reluctant PM

As Israeli leaders bicker on direction of war, top Biden aide discusses Rafah operation with Netanyahu and other top officials, meets Herzog on...

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The Times of Israel

Jacob Magid

At hard-right conference, minister blasts Spain’s plans to recognize Palestinian state

Amichai Chikli attends Madrid meeting organized by Spain’s controversial Vox; says statehood would be a reward for Hamas’s Oct. 7 massacre

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The Times of Israel

Agencies

Beyond Israel’s borders: Netanyahu’s arrogance risks Israeli-Egyptian relations

India signs port agreement with Iran * Kuwait goes back to autocracy * Atrocities continue in Sudan civil war

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The Times of Israel

Ksenia Svetlova

George Washington U grads storm out of graduation ceremony in anti-Israel protest

Protesters heard chanting ‘there is only one solution, intifada revolution’ after leaving; students at Drexel University in Pennsylvania set up...

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The Times of Israel

Tamar Mor Sela

España llama a consultas a su embajadora en Argentina y "exige disculpas" a Milei

El Gobierno español ha decidido este domingo llamar a consultas 'sine die' a la embajadora en Argentina, María Jesús Alonso, después de que el...

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América Economía

América Economía

Boluarte viajará a China en junio de este año

Está previsto que la presidenta Dina Boluarte viaje a China en junio para una reunión crucial con el presidente Xi Jinping, según anunció el...

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América Economía

América Economía

What About the Palestinian Hostages?

Dr. Adnan Al-Bursh was the head of the orthopedic wing at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. During the war, he had to wander from one hospital to the...

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Haaretz

Gideon Levy

Netanyahu's Gaga Government Is Gripped by Group Insanity

Of all the responses to Defense Minister Yoav Gallant's remarks Wednesday, I was particularly struck by that of Justice Minister Yariv Levin. "The...

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Haaretz

Carolina Landsmann

(POGLED) Zato smo vsi Julian Assange

Ob mednarodnem dnevu svobode medijev, 3. maja, je bilo tudi letos boleče spremljati, kako malo medijev je omenjalo Juliana Assangea,...

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Večer

Urška Breznik

Rod(ko)* in nebinarne lasagne

Bilten majskih dogodkov se je začel s tem, da je sarajevska Filharmonija igrala Beethovna. Nikoli nisem bil posebno navdušen nad priložnostnimi...

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Dnevnik

Ahmed Burić

The right of return beyond the nation-state

Commentary. The forced displacement of about 80 percent of Gaza's inhabitants and the destruction of the entire Strip have provided the most brutal...

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Il Manifesto Global

Ruba Salih

Naples restricts access to public beaches for securitarian reasons

Analysis. Two small public beaches will now require reservations 24 hours in advance and older teenagers will not be allowed unaccompanied. written...

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Il Manifesto Global

Fabrizio Geremicca

Iran’s Raisi confirmed dead in helicopter crash near Azerbaijan border

Officials declare deaths of president and foreign minister after lengthy overnight search in difficult conditions; Hamas conveys ‘deepest...

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The Times of Israel

Agencies

VOX POPULI: Recalling the craftsmanship of Canadian author Alice Munro

In Alice Munro’s short stories, the lives of seemingly ordinary women begin to change due to small, seemingly unimportant coincidences. Stories...

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The Asahi Shimbun

The Asahi Shimbun

EDITORIAL: 15 years in, lay judge system is at a crossroads and needs reform

Fifteen years after the introduction of the citizen judge system, we need to ask whether we are making the most of this valuable connection between...

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The Asahi Shimbun

The Asahi Shimbun

In the kitchen with Mama

As an older, single male person, Korean friends and acquaintances often ask me what I do for my meals. This morning, a doctor who examined me asked,...

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The Korea Times

Steven L. Shields

AI-powered new renaissance requires more critical thinkers

Daniel Shin Critical thinking plays a crucial role in the age of AI for several reasons. It empowers us to analyze, evaluate and synthesize...

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The Korea Times

Daniel Shin

An urban farmer

I received some flowers from one of my acquaintances some days ago. I put them in a transparent cup. The flowers in the cup vase withered as time...

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The Korea Times

Lee Nan-Hee

Japan can draw foreign startups by fostering community support

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Nikkei Asian Review

Takashi Kumon

Senegal: from prison cell to the presidency Part Three: What's next? The West on standby

In the area of foreign policy, the most serious step the new head of state plans to take is to reassess relations with the former metropolis....

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New Eastern Outlook

Viktor Goncharov

Meloni is selling out Italy’s national services to private firms

Commentary. In order to raise a little bit of cash today and buy the electoral favor of the categories whose taxes they intend to lower, Giorgetti...

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Il Manifesto Global

Stefano Ungaro

إعلان فك الارتباط في ذكراه الثلاثين

في 21 مايو/أيار 1994 أعلن الرئيس الأسبق علي سالم البيض فك الارتباط بين جمهورية اليمن...

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العين الإخبارية

هاني سالم مسهور

التفكير المبادر في السياسة العربية

المبادرة التي خرج بها "إعلان البحرين" الصادر عن القمة العربية العادية الـ33 التي...

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العين الإخبارية

محمد خلفان الصوافي

Peace activists descend on West Bank crossing to thwart extremists blocking aid trucks

Ben Gvir criticizes use of police to secure humanitarian aid trucks, says he ‘understands pain’ of extremists who stopped aid convoys in West Bank...

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The Times of Israel

Jeremy Sharon

IDF releases Hamas propaganda video recovered from Gaza of former child hostage

Short clip shows Ela Elyakim, 8, identifying herself and asking for freedom; family ‘asked us to share it with the world to expose Hamas’s...

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The Times of Israel

Emanuel Fabian

IDF announces death of officer seriously wounded fighting in northern Gaza

Ground offensive toll rises to 283; military says it killed senior Hamas operative involved in smuggling arms, sourcing funds for terror group

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The Times of Israel

Emanuel Fabian

Jewish American widower channels post-Oct. 7 Israeli grief in new film

Influencer and producer Rob Mor reflects on loss, his Judaism and how to process death

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The Times of Israel

Jessica Steinberg

Coalition tensions, enlistment bill loom large as Knesset set to reconvene Monday

New legislative session will focus on war-related legislation as arguments over ultra-Orthodox service, postwar order in Gaza threaten future of...

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The Times of Israel

Sam Sokol

Uprooted: Aharona Sadan, 77, from Kibbutz Dafna. This is her story

Retired mother of four who evacuated to Givatayim and Tiberias before returning to Dafna ● This is her story

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The Times of Israel

Tamar Mor Sela

The Power of Disappointment

Great disappointment can be a challenge to overcome yet lead to positive change.

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Psychology Today

Katherine Marshall Woods Psy.d

Ebrahim Raisi, 63, ‘Butcher of Tehran’ and Khamenei protégé who died in chopper crash

Potential successor to supreme leader oversaw wave of executions in 1988; as president, he led bloody repression of Mahsa Amini protests in 2022,...

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The Times of Israel

Agencies

How would a US-Saudi civil nuclear deal work, and what are the challenges?

Conceived as part of wider Mideast deal that includes Israeli-Saudi normalization, nuclear program would be subject to nonproliferation conditions

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The Times of Israel

Reuters

What Do You Call People Who Fight on Their Own Land Against Foreign Soldiers?

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Haaretz

Amira Hass

Grasping industrial policy in the age of economic security

Japan and the United States are committed to working together to promote and protect key emerging technologies — a deepening cooperation...

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The Japan Times

Yoshiyuki Sagara

The battle of ministries in Putin’s Russia

In Russia, if a public figure is being prosecuted or punished, two things used to be true: They oppose President Vladimir Putin’s rule or his...

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The Japan Times

Nina L. Khrushcheva

BOJ Gov. Ueda finally toughens message on the weak yen

Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda is starting to take some ownership of the weak yen — not before time. The end of negative interest rates, a step rich...

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The Japan Times

Daniel Moss

Impunity in Gaza is a threat to the international order

The grim milestone of seven months has passed since Israel started its military offensive in Gaza in response to Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack — and there...

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The Japan Times

Saul J. Takahashi

The Middle East and its immediate future

The criminal war being waged by Israel in Gaza may be coming to an end as the Israeli military advances to capture Rafah in the southern Gaza...

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New Eastern Outlook

Viktor Mikhin

Nakba commemoration is taking on a new meaning

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Middle East Monitor

Dr Amira Abo El-Fetouh

How will Taiwan's new leader shape relations with China?

All eyes are on Beijing to see how it will react to Taiwan's newly inaugurated president, William Lai Ching-te, whom China views as a "dangerous...

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Deutsche Welle

Yuchen Li

A United States of Europe

By 1941, as most European states were under the yoke of authoritarian or fascist regimes, and Nazi troops had just occupied France and were moving...

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Aeon

Fernanda Gallo

Plunge into a black hole

This NASA simulation lets viewers into the extraordinary spectacle of entering a blackhole (minus the spaghettification) - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

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Aeon

Aeon Video

Top Biden aide arrives in Saudi Arabia, meets with crown prince ahead of Israel visit

Lapid urges police action after hostage families, relatives of Oct. 7 victims face violence at protest * Hundreds demonstrate against Israel at...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Gantz sets June 8 deadline for PM to make post-war plan, or he’ll bolt coalition

Minister lists 6 key goals including alternative to Hamas rule in Gaza, return of hostages, Saudi normalization; Netanyahu’s office: He should...

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The Times of Israel

Lazar Berman

The Singapore-China ties Lawrence Wong inherits from Lee Hsien Loong

Under Lee, bilateral ties were upgraded through economic initiatives and dialogue platforms – despite occasional political hiccups.

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South China Morning Post

Dylan Loh

Bennett says he regrets ‘stupid’ 2021 election pledge not to sit with certain parties

Noting his broken vow not to join a government led by Lapid, former PM says he formed multi-party coalition to bring Israel out of electoral...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Ultra-Orthodox travel addict reveals visits to Iran, Iraq, other enemy states

Israeli Avi Gold claims to have been to 129 countries, including some with no diplomatic ties to Israel; says most people he meets are intrigued by...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

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