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Anyone but Ben Gvir: One man’s mission to keep a Kahanist out of the Knesset

Spooked by the thought of the right-wing extremist becoming an MK, Yuval Carmel is going door-to-door in right-wing strongholds to convince people to vote for anybody else

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Biden: Cuomo should resign if investigation confirms sexual harassment claims

US president increases pressure on underfire New York governor amid allegations he sexually harassed or behaved inappropriately toward multiple women

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8 People Killed in Atlanta-Area Massage Parlor Shootings

Six of the victims were Asian, the authorities said, raising fears that there may have been a racial motivation to the crimes.

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Uighurs: MPs ‘appalled’ firms can’t guarantee supply chains free of forced labour in China

Companies in the UK “still cannot guarantee that their supply chains are free from forced labour” from the Uighur people in Xinjiang in China, a House of Commons select committee has warned.

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Hundreds of children have been held by Border Patrol for more than 10 days. The legal limit is 72 hours

The sudden surge is leading to conditions reminiscent of those seen during previous increases in crossings in 2018-2019, during which six migrant children died in U.S. government custody.

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Trump encourages his supporters to get ‘great’ COVID vaccine

‘It’s a great vaccine, it’s a safe vaccine and it’s something that works,’ former US president tells Fox, acknowledging high level of vaccine resistance amongst his voters

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Anti-racism advocate/rabbi/rapper publishes contemporary Torah commentary

Black Orthodox Rabbi Shais Rishon examines Judaism’s foundational text with an eye on race and gender within the framework of tradition

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At least 8 killed as shooter targets Asian massage parlors in Atlanta

21-year-old man, identified as Robert Aaron Long, was taken into custody in southwest Georgia hours later after a manhunt

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8 People Killed, Many of Them Asian Women, in Shootings at 3 Atlanta-Area Massage Parlors

(ATLANTA) — Shootings at two massage parlors in Atlanta and one in the suburbs left eight people dead, many of them women of Asian descent, authorities said Tuesday. A 21-year-old man was taken into custody in southwest Georgia hours later

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Aid groups say Islamic extremists behead 11-year-olds in Mozambique

US sending military specialists to train Mozambican army to battle Islamic State-allied group in conflict that has displaced nearly 670,000 people

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