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Bank worker charged with pocketing NIS 114,000 in cash deposited by clients

Sarit Hori worked for three years at Bank Hapoalim’s Tel Aviv cash hub, where customers dropped off money in envelopes

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U.S. Defense Secretary Austin tests positive for COVID-19, symptoms mild

FILE PHOTO: NATO Defence Ministers meeting in Brussels Secretary of Defense  Lloyd Austin said on Sunday he had tested positive for COVID-19 and had mild symptoms during the home quarantine. In a statement on Sunday evening, Austin said he plans

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Beijing Olympic venues – Bird’s Nest, Ice Ribbon and bullet trains

The Beijing Winter Olympics will be spread over three zones and merge new venues with existing ones from the 2008 Games, including the “Bird’s Nest” stadium. With one month to go, AFP Sport looks at where the Olympics will take

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Prince Andrew set for crunch week in US sex assault lawsuit

Britain’s Prince Andrew faces a crucial week in his fight against a sexual assault lawsuit brought in New York by a long-time accuser of late financier Jeffrey Epstein and his onetime partner Ghislaine Maxwell. The release of a legal settlement

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Third Hong Kong news company shutters as media fears grow

Journalists from Hong Kong’s CitizenNews decried plummeting press freedoms as they shut down Monday, saying they no longer felt safe to publish after a rival outlet’s staff were arrested for “sedition”. One of the most popular news websites in Hong

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The Supreme Court Could Let Religious Schools Take Taxpayer Money. Former Students Say That’s a Mistake

The end of high school was one of the worst periods of Noelle Shamlian’s life. In spring 2019, Shamlian, who identifies as nonbinary and bisexual, was just two months shy of graduating Bangor Christian Schools—a private K-12 religious school in

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Omicron teaches hard lessons as U.S. schools revamp return from holidays – Reuters

Omicron teaches hard lessons as U.S. schools revamp return from holidays  Reuters Minnesota Kids Head Back To School Amid COVID Surge  WCCO – CBS Minnesota Omicron variant impacts school districts, as students return to classes in 2022  KNWA Teaching responsibility: What NYC families

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Defector to North Korea likely ex-gymnast who previously escaped, South Korea says – The Washington Post

Defector to North Korea likely ex-gymnast who previously escaped, South Korea says  The Washington Post Man who crossed from South Korea into North Korea presumed to be North Korean defector, Seoul officials say  CNN Seoul Says North Korea Defector Likely Made Rare

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China Is Haunted by One-Child Policy as It Encourages Couples to Conceive

A legacy of China’s one-child policy is a dwindling number of women of childbearing age as well as a generation of only children who are less eager to marry and start a family.

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Defense secretary tests positive for Covid, says his symptoms are mild – NBC News

Defense secretary tests positive for Covid, says his symptoms are mild  NBC News U.S. Defense Secretary Austin tests positive for COVID-19  Reuters Biden Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin tests positive for COVID-19  Fox News Defense Secretary Austin says he has tested positive for Covid-19  CNN

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