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Podcast: How women are still building – and leading – Hadassah Mt. Scopus Hospital

We’re marking International Women’s Day by talking about leadership, important developments in women’s health and how the #metoo movement has affected the field of gynecology

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Russia’s War on Ukraine Has Created Over 1 Million Refugees in Just a Week

Many people fleeing the country have headed to Poland. It has taken a procession of volunteers on both sides of the border to manage the continent’s biggest refugee crisis since World War II.

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Putin Thought Ukraine Would Fall Quickly. An Airport Battle Proved Him Wrong.

Russia wanted to use Hostomel Airport outside Kyiv to bring troops directly to the capital. A band of Ukrainian soldiers fought to keep the Russians from using the landing strip, forcing them to move soldiers and supplies over land.

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France’s Macron Declares Run for Re-Election

The announcement kicks off a campaign that has been overshadowed by the war in Ukraine, a conflict in which the president’s diplomatic efforts have lifted his political standing.

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Iran, U.S. Close to Reviving Iranian Nuclear Deal

Talks advance in Vienna while U.N. atomic agency reports Iran has almost enough near-weapons-grade nuclear fuel for a bomb.

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Tens of thousands of Ukrainians can stay in the U.S. without fear of deportation

The Biden administration will grant temporary protection from deportation to tens of thousands of Ukrainians who are already living in the U.S., the Department of Homeland Security announced. (Image credit: David Zalubowski/AP)

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Russians seize nuclear plant after attack, Ukrainian officials say

The head of the U.N. atomic watchdog says there had been no release of radioactive material following a projectile hitting a building at the plant facility. (Image credit: Olexander Prokopenko/AP)

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Russian troops are attacking Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant

Russian troops appear to be at the entrance of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant and are engaged in active combat. Footage shows what looks like a fire in one of its administrative buildings.

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Putin’s war on Ukraine, explained

Understand the current conflict’s history in less than 10 minutes. On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a military invasion of Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin called it a “special military operation.” But the scale of the attack shows this is

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The Supreme Court hands the CIA a victory in a horrid case about torture

CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia. | Charles Ommanney/Getty Images The CIA’s worst-kept secret will remain a “state secret.” There’s no reasonable doubt that Zayn al-Abidin Muhammad Husayn, a Palestinian man who is often referred to as “Abu Zubaydah,” was held

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