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Here’s What We Know About the Israeli Hostages Released on Sunday

The group included several children, including a 4-year-old Israeli-American girl, and a Russian-Israeli who is the first man to be released.

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2023’s word of the year is the real deal

Authentic cuisine. Authentic voice. Authentic self. Authenticity as artifice. Lookups for the word are routinely heavy on the dictionary company’s site but were boosted to new heights throughout the year.

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Police arrest suspect in Burlington shooting of 3 men of Palestinian descent

Police Chief Jon Murad says a white man with a gun approached the trio, who were walking, and fired at least four rounds before fleeing. Murad says the shooting may have been a hate crime.

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Up First briefing: Israel and Hamas could extend truce; COP28 begins this week

Hamas and Israel hint at extending their truce as more hostages are planned to be freed. Annual climate negotiations begin this week in Dubai. (Image credit: Fadel Senna/AFP via Getty Images)

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UAE plotted to use COP28 to push for oil and gas deals, leaked notes show – POLITICO Europe

UAE plotted to use COP28 to push for oil and gas deals, leaked notes show  POLITICO Europe Everything you need to know about the COP28 climate change meeting  NPR COP28: UAE planned to use climate talks to make oil deals  BBC.com We cannot

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New Zealand Scraps the World’s First Generational Smoking Ban. Here’s What to Know

New Zealand has scrapped the world’s first generational smoking ban, a year after the country passed the legislation. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, who was sworn in on Monday, announced his decision to repeal the tobacco restrictions before they ever came

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In Countdown to Iowa, Trump Is Coasting, as DeSantis and Haley Clash

The former president’s chief rivals are running low on time to make a statement in Iowa’s caucuses, which could determine whether the Republicans’ nominating contest is seriously contested at all.

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Elon Musk Visits Israel Amid Criticism Over Antisemitic Content on X

The entrepreneur visited a kibbutz attacked by Hamas together with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. He will later meet the Israeli president and relatives of some Gaza hostages.

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Talks to Extend Israel-Hamas Truce Go Down to the Wire

Israel and Hamas mediators work to draft a fresh list of hostages to be freed in the final hours of the four-day truce.

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Storm leaves thousands without power in Crimea

Over 400,000 people in Crimea were left without power on Monday, after hurricane force winds and heavy rains battered the Russian-annexed peninsula over the weekend. One local official said a man on the peninsula’s southern coast was killed, according to

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