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Iran’s allies are attacking the West. What happens next?
[ad_1] Could the U.S. take a tougher line? While the scale and target of Biden’s promised response is not yet clear, any unilateral move…
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Hezbollah fires rockets at Israel in response to killing of Hamas leader
[ad_1] Lebanese militant group Hezbollah fired dozens of rockets at Israel on Saturday in retaliation for the targeted killing of a Hamas leader in…
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Bulgarian millions, fake paperwork and the ‘cockroach strategy’: How Europe failed to sap Russia’s energy profits
[ad_1] BRUSSELS — In early August, Bulgarian officials spotted something they weren’t sure was legal. Barrels of Russian oil were arriving in the country priced…
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John Kerry warns against carbon capture’s ‘great facade’ as a climate cure-all
[ad_1] DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Some countries at the COP28 climate talks are lying about the potential for capturing the greenhouse gases fossil…
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WTF is the ‘Global Stocktake’? We explain the ‘heart’ of COP28
[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Now the real work starts. The first few…
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Ukraine blows up main railway connection between Russia and China
[ad_1] Ukraine’s security service blew up a railway connection linking Russia to China, in a clandestine strike carried out deep into enemy territory, with…
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Anti-green backlash hovers over COP climate talks
[ad_1] This article is part of the Road to COP special report, presented by SQM. LONDON — World leaders will touch down in Dubai next week for a…
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Leader of Israel’s Labor: Something is ‘very wrong’ on the global left
[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. MÁLAGA, Spain — The leader of Israel’s center-left Labor Party says something…
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Netanyahu scrambles to quell revolt by far right over Gaza fuel
[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. TEL AVIV — Benjamin Netanyahu scrambled to quell a revolt by religious…
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‘Death zone:’ WHO slams situation at Gaza’s al-Shifa hospital
[ad_1] The World Health Organization described Gaza’s al-Shifa hospital as a “death zone,” after a U.N. team visited the largest medical complex in the…
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Europe braces for a winter of two wars
[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. Last winter, Europeans faced exorbitant energy bills as the Continent rapidly weaned…
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Macron pursues nuclear deals in Russia’s back yard
[ad_1] PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron travels on Wednesday to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, where he hopes to secure uranium for his country’s nuclear…
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Israel minister suspended after calling nuking Gaza an option
[ad_1] Israel’s Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu was suspended indefinitely after he said in an interview that dropping a nuclear bomb on the Gaza Strip…
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Aid enters Gaza as Rafah border crossing opens
[ad_1] The Egyptian-controlled Rafah border crossing from the Gaza Strip opened on Saturday morning, letting trucks carrying humanitarian aid into the blockaded enclave, which…
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UN warns of Gaza catastrophe as Israel prepares ground invasion
[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. The ongoing blockade of Gaza has pushed the enclave’s 2.3 million people…
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West’s oil price cap fails to empty Russian war chest
[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. Western efforts to undermine the Kremlin’s war in Ukraine through a price…
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Ukraine puts on brave face as West goes wobbly
[ad_1] The West’s united front on Ukraine is showing more cracks than ever — and Kyiv has little choice but to grin and bear…
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EU, Russia and US held secret talks days before Nagorno-Karabakh blitz
[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. Top officials from the United States and the EU met with their…
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Aid convoys set course for Nagorno-Karabakh under new pact with Azerbaijan
[ad_1] KORNIDZOR, Armenia — Tons of humanitarian aid were en route on Saturday to Nagorno-Karabakh under the terms of a deal struck with the…
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Deal ‘with the devil’: Meet the Cubans who’ve joined Russia’s war on Ukraine
[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. What César really wanted was to get out of Cuba. A bartender…