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Starving Gaza, Still Smoking: Cigarette Smugglers Thrive Under The Blockade

Even though Israel has blocked humanitarian aid and food from entering Gaza, smugglers seem to find away to get in cigarettes.

As famine grips Gaza under Israel’s blockade, drones drop cartons of cigarettes and hookah tobacco into the Strip. Lebanon-based journalism platform Daraj investigates the perverse profiteering that thrives in war zones, exposing how tobacco continues to flow even as food and medicine are denied.

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Two Israeli Embassy Staff Shot Down In D.C., Trump “Ambushes” Ramaphosa, Dutch Cyber Precaution

A police officer cordons off the perimeter outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., after two Israeli Embassy staff members were shot dead. Authorities have arrested a suspect, and the FBI is investigating the incident as a possible act of antisemitic terrorism.
A police officer cordons off the perimeter outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., after two Israeli Embassy staff members were shot dead. Authorities have arrested a suspect, and the FBI is investigating the incident as a possible act of antisemitic terrorism.

👋 Talofa!* Welcome to Thursday, where a suspect is in custody after a shooting in Washington, D.C., killed two Israeli embassy staff, a White House meeting between South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and Donald Trump goes awry, and today’s quiz question asks what piece of advice the Netherlands has against cyber crime. Meanwhile, as the […]

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Leo XIV’s First Mass, V-Day Celebrations In Moscow, Norway’s Bartering Soccer Fan

Pope Leo XIV celebrating his first mass as pontiff in the Sistine Chapel

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Brief Truce Begins In Ukraine, India Drone Attacks, Sheep Count

India Pakistan Conflict: Shelling From Pakistan Hits India
India says at least 13 people have died in Indian-administered Kashmir as shelling and drone attacks continue across the Line of Control that divides Indian and Pakistani authority in the region. In Pakistan, where more than 30 were killed and dozens more wounded, the Punjab province declared a state of emergency to keep all hospitals open around the clock and leave beds open for those wounded in the cross-border violence.

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Greek banks close, “War of civilization,” Solar Impulse

Greek banks close, "War of civilization," Solar Impulse

Photo: PPI/Zuma GREEK BANK CLOSURES, TUMBLING STOCKS Stocks in Europe, Asia and Australia dropped in early trading today as the world braces for what some fear could be a “black Monday.” A Greek debt default tomorrow appears likely, with the country edging closer to exiting the Eurozone after talks with creditors broke down over the […]

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