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U.S. President Biden tells Morehouse graduates that scenes in Gaza from the Israel-Hamas war break his heart, too
President Joe Biden, third from right, poses with alumni of Morehouse College including Montgomery, Ala. Mayor Steven Reed, from left, Birmingham, Ala. Mayor Randall Woodfin, Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., Marlon Kimpson, a member of the advisory committee for trade policy and negotiations in the office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Rep. Sanford Bishop, D-Ga., and John Eaves, former chairman of the Fulton County Board of Commissioners, upon arriving at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Saturday, May 18, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Evening Update: Ontario child dies from measles; Dead American identified as killer of four Calgary women
A vaccine refrigerator unit with vaccines including a Tetanus vaccine and the Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR) vaccine at a primary care physicians office at the Group Health Centre in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario on April 16, 2024. Deborah Baic/The Globe and Mail
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University of B.C. president tells Gaza protesters school must remain neutral
The president of the University of British Columbia has responded to a series of demands by pro-Palestinian protesters, telling them the university must remain neutral on the Gaza conflict. People take over a field with tents during a student encampment for Palestine at the University of British Columbia campus in Vancouver, B.C., Monday, April. 29, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
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Israeli military says forces seized bodies of three hostages from Gaza
Passersby observe the photos of hostages held in the Gaza Strip that are plastered to the walls of a plaza known as Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, Israel, Friday, May 17, 2024. The Israeli military said Friday its forces rescued from Gaza the remains of three Israeli hostages taken by militants during the Oct. 7 attack, including 22-year-old German-Israeli Shani Louk, 28-year-old Amit Buskila, and 56-year-old Itzhak Gelerenter. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty).
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Israel denies genocide charges, tells World Court it is doing all it can to protect civilians in Gaza
Court judges take part in a session in which Israel's legal team presented its response to South Africa's request of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, on May 17, 2024. Israel lashed out on May 17, 2024, at South Africa's case before the UN's top court, describing it as "totally divorced" from reality, as Pretoria urges judges to order a ceasefire in Gaza. Pretoria has petitioned the ICJ to order a stop to the Israeli assault on the Gaza city of Rafah, which Israel says is key to eliminating Hamas militants. (Photo by Nick Gammon / AFP) (Photo by NICK GAMMON/AFP via Getty Images)
opinion
Why does this union leader tweet so much about Gaza, and so little about wages?
Tony Keller
world
Israeli hostage to UN: We can’t normalize this unprecedented terror
This undated family photo provided by Rachel Gur shows Shoshan Haran and her grandchildren, Naveh Shoham and Yahel Shoham. All three are believed to be hostages in Gaza in the wake of the Hamas attack on Kibbutz Be'eri. (Rachel Gur via AP)
politics
Canada imposes sanctions on four Israeli settlers accused of violence against Palestinians
Minister of Foreign Affairs Melanie Joly rises during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, May 9, 2024. Canada’s foreign affairs minister is embarking on a five-day trip to the Middle East and the Mediterranean where she will focus on peacekeeping and aid. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
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Evening Update: Drop drug decriminalization request, Ontario warns Toronto
Toronto is asking the federal government to decriminalize all drugs for personal use in the city and for all people, including youth, as it lays out a model that goes further than what Health Canada approved in British Columbia. A tested supply of cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine is readied for distribution to drug users n Vancouver, on Wednesday, February 9, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
analysis
After decades of support, Israel now finds itself with few allies
Tents are set up by displaced Palestinians amid the devastation in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on May 16, 2024, as the conflict between Israel and the militant group Hamas continues. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)
opinion
Beneath the bloodshed, a new path to Mideast peace emerges
Doug Saunders
international business
Activists disrupt Lloyds Banking Group’s annual shareholder meeting
FILE PHOTO: General view of signage at a branch of Lloyds bank, in London, Britain October 31, 2021. REUTERS/Tom Nicholson/File Photo
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U.S. military says Gaza pier project is complete and aid will soon flow as Israel-Hamas war rages
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Navy personnel construct a JLOTS, which stands for "Joint Logistics Over-the Shore" temporary pier which will provide a ship-to-shore distribution system to help deliver humanitarian aid into Gaza, in an undated handout picture in the Mediterranean Sea. U.S. Central Command/Handout via REUTERS//File Photo
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Israel moves into north Gaza Hamas stronghold, pounds Rafah without advancing
A smoke plume rises during Israeli bombardment in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip on May 14, 2024 amid the ongoing conflict in the Palestinian territory between Israel and Hamas. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)
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Biden administration is moving ahead on new $1-billion arms sale to Israel, congressional aides say
President Joe Biden, right, sitting next to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, left, speaks at the beginning of his meeting with the Combatant Commanders in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, May 15, 2024, before hosting them for a dinner. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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Evening Update: As wildfire approaches Fort McMurray, Alberta officials hope cooler temps, winds could push the blaze away
This handout image courtesy of Kosar shows smoke and flames from the fire in Fort McMurray on May 14, 2024 as residents from the area of Abasand Heights evacuate the area. Evacuations have been ordered in oil-producing Fort McMurray, Alberta on May 14. Authorities have been bracing for another possibly devastating wildfire season, after Canada's worst ever last year that saw flames burning from coast to coast and charring more than 15 million hectares (37 million acres) of land. (Photo by KOSAR / @superkosar Twitter account / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / HANDOUT / KOSAR " - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS (Photo by KOSAR/@superkosar Twitter account/AFP via Getty Images)
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Netanyahu fends off criticism at home and abroad over lack of postwar plan for Gaza
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a ceremony marking Memorial Day for fallen soldiers of Israel's wars and victims of attacks, at Jerusalem's Mount Herzl military cemetery, May 13, 2024. GIL COHEN-MAGEN/Pool via REUTERS
opinion
The privileged Gaza protesters
Ian Buruma
world
Palestinians across Middle East mark Nakba with eyes on war in Gaza
Protestors carry signs and flags as they march in support of Palestinians in Gaza and to mark the 76th anniversary of the Nakba, in Beirut, Lebanon May 15, 2024. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
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India working to repatriate body of UN staffer killed in Gaza
People walk past a mound of trash and destroyed buildings as behind smoke rises during Israeli bombardment in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip on May 14, 2024 amid the ongoing conflict in the Palestinian territory between Israel and Hamas. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)
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Israelis mark subdued Independence Day under shadow of war in Gaza
Draped in an Israeli flag a kid walks barefoot on the grass during Israel's Independence Day celebrations at a park in Tel Aviv, Tuesday, May 14, 2024. Israelis are marking 76 years since Israel's creation. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg).
opinion
Are the campus protests just noise? A look back at the anti-apartheid movement offers insights
Daniel Manulak
world
Palestinians in Israel demand refugee return on ‘Nakba’ anniversary
Palestinians living in Israel hold Palestinian flags as they take part in the annual Return March to mark the 76th anniversary of the Nakba, the "catastrophe" of their mass dispossession in the 1948 war surrounding Israel’s creation, near Haifa, in northern Israel, May 14, 2024. REUTERS/Ammar Awad TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
opinion
For Palestinians, the disaster unfolding in Rafah triggers painful memories
Raja G. Khouri
world
Israeli tanks push deeper into Rafah, battles rage in northern Gaza
Qatar's Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani looks on as he attends a press conference with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, during Blinken's week-long trip aimed at calming tensions across the Middle East, in Doha, Qatar, January 7, 2024. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/Pool/ File Photo
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Joe Biden’s administration says it doesn’t believe genocide is occurring in Gaza
U.S. White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan speaks during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 24, 2024. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
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Jerry Seinfeld speech at Duke commencement prompts walkout protesting his support for Israel
(FILES) Jerry Seinfeld poses on the red carpet for the 21st Annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, on October 21, 2018. Dozens of students walked out of Duke University's graduation ceremony on May 12, 2024 as comedian Jerry Seinfeld, who has vocally supported Israel over its war in Gaza, received an honorary doctorate, videos posted on social media showed. (Photo by Andrew CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)
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A combustible Cannes is set to unfurl with ‘Furiosa,’ ‘Megalopolis’ and a #MeToo reckoning
FILE - Francis Ford Coppola arrives at the Oscars on Sunday, March 27, 2022, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Coppola's film, "Megalopolis" will compete at the 77th Cannes Film Festival. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
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U.S. campus Gaza rallies may subside, but experts see possible ‘hot summer of protest’
FILE - Demonstrators gather on the UCLA campus, after nighttime clashes between pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian groups, Wednesday, May 1, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
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Israel pushes deeper into Rafah and battles a regrouping Hamas in northern Gaza
A Palestinian man makes his way as he flees Rafah after Israeli forces launched a ground and air operation in the eastern part of the southern Gaza city, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip May 12, 2024. REUTERS/Hatem Khaled
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Western Canada: Police action and arrests at University of Calgary change the tone for protests over Gaza war on Canadian campuses
Pro-Palestinian supporters face-off with police near an encampment at the University of Calgary in Calgary, Thursday, May 9, 2024.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Israel orders new evacuations in the southern Gaza city of Rafah as it prepares to expand operations
People ride on a vehicle loaded with belongings, as Palestinians prepare to evacuate, after Israeli forces launched a ground and air operation in the eastern part of Rafah, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, May 11, 2024. REUTERS/Hatem Khaled
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UN General Assembly backs Palestinian bid for membership
Palestinian Ambassador to the United Nations Riyad Mansour speaks during a special session of the UN General Assembly regarding the Palestinian bid for full membership to the UN, at UN headquarters in New York City on May 10, 2024. A veto from the United States during an April 18, 2024 UN Security Council meeting previously foiled the Palestinians' drive for full UN membership. (Photo by Charly TRIBALLEAU / AFP) (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images)
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U.S. says Israel’s use of U.S. arms likely violated international law, but evidence is incomplete
United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks at the RSA Conference in San Francisco, Monday, May 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
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For many Israelis and Palestinians, Benjamin Netanyahu, Mahmoud Abbas are an obstacle to peace
FILE PHOTO: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speak during an event about the Middle East peace talks in the East Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., September 1, 2010. REUTERS/Jim Young/File Photo
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UN agency closes compound in East Jerusalem after arson
United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) Affairs Director in the West Bank Adam Boulokos visits the agency's headquarters in east Jerusalem where the traces of a fire are visible after "Israeli extremists" reportedly set ablaze the perimeter of the building on May 10, 2024. The attack came after two months of "Israeli extremists staging protests outside the UNRWA compound", agency chief Philippe Lazzarini said on X (formerly Twitter). (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP) (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images)