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Israel Palestine Conflict Day 686: Deadlines, Pressure, and the Truce on a Clock
Jerusalem — On Day 686 of the Israel Palestine conflict, the conversation around a fragile Gaza truce widened beyond battlefield metrics to the levers...
Conflicts, Military and War
Russia Ukraine War Day 1336: Blackouts deepen as Kyiv hits Bryansk, ‘Summit Theater’ stalls
KYIV — The first cold breaths of late October moved across the Chernihiv forests before dawn, streetlights were dark, elevators sat idle, phones flickered on...
Russia-Ukraine War Day 1335: Zelenskyy Eyes Budapest Talks, Patriot Missiles Boost...
Moscow — On Day 1,335 of the Russia–Ukraine war, the fighting continued to exact a heavy toll across eastern and northern Ukraine while diplomacy...
Israel Palestine Conflict Day 685: ‘Durable’ ceasefire, thin trust, and the...
Jerusalem — On Day 685 of the Israel Palestine Conflict, the ceasefire that was sold as a reset remains a daily test of will,...
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Israel Palestine Conflict Day 682: Ceasefire by Schedule, Not Speeches
Gaza City — The “pause” staggered into another day that felt less like a ceasefire and more like a timetable written in pencil. Families...
Russia Ukraine war day 1331: Blackouts bite as Budapest summit looms
KYIV — The war’s 1331st day opened with two clocks ticking at different speeds. In Europe, repair crews moved through half-lit neighborhoods, tracing fresh...
Trump balks at supplying Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine in tense Zelenskyy...
Moscow — Russia Ukraine war Day 1330 framed a capital managing rolling blackouts while Washington weighed the next move. Inside the White House, President...
Israel Palestine Conflict Day 681: Rafah Shut, Ceasefire in Tatters
Gaza City — The Israel Palestine Conflict entered another precarious chapter this week as the first phase of a US-brokered ceasefire creaked forward while...
Russia Ukraine war day 1326: Blackouts, refinery blaze, NATO
Mascow — Russia Ukraine war day 1326: A predawn volley of drones and missiles lashed Ukraine’s energy grid and cities for the second straight...
Russia Ukraine war day 1328: Kyiv on reserve power, Kupiansk evacuations
KYIV — Trains rolled through the capital on reserve power, traffic lights blinked out in patches, and water pressure fell in a few neighborhoods...
Israel Palestine Conflict Day 680: Ceasefire Stalls at the Gates
GAZA — Israel Palestine Conflict Day 680, the ceasefire that promised a pivot from war to recovery is straining under the weight of logistics,...
Coffins Test Gaza Truce: Remains Dispute Stalls Deal
JERUSALEM — The deal that promised to stop the gunfire is being judged, in its first days, by what comes home under a white...
Russia Ukraine war day 1330: Kyiv counts the hours between blackout...
KYIV — Ukraine’s worst fears for the winter returned to life in the dark. Before dawn on Thursday, waves of drones and cruise missiles...
Israel Palestine Conflict Day 679: Ceasefire or Chokehold, Gaza Counts the...
GAZA CITY — A week into a ceasefire that has quieted some guns but not the machinery of control, the Israel Palestine conflict sits in...
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Murakami’s Octopus Hijacks Paris, Vuitton’s Artycapucines Stun
PARIS — The octopus appeared first, suspended on the Balcon d’Honneur inside the newly restored Grand Palais, its luminescent tentacles exhaling color into the...
Kate Baldwin to play Roxie, Alex Newell joins Chicago as Mama...
The longest-running American musical on Broadway is adding fresh electricity to its marquee. This November, Chicago at the Ambassador Theatre will welcome two performers...
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