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[ad_1] WASHINGTON – U.S. President Joe Biden and top officials are pushing House Speaker Mike Johnson for a vote on what the White House says is a critically needed funding bill for Ukraine's war against Russia that is opposed by former President Donald Trump.Trump's opposition to the Senate-approved $95.34 billion military aid package for Ukraine and Israel means that it may never be voted on in the Republican-controlled House of […]

[ad_1] Tensions between Israel and Hezbollah intensified on Wednesday when Israeli towns and an army base came under what appeared to be the fiercest attacks from Lebanon since the confrontation began four months ago.The assault, presumed to be carried out by Hezbollah, prompted Israeli fighter jets to launch extensive strikes on the Iran-backed group’s positions.The barrage of missiles from Lebanon hit the town of Safed, about 13 kilometers from the […]

[ad_1] Gaza Strip, Palestinian Territories – Israel vowed on Wednesday to press on with a "powerful" operation in war-torn Gaza's Rafah, even as calls mounted for it to hold off sending troops into the territory's overcrowded far-southern city.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last week ordered the Israeli army to prepare for an incursion into Rafah, where more than 1 million displaced Palestinians are trapped.Netanyahu has come under growing pressure to refrain […]

[ad_1] Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has opted not to send a delegation to Cairo for follow-up talks aimed at securing a cease-fire with Hamas, again dismissing the militant group’s demands as "delusional.”Israel is holding out for Hamas to change its position before taking any further role in negotiations, the PM’s office said Wednesday. The Iran-backed militant group has insisted on the total withdrawal of Israeli troops from the Gaza […]

[ad_1] U.S. President Joe Biden has delivered a fiery response to comments by his predecessor, Donald Trump, that encouraged Moscow to attack certain NATO countries not living up to nonbinding defense spending commitments, while urging Republicans to pass military aid legislation crucial for Ukraine’s fight against Russia."For God's sake, it's dumb, it's shameful, it's dangerous, it's un-American," Biden said during a televised address at the White House on Tuesday intended […]

[ad_1] Naomi Osaka said she had taken a page out of Novak Djokovic's tactical playbook and tweaked her return game at the Qatar Open after the former No. 1 earned back-to-back wins for the first time in almost two years.The 26-year-old struggled to find her rhythm after returning to the circuit last month following a 15-month break from the WTA Tour, during which she had her first child.Osaka lost in […]

[ad_1] Screams of support, cries of anguish and the sweet aroma of bintsuke hair oil filled the air at the Sumida Futsal Arena in Tokyo on Sunday during the inaugural Dream Girls Cup — a sumo tournament for school-age girls that has the backing of the sport’s biggest name.As with the Hakuho Cup for boys, which took place the following day at the nearby Ryogoku Kokugikan, the Dream Girls Cup […]

[ad_1] In January, the Spanish startup TravelPerk closed a funding round suited to today’s austere times. It raised less than it did two years prior, landing on only a slightly higher valuation of $1.4 billion.The surprising part was that TravelPerk’s lead backer was SoftBank, a Japanese investor whose Vision Fund was famous for giving startups outrageous price tags until it racked up immense losses in an investing spree under founder […]

[ad_1] LJUBLJANA, Slovenia – It is now a century since Vladimir Lenin’s death and more than three decades since his Bolshevik project collapsed. But while much of his political life was highly problematic from today’s perspective, his remorseless pragmatism, as one might call it, still has purchase.Recall Lenin’s well-known commitment to “concrete analysis of the concrete situation.” One must avoid both dogmatic fidelity to the cause and unprincipled opportunism. Under […]