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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani Posted A Video Of Him Speaking Mandarin And People Cannot Believe How Good He Is
Duolingo even commented, “How long is your streak?”
Cherry Mohamed
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Israeli Settlers Have Been Besieging Three Palestinian Families In Their Homes In The West Bank For Over A Week
The UN's human rights office called the siege "criminal" and said it was "clearly aimed at forcing" the families to leave.
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Lebanon Has Become The First Country In The Middle East To Abolish The Death Penalty
The law replaces the death penalty with a new sentence called "life imprisonment with aggravated hard labor," a harsher version of a life sentence.
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Syria Has Sentenced Ousted President Bashar Al-Assad To Death In Absentia For War Crimes
A court in Damascus sentenced Bashar and Maher to death in absentia in the first such verdict against Assad or anyone in his inner circle since his government fell.
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A Powerful Magnitude 7.4 Earthquake Has Hit Colombia, Killing At Least 132 People
Colombia's Geological Service said the quake was the strongest to hit the country in more than 10 years.
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Netanyahu Has Rejected Trump's Gaza Peace Plan And Said Israel Will Not Withdraw Until Hamas Disarms
"As long as I am prime minister, a Palestinian state will not be established, not in Gaza and not in the West Bank," Netanyahu said.
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In A Rare Move, Israel Has Charged An Israeli Settler For Killing This Palestinian Activist Featured In “No Other Land”
This marks the first time that Israel has indicted a settler over the killing of a Palestinian in the occupied West Bank since 2019.
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Israel Killing This Lebanese Journalist And Injuring Her Colleague Was A War Crime, Three Investigations Found
Three human rights organizations each released the findings of separate investigations into the attack, all concluding it amounted to a war crime.
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This New Zealand Māori MP Slammed The Government For Making English An Official Language, Calling It A “Bastard” Language
Paul said the Indigenous language had been "beaten out of Māori systematically" through colonization.
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This Popular Mexican Influencer Was Shot And Killed During A TikTok Livestream
Mexican authorities were investigating whether Gastélum’s murder was connected to a faction of a criminal group.
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Gaza Held One Of Its Largest Funerals For 112 Palestinians Recovered Nearly Three Years After Israel Killed Them
Thousands of Palestinians joined a funeral procession through Gaza City's streets, carrying the bodies on stretchers to a cemetery.
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Trump Has Announced That Hamas And Other Palestinian Factions Have Agreed To A Plan To Disarm
Trump called the agreement a “critical step” toward a new Palestinian administration governing Gaza.