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Israel Has Finally Released These Two Global Sumud Flotilla Activists After Detaining Them For Nearly Two Weeks Without Charges
The Freedom Flotilla Coalition said the release without charges proved Israel never had a case.
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Taiwan's Largest Beauty Clinic Chain Is Being Investigated After Hidden Cameras Were Found In All 18 Branches
On May 6, authorities raided all 18 Airlee branches and found pinhole cameras disguised as smoke detectors in every one of them.
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The Strokes Ended Their Coachella Performance By Slamming US Foreign Intervention, Including In Gaza
The vocalist Julian Casablancas repeated the song's chorus “What side are you standing on?” as the screen faded to black.
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Turkey Has Been Rocked By Two School Shootings In Just Two Days, Killing 10 People, Mostly Children
School shootings are extremely rare in Turkey, which has strict gun laws requiring licensing, background checks and severe penalties for illegal possession.
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In A Historic Landslide, People In Hungary Have Voted Out The Far-Right Prime Minister Who Ruled For 16 Years
People in Hungary voted out Orbán, giving the opposition Tisza party 138 of 199 seats in parliament, or 53.6% of the vote.
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Netanyahu Has Said Israel's War With Iran Is “Not Yet Over” Despite The Two-Week Ceasefire
Netanyahu said Israel had achieved "historic achievements," but the war against Iran is not finished.
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South Korea Held A "Space Out" Competition Where People Compete To Be The Most Zoned Out
The founder Woops Yang told Alomst she wanted people to realize time spent doing nothing is also valuable.
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Israel Has Targeted And Killed Another Al Jazeera Journalist In Gaza By Bombing His Car
Al Jazeera said it will pursue “all necessary legal action to prosecute those responsible for the killing of its correspondents and staff in Gaza.”
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Punch, The Japanese Baby Monkey Who Clung To His Orangutan Plushie, Has Finally Started Making Friends
Two months later, Punch had slowly made progress in integrating with the troop and outgrown his plushie.
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Gen Z In China Have Turned Kris Jenner Into A Huge Meme As An Icon To Manifest Wealth
Jenner herself has even responded, commenting “You’re all doing amazing, sweetie!” on a video about the trend.
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Trump Said The US Is Negotiating With Iran And Will “Obliterate” Its Oil If It Doesn’t Open The Strait Of Hormuz
“We will conclude our lovely “stay” in Iran by blowing up and completely obliterating all of their Electric Generating Plants, Oil Wells and Kharg Island (and possibly all desalinization plants!” Trump wrote.
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Yemen Houthis Are Now Attacking Israel To Retaliate Against The US And Israel's War On Iran
The Houthis said that its attacks would continue "until the aggression against all fronts of the resistance ceases."