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Month: October 2023

Far from Israel, Jews grieve and pray for peace in first Shabbat services since Hamas attack

By The Associated Press Jews in communities far from Israel gathered at synagogues this weekend for their first Shabbat services since Hamas militants attacked Israel, igniting an ongoing war. Rabbis led prayers of peace and shared grief with their congregations. At many synagogues security was tight. PITTSBURGH RABBI SAYS HAMAS ATTACK RESURFACES GENERATIONS OF TRAUMA

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Louvre Museum and Versailles Palace evacuated after bomb threats with France on alert

By ANGELA CHARLTON and JEFFREY SCHAEFFER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The Louvre Museum in Paris and Versailles Palace evacuated visitors and staff Saturday after receiving bomb threats, police said. The French government started deploying 7,000 troops to increase security around the country after a fatal school stabbing by a suspected Islamic extremist. The evacuations

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Journalists hit as Israel fired at Lebanon were clearly marked as press, CNN analysis shows

By Tamara Qiblawi, Sarah El Sirgany, Gianluca Mezzofiore, Allegra Goodwin and AnneClaire Stapleton, CNN Southern Lebanon (CNN) — The journalists were wearing body armor clearly labeled as “press” when Israeli forces struck Lebanon on Friday; the sudden blast killed Reuters journalist Issam Abdallah and wounded at least six others, according to official statements and videos

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¿Cómo y dónde voto en las elecciones presidenciales de Ecuador 2023: documentos, horarios y más

Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — Tras unas elecciones anticipadas atravesadas por la violencia, Ecuador irá a la segunda vuelta el 15 de octubre en la que se enfrentarán Luisa González y Daniel Noboa. La candidata correísta del Movimiento Revolución Ciudadana fue la ganadora de la primera vuelta al recibir la mayoría de votos. Según los

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Australians vote No in referendum that promised change for First Nations people but couldn’t deliver

By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — With a two-letter word, Australians struck down the first attempt at constitutional change in 24 years, a move experts say will inflict lasting damage on First Nations people and suspend any hopes of modernizing the nation’s founding document. Preliminary results from the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) suggested

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Fierce fighting persists in Ukraine’s east as Kyiv reports nonstop assaults by Russia on a key city

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian officials reported intense combat as Russian forces relentlessly assaulted the eastern Ukrainian city of Avdiivka for a fifth consecutive day Saturday. City leader Vitalii Barabash reported that Moscow was deploying additional forces to encircle the strategically important city in the eastern Donetsk region, situated just north of the Russian-held regional

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