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Biden calls reports of Hamas raping Israeli hostages ‘appalling,’ says world can’t look away

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is calling reports of sexual violence by Hamas militants against Israelis “appalling.” He is urging the world to condemn alleged sexual assaults by militants “without equivocation.” He spoke out Tuesday at a Boston campaign fundraiser. At the same time, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

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Taliban’s abusive education policies harm boys as well as girls in Afghanistan, rights group says

By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A rights group says the Taliban’s education policies are harming boys as well as girls in Afghanistan. The Taliban have been globally condemned for banning girls and women from secondary school and higher education, but there has been less attention to the impact on boys’ education. That’s

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More bodies found after sudden eruption of Indonesia’s Mount Marapi, raising confirmed toll to 23

By MARDI ROSA TANJUNG Associated Press BATU PALANO, Indonesia (AP) — Rescuers searching the hazardous slopes of Indonesia’s Mount Marapi volcano found the last body of climbers who were caught by a surprise weekend eruption, raising the number of confirmed dead to 23, officials said Wednesday. About 75 climbers started their way up the nearly

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Maduro orders the ‘immediate’ exploitation of oil, gas and mines in Guyana’s Essequibo

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Tuesday directed the country’s state-owned companies to “immediately” begin to explore and exploit the oil, gas and mines in Guyana’s Essequibo region, a territory larger than Greece and rich in oil and minerals that Venezuela claims as its own. The announcement came a day a day

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Ex-Alaska Airlines pilot accused of trying to cut plane’s engines indicted on endangerment charges

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The former Alaska Airlines pilot accused of trying to cut the engines of a Horizon Air flight has been indicted on 84 endangerment charges, but is no longer charged with attempted murder, authorities said Tuesday. The district attorney’s office in Oregon’s Multnomah County, home to Portland, announced the grand jury’s indictment.

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