It was almost spring, when the Gestapo came for them. The Gronowskis had planned to escape through the back garden if the worst happened. But […]
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NATO’s Rutte urges more support for Ukraine and backs Trump’s defence budget demand
NATO chief Mark Rutte supported Trump’s push for higher defence budgets and warned that a Russian victory in Ukraine would damage NATO’s credibility and increase […]
Suspected drug gang leader extradited from Morocco to France
Félix Bingui, known as ‘The Cat’, is alleged to be the leader of the Yoda drug gang in Marseille and is wanted on several charges […]
Freed prisoners greeted as heroes in frenetic Ramallah | World News
Around us, a cacophony of sound – the wails of sirens blended with chants, shouts and revving engines. Ramallah is never a quiet city but […]
Changing Tunes – The New York Times
I loved reading about the 27-year-old French pianist Alexandre Kantorow, a rising star in the classical world who’s won major awards, played in the rain […]
Israel Frees 200 Palestinian Prisoners in Second Cease-Fire Exchange
Israel released 200 Palestinian prisoners on Saturday in exchange for four soldiers who were being held hostage by Hamas. Dozens of the prisoners had been […]
Israel and Hamas Dispute Over Hostage Leaves Displaced Palestinians Waiting
Displaced Palestinians in southern and central Gaza were left wondering on Saturday when Israel would permit them to return to their homes in the northern […]
Hamas Choreographs a Show of Force as It Hands Over the Hostages
In a recent interview with an Israeli TV station, Chen Goldstein-Almog, an Israeli hostage released in November 2023, said that when she and her daughter, […]
Mike Hynson, Surfing Star of ‘The Endless Summer,’ Dies at 82
Mike Hynson, who epitomized the image of the bronzed surf god as a star of the hit 1966 surfing documentary “The Endless Summer” and, with […]
U.S. Halt to Foreign Aid Does Not Apply to Arms to Israel and Egypt
A sudden and sweeping halt to U.S. foreign aid by the Trump administration does not apply to weapons support to Israel and Egypt and emergency […]
