As soon as Fred VanVleet went down for what is likely to be the entire 2025-26 NBA season with a torn ACL, panic set in among Houston Rockets fans. The team’s two-way floor general and veteran leader was a major part of their rise to relevance.
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The Blogs: Full hearts and empty chairs | Shira Pasternak Be’eri
Hours after the hostage deal between Israel and Hamas was signed, I understood the meaning of the psalmist’s words: “We were like dreamers.”
After a series of partial hostage releases over the course of two years, the “Trump Deal”…
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France’s Macron unveils new government ahead of budget deadline | Politics News
The new government, led by Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu, must present a 2026 draft budget on Monday.
French President Emmanuel Macron has unveiled a new government after holding marathon talks with newly re-appointed Prime Minister Sebastien…
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The Blogs: One More Year, I Keep Dancing and Choose Strength | Yulia Medovoy Edelshtain
Aging is not for the weak, I thought to myself when the bus jerked forward and I landed hard in the seat on my left hip. October 11, I breathed my first breath in the world. On the Hebrew calendar it is after the holidays, Daled Cheshvan. I…
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His son is due to be released from Gaza imminently. Ilan Dalal is grateful — and not just to Trump.
Hours before Monday’s expected hostage handover, Tal Shoham, who spent more than 500 days in Hamas captivity, and Ilan Dalal, father of hostage Guy Gilboa-Dalal — with whom Shoham was held — expressed gratitude to…
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The Blogs: Hostages Square: A Holy Place of Hope | Avi Weiss
Hostages Square, Tel Aviv: Standing at Hostages Square Kikar Ha’Chatufim – with hundreds of thousands of people last night, the hope was palpable that soon, soon all the hostages would be freed. Yet beneath that hope was worry: that some…
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The Blogs: Where Are the NSC, Tzachi Hanegbi, and the Qatari Dilemma? | Rafi Glick
Years later, on the same political path, he found himself promoting indirect cooperation with that very same Qatar — first in the name of stability, and later under the banner of humanitarian necessity.
This story reveals how Israel’s…
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Gaza Journalist Salih Al-Jaafrawi Killed by Israeli-Backed Armed Group in Southern Gaza
Gaza (QNN)- Journalist Salih Al-Jaafrawi was shot dead on Sunday by Israeli-backed armed militia in southern Gaza.
Al-Jaafrawi came under fire while covering destruction in the Sabra neighborhood. Social media users shared…
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A citizen was killed by the occupation's bullets east of Khan Youn
A citizen was martyred on Sunday evening by the gunfire …
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China blames Trump and US for escalating trade tensions
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