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Three Israelis injured, buildings damaged amid rocket fire from Lebanon – Israel News
Three Israelis were lightly injured and a number of buildings suffered damage, as a result of a barrage of 34 rockets that was fired from Lebanon into Israel on Thursday. Of the 34 rockets, 25 were intercepted in the air, while five landed on Israeli territory. The location of four… Continue Reading News Source: www.jpost.com
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France pension protests: One of Macron’s favourite cafes in flames
Protesters against Macron’s plans to raise France’s retirement age have attacked La Rotonde bistro in Paris. The restaurant’s awning caught on fire briefly, before the blaze was put out by emergency workers. President Emmanuel Macron celebrated winning the first round of the 2017 presidential… Continue Reading News Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, April 6
JERUSALEM — Israeli police raided East Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque compound for a second consecutive day, triggering clashes and more rocket launches from Gaza towards southern Israel, Israeli and Palestinian sources said on Thursday. At least six people were reported injured, according to a… Continue Reading News Source: www.bignewsnetwork.com
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Rockets from Lebanon are a green light to encourage escalation on all fronts
Footage of the area where the rocket from Lebanon hit (Video: Gil Nechushtan, Elik Kaplan) The midday rocket attack on northern Israel is believed to be a deliberate move by Palestinian terrorist organizations, encouraged by Iran, to increase tensions in certain areas following the recent unrest… Continue Reading News Source: www.ynetnews.com
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Rocket barrage from Lebanon into northern Israel escalates tensions after Temple Mount clash
(JTA) — Dozens of rockets fired from Lebanon hit Israel’s north in a significant escalation of tensions that followed clashes between Israeli police and Palestinian worshipers at a Jerusalem holy site. Israel’s government-run Kan broadcaster said at least 30 rockets had… Continue Reading News Source: www.jta.org
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Moderna’s CEO Bancel Suggests That Lower Demand For The Covid-19 Vaccine Is A Justification For Quadrupling Of The Price
WASHINGTON, DC – MARCH 22: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Chairman Bernie … [+] Sanders (I-VT) (L) greets Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel before he testifies to the committee in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on March 22, 2023 in Washington, DC. The… Continue Reading News Source: www.forbes.com
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ITV ‘diversity board’ member posts online attack at Starmer’s goodwill message to UK Jews
A member of ITV’s”diversity board” has been accused of making a “gratuitous, misplaced attack on British Jews” after he condemned a tweet Keir Starmer in which the Labour leader sent his “warmest wishes” to the Jewish community ahead of Pesach. Dan White, whose own Twitter… Continue Reading News Source: www.jewishnews.co.uk
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‘Always and Forever with Palestine’: Kuwaiti Fencer Refuses to Face Israeli Opponent at World Championship
Kuwaiti athlete Ahmed Awad. (Photo: via Awad TW Page) By Palestine Chronicle Staff A Kuwaiti athlete announced on Monday his withdrawal from the 2023 Junior and Cadet Fencing World Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, after refusing to face an Israeli opponent. Ahmed Awad said on… Continue Reading News Source: www.palestinechronicle.com
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Researchers find evidence of drug use during Bronze Age ceremonies
Sign up for a full digest of all the best opinions of the week in our Voices Dispatches email Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter Researchers have found evidence of drug use during Bronze Age ceremonies. Analysis of strands of human hair from a burial site in Menorca, Spain, indicates… Continue Reading News…
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Scientists Turned Monkey Stem Cells Into ‘Synthetic Embryos’
Rivron’s laboratory was the first to create these embryo-like structures in 2018. His team showed that mouse stem cells can self-organize into structures that resemble a blastocyst, which forms five or six days after sperm fertilizes an egg. They dubbed the balls of cells “blastoids.”
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