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  • WorldReuters

    Israel releases film of women soldiers being taken by Hamas on Oct. 7

    JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli television aired previously withheld footage on Wednesday of five pyjama-clad female army conscripts being seized by Hamas gunmen during the Oct. 7 raid that triggered the Gaza war. The captives' families hoped the footage would increase pressure on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to agree a truce with Hamas and secure the hostages' release. "I have friends in Palestine," one of the conscripts, 19-year-old Naama Levy, pleads in English.

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  • BusinessMarketWatch

    ‘Is he trying to bamboozle me?’ My husband wants a divorce after 20 years. He offered his $275,000 401(k) in exchange for our $250,000 house.

    “I used my 401(k) for life expenses because doctors found a parasite behind my husband’s eye.”

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  • BusinessINSIDER

    A woman who won a free Virgin Voyages cruise said she would have to spend $8,000 on flights to claim the prize

    An Australian woman who won a free Virgin Voyages cruise said she will have to pay thousands on flights after her first voyage was canceled.

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  • WorldReuters

    Russia says after Raisi crash that U.S. undermined aviation safety with sanctions

    Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, commenting on the helicopter crash that killed Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, said on Tuesday that U.S. sanctions had worsened aviation safety. Iranian media reported that images from the site showed the U.S.-made Bell 212 helicopter on which Raisi was travelling slammed into a mountain peak, although there was no official word on the cause of the crash. Iran was a major buyer of Bell helicopters under the Shah before the 1979 Islamic revolution, thoug

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  • BusinessCoinMarketCap

    Bitcoin Derivatives Suggest Surges Above $73K, All-Time High Next

    Bitcoin (BTC) experienced a significant surge of 13.80% within the past 7 days, reaching $71,926 on May 21.

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  • WorldCNN

    Pentagon says none of the aid unloaded from US pier off coast of Gaza has been delivered to broader Palestinian population

    None of the aid that has been unloaded from the temporary pier the US constructed off the coast of Gaza has been delivered to the broader Palestinian population, as the US works with the UN and Israel to identify safe delivery routes inside the enclave, the Pentagon said on Tuesday.

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  • WorldAssociated Press

    Sherpa guide Kami Rita climbs Mount Everest for his record 30th time, his second one this month

    Renowned Sherpa mountain guide Kami Rita scaled Mount Everest for a record 30th time Wednesday, completing his second climb this month to the top of the world. Rita reached the 8,849-meter (29,032-foot) summit at 7:49 a.m., according to Khim Lal Gautam, a government official at the base camp. “He is in good health and happy to have achieved this record,” said Mingma Sherpa of the expedition Seven Summits Treks, which organized the expedition.

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