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Israel and Hamas agreed to pause the war to permit the vaccination of 640,000 children in Gaza. It will be a daunting effort for health workers. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/8Nu9HVo via IFTTT

Israel and Hamas have agreed to brief pauses in fighting so that humanitarian workers can begin an inoculation campaign. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/NXFwjAB via IFTTT

The Israeli military asked the public not to speculate, but many Israelis assumed the announcement referred to dead hostages. The news amplified calls for a cease-fire and hostage-release deal. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/EcMZtHa via IFTTT

Israel and Hamas have agreed to brief pauses in fighting so that humanitarian workers can begin an inoculation campaign. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/drzbQEM via IFTTT

The tribute to Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, who is considered the founder of Singapore, has raised questions about how the wealthy city-state perceives its history. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/Dn3jxgv via IFTTT

His work provided the basis for the worldwide best seller “The Bible Code,” but he later rejected the book as unscientific. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/dcA7hn2 via IFTTT

Starting Sunday, the Israeli military and Hamas will observe brief, staggered pauses in fighting to allow 640,000 Gazan children to be vaccinated, U.N. officials said. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/Sl0pniG via IFTTT

The king, who had been on the throne for 18 years, was praised by New Zealand’s prime minister for his “unwavering commitment to his people.” from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/Z9qasV2 via IFTTT

The militant group was founded in Gaza in the 1980s, but remains far smaller and holds less sway than Hamas. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/QfRCzVt via IFTTT

Plus, a picnic battle on Italy’s beaches. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/NKFklHs via IFTTT

Renewed violence has cast the a spotlight on the territory, where more than 600 Palestinians have been killed in clashes with the Israeli military since Oct. 7. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/fDsgLq2 via IFTTT

The marginalized Bedouin community suffered deaths and abductions during the Hamas-led Oct. 7 attack, and also ache for their Palestinian relatives in Gaza. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/srBSAR4 via IFTTT

The child, who had been visiting the Hecht Museum in Haifa, wanted to know what was in the jar, his father said. He and his family have been invited to return when the artifact is restored. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/LCROzKy via IFTTT

The orchestra faced criticism for canceling a performance by a pianist who spoke about the war. Now a top leader has departed and the ensemble has opened an inquiry. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/EG6RA47 via IFTTT

JD Vance, the Republican vice-presidential nominee, waded into a fight over plans by Gotion, a Chinese battery plant, to build a factory in Michigan. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/4OPWx23 via IFTTT

The Bedouins of the Negev desert suffered painful losses on Oct. 7, but less attention has been focused on their plight than on some of the other victims of the Hamas-led attack. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/A5GsP0a via IFTTT

China has more people 65 or older than any other country, and more and more of them are unattached. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/JEOyj6s via IFTTT

Relief that an eruption of violence across the border between Israel and Lebanon has been contained is tempered by a lack of progress in ending the fighting in Gaza. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/UqtC5fy via IFTTT

Plus, badminton instead of sex. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/QDUcoOR via IFTTT

Relief that an eruption of violence across the border between Israel and Lebanon has been contained is tempered by a lack of progress in ending the fighting in Gaza. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/Axi4qKS via IFTTT

Top officials in the Chinese territory have defended new sex education guidance that critics call regressive. Young people are amused. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/lpCt8Su via IFTTT

The escalating strikes across the Israel-Lebanon border fueled fears of a bigger conflagration, but both sides signaled that they were de-escalating, for now. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/6z2YjXk via IFTTT

Plus, DMZ honey. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/biNtyhf via IFTTT

Some think the drama, “Zero Day,” helps Taiwan confront an increasingly plausible scenario. Others say the show is alarmist and a tool of the government. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/ykFnVjp via IFTTT

Yahya Sinwar’s ability to evade capture or death has denied Israel a military success in a war that began after he planned the Oct. 7 attacks. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/iYtG9XI via IFTTT

Tensions in the Middle East had been high for weeks before Israel and Hezbollah began a more intense series of cross-border attacks early Sunday. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/V4S8kyn via IFTTT

American officials are sending a signal to Iran and its allies, in the form of two aircraft carrier groups and an attack submarine. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/GZFBNQc via IFTTT

Convenience stores are a part of the country’s culture, meaning that the foreign buyout bid for 7-Eleven, the largest chain, could be a hard sell in Japan. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/JkQREMX via IFTTT

Mediators in truce negotiations, including the C.I.A. director and President Biden’s Middle East envoy, are seeking a summit next week to keep the struggling talks alive. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/nFMLlse via IFTTT

American-led mediators secured famine relief for needy areas. But with Sudan’s military failing to attend, a cease-fire was far out of reach. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/8HicvM9 via IFTTT

Winning at the Games sometimes brings unexpected rewards. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/cjTtA2n via IFTTT

The move signaled that Nepal’s new prime minister, who has cultivated ties with China, would continue on that path. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/Gb3QEOx via IFTTT

As the Israeli military ordered people to leave parts of central and southern Gaza, a surgeon said that hospital workers were asking, “Where can we go, what are we going to do?” from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/TVOBwPi via IFTTT

The revelation raised new questions about how the hostages were killed while in captivity. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/PME1Fj0 via IFTTT

Plus, saying goodbye to a penguin and an icon. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/JGXA60K via IFTTT

Extended families, hospital staff and volunteers are stepping in to care for Gaza’s many newly orphaned children, some of whom are injured, traumatized and haunted by memories of their parents. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/N8TCJ0n via IFTTT

The strikes, in eastern Lebanon and the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, underscored how months of talks have failed to stop either the war in Gaza or the related conflict along the Lebanese border. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/y1tmecz via IFTTT

Local police sources indicated that the arrest was made at the request of the British authorities, although there was no official confirmation. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/h5gSpiy via IFTTT

The comments from an Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps leader suggested that a widely feared regional conflict might be averted, at least for the moment. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/2f4pUzN via IFTTT

Israeli and Hamas officials have downplayed the idea that a deal could be imminent, saying that mediators’ efforts have not resolved major disputes. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/jtoviDY via IFTTT

Plus, Ukraine’s women take over the work force. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/qLM81Ic via IFTTT

In a classified document approved in March, the president ordered U.S. forces to prepare for possible coordinated nuclear confrontations with Russia, China and North Korea. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/RJ8QrXZ via IFTTT

The two groups described the attack as a suicide bombing, but an Israeli statement did not. If confirmed, it would be the first suicide bombing in Israel in roughly eight years. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/csT90Id via IFTTT

It was not clear if the patient had contracted the new, potentially more deadly strain of the disease, which first appeared outside of Africa last week, in Sweden. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/9cqMLNz via IFTTT

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Japan’s Seven & i Holdings, which operates 85,000 stores, said it had received a bid from the Canadian convenience store chain Alimentation Couche-Tard. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/Uj4NDJT via IFTTT

After the blaze killed 49 migrant workers, a government crackdown focused on building violations — bypassing deeper problems that leave migrants with low wages and unsafe housing across the oil-rich Gulf. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/r9s0gPh via IFTTT

Alarmed by the prospect of increased tariffs on Chinese goods if Donald Trump is elected, some American companies are stockpiling parts and delaying expansions. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/T9n6j0G via IFTTT

Plus, the dark side of Shen Yun from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/JCwjHUG via IFTTT

The secretary of state’s trip comes days after negotiations in Qatar ended without a major breakthrough. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/m5wFvTJ via IFTTT

Residents of the village in the Israeli-occupied West Bank say one Palestinian man was killed by rampaging settlers. Israel’s military confirmed the village was attacked. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/pt8xlcR via IFTTT

Washington says it would defend the South against North Korea with nuclear arms, if need be. But more and more people in the South think it should rely on itself. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/PaS8NId via IFTTT

Top officials from the U.S., Israel, Egypt and Qatar ended two days of talks in Doha aimed at trying to resolve remaining disagreements between Israel and Hamas. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/lWO3pqJ via IFTTT

Secretary General António Guterres’s public comments came just before Gazan health authorities announced the first case of the disease in the enclave in many years. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/mOPLJ6I via IFTTT

The Paris prosecutor’s office said that the diplomat had been struck in the face with the butt of a pistol. The robbery took place in Paris’s affluent 7th arrondissement. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/pEMY193 via IFTTT

She is the oldest panda on record to give birth for the first time. Also unusual: the cubs were naturally conceived, a rarity for the vulnerable species. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/gdt8XrV via IFTTT

The Palestinian Authority said one person was shot dead; the Israeli military said it was investigating and condemned the attack, as did the Israeli prime minister. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/YBcfzJk via IFTTT

Negotiators met in Qatar for the latest round of negotiations on a deal that would end the fighting and perhaps reduce escalating regional tensions, but Hamas did not send representatives. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/3kMqHTw via IFTTT

Plus, with one room, Brazil confronts its racist past. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/Efu5FzZ via IFTTT

WeRide, a $5 billion software maker, is set for an I.P.O. amid geopolitical risks and a rush by Chinese automotive tech firms to raise money in the United States. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/8DkY32a via IFTTT

As tensions in the Middle East escalate, negotiators are set to meet in Qatar to try to reach an agreement to end the war in Gaza. President Biden said he was “not giving up” but that it was “getting harder” to remain optimistic. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/ghIEnxw via IFTTT

Plus, a fake Elon Musk scam. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/LUtuZRp via IFTTT

Israel has severely set back Hamas but will never be able to completely eliminate the group, U.S. officials said. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/lIXKHfG via IFTTT

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Prosecutors argued in court that a group of pro-Palestinian activists who vandalized a site belonging to Elbit, an Israeli arms manufacturer, had committed offenses with a “terrorist connection.” from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/zHk5CBy via IFTTT

A strongly worded statement from the Israeli prime minister’s office accused Yoav Gallant, the defense minister, of harming the chances of reaching a hostage release deal. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/QmNKZWh via IFTTT

The arrest of Lt. Gen. Faiz Hameed is the first time a current or former head of the powerful Inter-Services Intelligence agency faces court-martial proceedings. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/CiKYzG1 via IFTTT

Plus, A.I. is helping piece together an ancient epic. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/AbN6v3f via IFTTT

The recently established U.S.-China Financial Working Group is set to meet for discussions about financial stability and curbing the flow of fentanyl. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/LOVCS6N via IFTTT

Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III spoke with his Israeli counterpart, Yoav Gallant, the Pentagon said. In an unusual disclosure, it said Mr. Austin had ordered a submarine to the Middle East. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/WtkTEVn via IFTTT

More than 200 civilian settlers on a contested island in the South China Sea find themselves on the frontier of a possible conflict with China. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/JPmobeA via IFTTT

Plus, house calls for nomads. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/PKpEzSx via IFTTT

Israeli officials defended the attack on a former school compound, saying Hamas was using it as a base for military operations in Gaza City. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/FBtTRXr via IFTTT

The markings on a pillar in southern Turkey are more than decorations on the stone, a researcher at the University of Edinburgh says. They may memorialize a time when comet fragments struck Earth. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/HpWkNAu via IFTTT

An American pediatrician spent three weeks in one of Gaza’s last functioning hospitals. He shared a record of what he witnessed, including rare footage from inside the hospital, with The New York Times. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/BZX5VnM via IFTTT

Garment exports lifted the country to new heights. But overreliance on that industry also helped bring down Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/InTcRgA via IFTTT

The United States, Egypt and Qatar are trying to restart peace talks between Hamas and Israel, while Israel carries on its operation in Gaza and braces for attacks by Iran and Hezbollah. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/kOb8qPS via IFTTT

Stressing science education, China is outpacing other countries in research fields like battery chemistry, crucial to its lead in electric vehicles. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/Q5yY31x via IFTTT

Israel advised people to stock up on food and water in fortified safe rooms, while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told soldiers that Israel is “prepared for defense, as well as offense.” from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/OgXuaiC via IFTTT

Plus, how Olympians get paid. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/XmwCSpd via IFTTT

Trying to head off a Middle East war, several countries are pressing Iran to temper its retaliation for the assassination of a Hamas leader in Tehran. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/ya13Ost via IFTTT

A young skater’s emergence signals a pivot in the way an Olympic power defines success. But its handling of the table tennis competition suggests old expectations may persist, too. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/0CplDFb via IFTTT

Plus, China’s quest for Olympic gold shifts gears. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/WbhpS26 via IFTTT

A young skater’s emergence signals a pivot in the way an Olympic power defines success. But its handling of the table tennis competition suggests old expectations may persist, too. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/2MSeY1r via IFTTT

Mr. Sinwar, one of the main architects of the Oct. 7 Hamas-led attack on Israel, has spent decades with the militant group, working his way to the top of its leadership. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/EeBZoWl via IFTTT

Plus, how breaking made it to the Olympics. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/0Nm7PLu via IFTTT

As masses of people converged, angry at the killing of protesters, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina insisted that she could hold on, which military leaders said would mean spilling far more blood. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/1Rnhyrd via IFTTT

Israel accused 19 UNRWA employees of playing a role in the Hamas-led raids that set off the war. Investigators cleared 10. The other nine were fired. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/g6oFqYu via IFTTT

Demonstrators defied a curfew, expecting another in a series of bloody crackdowns, but instead Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fled. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/ZghQU04 via IFTTT

Stocks in Asia tumbled, led by Japan, where declines triggered “circuit breakers” meant to calm rapid moves. European and U.S. markets were set for declines. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/g9DwOJF via IFTTT

Foreign employees have become much more visible in Japan. But policies designed only for short-term stays may hurt the country in the global competition for labor. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/2MJwaL7 via IFTTT

Plus, philanthropy with a dark twist. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/G0FwOg6 via IFTTT

The U.S. is trying to stop China from getting Nvidia microchips to advance its military. The private sector is fighting back. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/4i3SsZn via IFTTT

Vice President Kamala Harris has not strayed from President Biden on Israel policy, but she has taken a stronger tone on the suffering of Palestinians. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/i2ukFny via IFTTT

President Biden has expressed concern that the circumstances of the assassination have thrown cease-fire talks into doubt, but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel rejects that idea, officials say. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/X7EHxGt via IFTTT

Mr. Lam had been filling the post of general secretary temporarily since the death of his predecessor in July. Now he is in position to consolidate power. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/gLrz5y0 via IFTTT

The Justice Department and special counsel Robert Mueller investigated whether a Trump adviser was part of an Egyptian plan, never proven, to funnel $10 million to the 2016 Trump campaign. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/2GXKJoi via IFTTT

Few Palestinians appeared to heed Hamas’s call for a “day of anger” to condemn the killing of Ismail Haniyeh and Israel’s bombardment of the enclave. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/hkcLpOU via IFTTT

An investigation determined that missed warning signals and the “catastrophic failure” of a gearbox led to the crash off the coast of Japan in November. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/khV85wr via IFTTT

The Israeli military said it had killed Muhammad Deif, who it called a planner of the Oct. 7 attack on Israel, which would make him the third Iranian-backed militant leader slain in recent days. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/D5bciGo via IFTTT

Plus, how a Hamas leader was assassinated in Iran and a look inside the Olympic Village. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/dPW5kjL via IFTTT

Nasrallah delivered a televised address at the funeral of a Hezbollah commander who was killed in an Israeli strike in suburban Beirut. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/Zp6fcVs via IFTTT