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Biden: US will not supply Israel with weapons to attack Rafah
New York Times, Published on 09/05/2024
» RACINE — United States President Joe Biden acknowledged Wednesday that American bombs have been used to kill Palestinian civilians as he warned that the US would withhold certain weapons if Israel launches a long-threatened assault in the southern Gaza Strip.
The ‘Devil’s Playground’ of urban combat Israel Is preparing to enter
New York Times, Published on 25/10/2023
» NEW YORK - Heavy fire from rooftops and booby-trapped apartments. Armor-piercing projectiles blowing up troop carriers. Fighters blending in with civilians, launching drone ambushes or surging from tunnels full of enough ammunition, food and water to sustain a long war.
So what do we call Twitter now anyway?
New York Times, Published on 03/08/2023
» SAN FRANCISCO: With a simple name change, Elon Musk has created confusion in social media.
She's a doctor. He was a limo driver. They pitched a $30m arms deal
New York Times, Published on 06/10/2022
» NEW YORK: After falling out with his partner at a limousine company in the St. Louis suburbs, Martin Zlatev recently sought a lucrative new business opportunity: selling $30 million worth of rockets, grenade launchers and ammunition to the Ukrainian military.
US House passes $1tn Infrastructure bill
New York Times, Published on 06/11/2021
» WASHINGTON: The House passed a $1-trillion bill Friday night to rebuild the country’s ageing public works system, fund new climate resilience initiatives and expand access to high-speed internet service, giving final approval to a central plank of President Joe Biden’s economic agenda after a daylong drama that pitted moderate Democrats against progressives.
As Myanmar fighting swells, a desperate flight to the border
New York Times, Published on 28/08/2017
» Intensifying clashes between security forces and insurgents in western Myanmar forced terrified civilians to scramble toward the Bangladesh border Sunday in a desperate search for refuge.
Animal farms fuel cruel, illegal trade in rare wildlife
New York Times, Published on 06/06/2017
» BOKEO PROVINCE, Laos -- The tiger paced back and forth in its cage, groaning mournfully. A second big cat slept soundly in the corner, while a third stared blankly at the bars.
US aircraft carrier not yet near North Korea
New York Times, Published on 19/04/2017
» WASHINGTON - A week after the White House declared a nuclear-powered US aircraft carrier was being re-routed from Singapore to the Sea of Japan, near North Korea, it still has not arrived there.
Amazon's living lab: Re-imagining retail on Seattle streets
Business, New York Times, Published on 25/02/2017
» On a busy stretch of road in this city's Ballard neighbourhood, a curious new grocery store is taking shape -- and so begins another effort by Amazon.com Inc to use the residents of its hometown as guinea pigs.
Make it green next year
New York Times, Published on 10/12/2016
» When the question of what will define 2017 comes up, the response most often includes words such as “Trump” and “populism” and “division” and “anger”.