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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. The Netanyahu government saw the release of the subtitled three-minute clip to national and international media as an oppor

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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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  • BusinessThe Independent

    Red Lobster employee sues chain saying she was laid-off without notice amid 50 restaurant closures

    Red Lobster filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy on 20 May

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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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  • BusinessMarketWatch

    The stock market has already chosen a winner in the 2024 presidential election

    ‘It’s the stock market, stupid,’ and that’s why the Dow Jones Industrial Average is a surprisingly reliable election predictor.

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  • WorldCNN

    Indian teen allegedly kills two while drunk driving. As punishment, he was told to write an essay

    Anger is growing in India after a teenager who allegedly killed two people while drunk driving was ordered to write an essay as punishment, with many demanding a harsher penalty and accusing the judiciary of leniency.

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  • WorldReuters

    Norway to block entry for most Russian tourists, Moscow says it will respond

    OSLO (Reuters) -Norway will further curb access for Russian tourist travellers due to the ongoing war in Ukraine, blocking almost all entry from May 29, the Nordic country's justice ministry said on Thursday. Russia called the decision "purely discriminatory" and said it would respond. Norway, a NATO member that shares a border with Russia in the Arctic measuring almost 200 km (124 miles), first imposed restrictions on Russian tourist visas in 2022, shortly after Russia began a full-scale inva

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