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Millions vote in India's grueling election

Millions vote in India's grueling election

Millions of Indians are voting in the next-to-last round of a grueling national election in the searing summer heat. The combined opposition is trying to rattle Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s campaign for a third-consecutive term for himself and his Hindu nationalist party. 
by The Associated Press

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The top U.N. court has ordered Israel to stop its Rafah military operation

The top U.N. court has ordered Israel to stop its Rafah military operation

The United Nations’ highest court ordered Israel Friday to halt its offensive in Rafah, citing “immense risk” to the population of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians who have sought refuge in the southern Gaza city. But the court did not call for an end to Israel’s wider offensive across the Gaza Strip.
by NPR Staff

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Norway, Ireland and Spain say they are recognizing a Palestinian state, deepening Israel's isolation

Norway, Ireland and Spain say they are recognizing a Palestinian state, deepening Israel's isolation

Palestinians welcomed the announcements as an affirmation of their decades-long quest for statehood in east Jerusalem, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip — territories Israel seized in the 1967 Mideast war and still controls.
by The Associated Press

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Investment firms named in U of M disclosure, divestment supporters request increased transparency

Investment firms named in U of M disclosure, divestment supporters request increased transparency

The University of Minnesota shared additional investment fund information in response to student coalition demands. The list of investment funds totals more than $518 million. Some students have concerns. 
by Melissa Olson

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Minnesota’s top elected officials hear calls for divestment at state board meeting

Minnesota’s top elected officials hear calls for divestment at state board meeting

Protesters seeking to have the state of Minnesota end any investments in Israeli companies and weapons manufacturers had a chance to directly address the state’s top elected officials on Tuesday.
by Estelle Timar-Wilcox

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1 dead, others injured after London-Singapore flight hit severe turbulence, Singapore Airlines says

1 dead, others injured after London-Singapore flight hit severe turbulence, Singapore Airlines says

One person has died aboard a London-Singapore flight that encountered severe turbulence, Singapore Airlines said Tuesday, in which the plane apparently plummeted for a number of minutes before it was diverted to Bangkok.
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Carleton College students face disciplinary action after pro-Palestinian occupation

Carleton College students face disciplinary action after pro-Palestinian occupation

Twelve Carleton students are facing disciplinary action after they remained in Laird Hall, a campus building, during a protest occupation. The students were demanding the university divest from companies manufacturing weapons being used in the war in Gaza.
by Anika Besst

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Iran President Ebrahim Raisi, supreme leader's protégé, dies at 63 in helicopter crash

Iran President Ebrahim Raisi, supreme leader's protégé, dies at 63 in helicopter crash

Raisi's sudden death, along with Iran's foreign minister and other officials in the helicopter crash Sunday in northwestern Iran, came as Iran struggles with internal dissent and its relations with the wider world. A cleric first, Raisi once kissed the Quran, the Islamic holy book, before the United Nations and spoke more like a preacher than a statesman when addressing the world.
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