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☆ Secondhand e-cigarette aerosols expose kids to less nicotine than cigarettes, study finds, but can still be risky
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-11 | by ( Jen Christensen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

The researchers determined children’s nicotine levels using blood samples taken between 2017 and 2020. The children in the study with the lowest nicotine levels were those who had no exposure to secondhand aerosols of any kind at home. Earlier studies have found similar nicotine exposure among children in homes with cigarette and e-cigarette users. Some of his research has shown much higher nicotine levels in e-cigarette households than in the new study. In 2020, Galiatsatos published what is believed to be the first study to document significant injury in an adult with secondhand e-cigarette exposure.

Persons: Vaping, “, Terry Gordon, ”, Gordon, Dr, Sanjay Gupta, Panagis, Galiatsatos Organizations: CNN, JAMA, National Health, Department of Medicine, CNN Health, American Lung Association

☆ Late Night Finds Democrats Still Supporting Biden
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-10 | by ( Trish Bendix | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Welcome to Best of Late Night, a rundown of the previous night’s highlights that lets you sleep — and lets us get paid to watch comedy. Here are the 50 best movies on Netflix right now. Blowing SmokeCongressional Democrats met in Washington on Tuesday to discuss their concerns about President Biden’s re-election campaign. “People waited all day for white smoke to emerge from the Capitol, signaling a new leader,” Jimmy Fallon said.

Persons: Biden’s, “, ” Jimmy Fallon Organizations: Netflix, Congressional Democrats, Capitol Locations: Washington

☆ Watch fire and smoke engulf Melbourne sky after chemical explosion
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-10 | by ( Hazel Tang | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ 'Fait accompli': Inside Democratic lawmakers' paralysis over Biden
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-10 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

One by one, Democratic members of Congress began to stream out of the Democratic National Committee's headquarters on Tuesday morning. House Democrats had convened to discuss Biden's future. The number of Democratic lawmakers publicly calling for Biden to withdraw remains in the single digits. Rep. Summer Lee wears headphones as she departs House Democrats' meeting at the DNC on Tuesday. On Tuesday afternoon, hours after House Democrats' DNC meeting, Rep. Mikie Sherill of New Jersey became the seventh to call for Biden to step down.

Persons: Steve Cohen, Tennessee, We're, Summer Lee, Mike Quigley of, Biden, Adam Schiff of, Joe Biden's, Mike Quigley, Bryan Metzger, he's, John McDonnell, He's, —, Greg Landsman, Ohio, Landsman, Dean Phillips, Phillips, Mike Mansfield, Lyndon B, they're, it's, Chuck Schumer, Patty Murray, Maria Cantwell, Schumer, Alex Wong, Rachel Scott, Scott, I've, Joe, CNN's Manu Raju, Murray, Jon Tester, Sherrod Brown of, Michael Bennet of, Bennet, Sen, Amy Klobuchar, Tom Williams, Kamala Harris, Mikie, Democrats aren't, Nancy Pelosi, It's, Tim Kaine, Virginia, Kaine, I'm Organizations: Service, Democratic, Democratic National, Democrats, DNC, Capitol, Capitol ., Democrat, Congressional Black Caucus, AP, House Democrat, Biden, White, NATO, Trump, Montana, Civil, Republican, CNN, Getty, Democratic Party, Monday, MSNBC Locations: Pennsylvania, Mike Quigley of Illinois, Adam Schiff of California, Washington ,, Minnesota, Ohio, Sens, Washington, Sherrod Brown of Ohio, Michael Bennet of Colorado, New Jersey, Richmond

Daryna Vertetska was sitting with her 8-year-old daughter in Ukraine’s largest children’s hospital on Monday morning when Russian missiles began to ring out in the sky. Her daughter, Kira, was receiving treatment for her cancer as the explosions boomed across the capital, Kyiv. “We decided not to interrupt it,” Ms. Vertetska said of the treatment. As Kira continued her treatment, a missile slammed directly into the Okhmatdyt Children’s Hospital, triggering an explosion so loud it defied description, she said. “She was very frightened,” said Ms. Vertetska, 33.

Persons: Daryna Vertetska, Kira, “, Ms, Vertetska, ” Organizations: Russian Locations: Ukraine’s, Kyiv

☆ Joe Arden's voice made him the hottest narrator in romance. Then, a sexting scandal turned BookTok against him.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-09 | by ( Anna Merlan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +34 min

But there's no denying that a large number of people, mostly women, found Joe Arden's voice to be exceedingly hot: smooth, insistent, husky, occasionally dropping to a seductive growl. Arden's voice made him one of the most popular romance audiobook narrators of his generation. Last year, a promising new romance author reached out to Blue Nose Audio and received a reply from Joe Arden. "My working name of 'Joe Arden,' has always been just that, a professional persona that labeled my career," he added. For good measure, they dug up Cronin's abandoned trademark application for the Joe Arden moniker, first filed in 2020.

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CNN —Yet again, tens of thousands of people in Gaza are on the move, as the Israeli military issues fresh evacuation orders for a number of areas in Gaza City. It’s unclear how many people in Gaza City have heeded the latest evacuation order. The IDF confirmed to CNN that the evacuation order for parts of Gaza City was the third in the past 10 days. On July 2, the Israeli authorities clarified that the European Hospital in Khan Younis was not included in the evacuation order. Now, one of the main hospitals in Gaza City – the Al Ahli Baptist – has also closed its doors.

Persons: CNN —, Khan Younis, don’t, Khader Al Za’anoun, Wafa, Al Za’anoun, “, ” Al Za’anoun, OCHA, Deir, Dawoud Abu Alkas, – Jonathan Whittall –, Tedros Ghebreyesus, –, Nasser, Al, Hosam Naoum, Rasheed, Saleh, ” Saleh, ” OCHA, ”, Maysa Saleh, Khan Younis “, Louise Wateridge Organizations: CNN, Israel Defense Forces, UN, UN Office, Humanitarian Affairs, IDF, Reuters, European Hospital, World Health Organization, Cross, Nasser, WHO, Episcopal, Facebook, Norwegian Refugee Council, NRC Locations: Gaza, Gaza City, Shujaya, Old City, Daraj, Khan Younis, Rafah, Al Mawasi, Khan, Al Ahli, Jerusalem, Deir al, Deir

☆ South Korea: Flying aboard the AC-130J Ghostrider, carrying America’s biggest gun in the sky
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-09 | by ( Brad Lendon | Mike Valerio | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

AC-130 gunners Joe Gipson (back) and Isaac Dowell tend the 105mm cannon aboard a US Air Force AC-130J during a live-fire exercise over South Korea. A 105mm howitzer is seen at the rear of a US Air Force AC-130J at Osan Air Base, South Korea, in early June 2024. ‘Spooky’ historyUS Air Force gunships trace their lineage back to the Vietnam War, when the service set up 7.62 mm guns to fire out one side of a C-47 transport aircraft. With the AC-130J model, introduced in 2017, the Air Force removed the machine guns in favor of the more precision-guided munitions. The AC-130’s crew acknowledges the dangers of ground fire to their aircraft, and some analysts question its usefulness in any potential conflict with North Korea.

Persons: Ghostrider, Joe Gipson, Isaac Dowell, Brad Lendon, John Ikenberry, Kim Jong Un, ” Ikenberry, Heath Curtis, Mike Valerio, Curtis, ”, Justin Burris, Peter Layton, Layton, Maj, Christopher Mesnard, CNN’s Yoonjung Seo, Gawon Bae Organizations: Korean Peninsula CNN, US Air Force AC, CNN, Air Force Special Operations Command, US Air Force, Osan Air Base, South, Air Force, National Museum of, Operation, US, Griffith Asia Institute, Royal Australian Air Force, Operations Command Locations: Hurlburt Field, Florida, South Korea, Seoul, North Korea, Washington, Korea, Maj, New Mexico, United States, Vietnam, Asia, Grenada, Panama, Somalia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Kunduz, Iraqi, Persian, Khafji, Saudi Arabia, Korean, Australia, Operations Command Korea

Kyiv, Ukraine CNN —A barrage of Russian missile strikes hit targets in cities across Ukraine on Monday, including a children’s hospital in Kyiv, killing at least 20 people and injuring 50 more, the interior ministry said. Ukrainian officials said the rare daytime aerial assault had struck Ukrainian cities during rush hour, including Kyiv, Dnipro, Kryvyi Rih, Slovyansk and Kramatorsk. Among the buildings hit was Kyiv’s Okhmatdyt hospital, Ukraine’s largest children’s medical center, which has been crucial in supporting some the sickest children from across the country. “Apartment buildings, infrastructure, and a children’s hospital have been damaged. “The entire world must use all its determination to finally put an end to the Russian strikes.

Persons: Natalia Sardudinova, ”, ” Sardudinova, Yulia Vasylenko, Denys, “, Gleb Garanich, Volodymyr Zelenksy, ” Zelensky, Putin Organizations: Ukraine CNN, CNN, “, Reuters, Ukraine Locations: Kyiv, Ukraine, Dnipro, Kryvyi, Reuters Ukrainian

☆ Zelensky blasts Modi meeting with Putin the same day Russian attack devastates Ukraine hospital
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-08 | by ( Helen Regan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Two people were killed and at least 16 others were injured in the strike on Kyiv’s Okhmatdyt hospital. Rescuers work at Ohmatdyt Children's Hospital that was damaged during a Russian missile strikes, in Kyiv, Ukraine July 8, 2024. Reducing the trade imbalance would be a “matter of priority” in Modi’s discussions with Putin, he said, ahead of the trip. Russian Presidential Aide Yury Ushakov said the Kremlin attaches “primary importance” to Modi’s visit, Russian state-run news agency TASS reported. Biden called Russian missile strikes in Kyiv – including on the children’s hospital – a “horrific reminder of Russia’s brutality,” in a statement Monday evening.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelensky, ”, Narendra Modi, Vladimir Putin, Putin, ” Zelensky, Gleb Garanich, Iryna Filimonova, Volker Turk, Modi, ” Putin, “, Modi’s, Matthew Miller, Randhir, Yury Ushakov, Joe Biden, Biden, ” Biden Organizations: CNN, Indian, Ohmatdyt, United, Kremlin, US State Department, UN, United Nations, NATO, Russian Locations: Moscow, Russian, Kyiv, Novo, Ogaryovo, Russia, Ukraine, Dnipro, Kryvyi, United Nations, Ukrainian, India, Delhi, China, Western, United States, Washington

☆ Abolish HOAs: Homeowner Associations Make It Harder to Own a House
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-08 | by ( Ned Resnikoff | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

These private quasi-governments are called homeowner associations, or HOAs. While California has the most HOAs of any state (50,000), Florida has far more HOA residents as a percentage of its population. The association also provided its residents with "the usual privileges of a citizen in any free state," Tullock wrote. Readers will not be shocked to learn that Clarke and Freedman also found that HOA residents were more likely to be white or Asian than non-HOA residents. (Cashin observed that several states, including New Jersey and Texas, had laws allowing HOA residents to subtract the cost of privately provided infrastructure from their taxes.)

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☆ Ukrainian children's hospital hit in daytime Russian missile attack
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-08 | by ( Ruxandra Iordache | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Emergency forces and civilians conduct search-and-rescue operations among the rubble of 'Okhmatdyt' Children's Hospital in Kyiv, Ukraine, on July 8, 2024. A barrage of Russian missiles killed more than 20 people across Ukraine and seriously damaged a key children's hospital in a rare large-scale daytime attack. The Ukrainian capital's Okhmatdyt Children's Hospital undertook "considerable destruction," with patients being transferred to other medical facilities in Kyiv. "Okhmatdyt Children's Hospital in Kyiv. The ministry said its forces had answered Kyiv's hostilities with a mass attack on Ukrainian military facilities and air bases with long-range precision weapons.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskyy's, Vitaliy Klitschko, Klitschko, Kryvy, Oleksandr Vilkul, Okhmatdyt, Zelenskyy Organizations: Children's, CNBC, Ukrainian, Russia's Ministry of Defense, Russia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs Locations: Kyiv, Ukraine, Russian, Dnipro, Sloviansk, Ukrainian, Kryvy Rih, Pokrovsk, Donetsk, Europe, Russia

☆ I'm the only one of my siblings who had a relationship with our father, so I was his caretaker. I don't regret it.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-07 | by ( Lynnette Lyons | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

My father's steadfast refusal to seek help for his alcoholism resulted in my parents' divorce when I was 14. Related storiesI heard sporadically from my father as I entered adulthood and even reluctantly saw him a few times. AdvertisementI understood my brothers' reasons for not wanting a relationship with our father. But I accepted their refusal to interact with him and my resulting role as his only caretaker as just another of my eldest daughter responsibilities. That created a lot of pressure, but I'm thankful my role in the family forced that path because I can look back on my relationship with Dad without regret.

Persons: —, Dad, Lynnette Lyons Organizations: Service

☆ As a young hitchhiker, he survived a ride with a serial killer. Now he’s telling his story
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-07 | by ( Faith Karimi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

CNN —Steve Fishman was still in his teens when he came face-to-face with a serial killer. But as Fishman would learn later, the man harbored a dark secret: His name was Robert Frederick Carr III, and he was a serial killer who preyed on young hitchhikers. Although her father died in a Florida prison in 2007, Donna continues to struggle with her family’s dark past. In an exclusive interview with CNN, Donna tearfully described an adolescence filled with bullying and jokes about having a serial killer dad. “And that’s when I started to withdraw.”Serial killer Robert Carr’s daughter, Donna, in an undated photo he'd kept with him in prison.

Persons: Steve Fishman, Fishman, Robert Frederick Carr III, hitchhikers, Carr, who’d, Fishman’s, — Carr, —, Edna Buchanan, ” Fishman, “, ”, Donna, Rhonda Holloway, he’d, ” David Simmons, Robert Carr’s, ” Donna, Donna’s, Steve Fishman “, ‘, ’ ” Fishman, I’m, ’, ‘ I’ve, She’d, Steve, Sheriff Gordon Martin, Todd Payton, James, Jesus, unwrapped Organizations: CNN, Miami, Bettmann, Norwich Locations: Boston, Norwich , Connecticut, Miami, Connecticut, Florida, Norwich, Louisiana and Mississippi, Mississippi, Louisiana , Mississippi, West Virginia, St, James Parish , Louisiana

☆ Israel is inching toward a wider war and a nasty fight against an enemy poised to bombard it as no other foe has
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-06 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

AdvertisementFor Israel, a larger war with Hezbollah would look very different from the full-scale conflict it's fighting against Hamas in Gaza. Before the 2006 Lebanon War, a monthlong conflict fought against Israel, Hezbollah maintained some 15,000 projectiles. REUTERS/Avi OhayonBut a larger Hezbollah war could overwhelm some of these systems, a scenario that has caused concern in Washington. During the 2006 war, Hezbollah fired somewhere between 100 and 200 rockets per day at Israel, according to estimates cited by the Foundation for Defense of Democracies think tank. More than two dozen soldiers and civilians have already been killed in Israel, and in Lebanon, that figure has surpassed 450.

Persons: —, Ariel Schalit, Daniel Byman, MAHMOUD ZAYYAT, Avi Ohayon, Stringer, Rami Shlush, Antony Blinken Organizations: Service, Hezbollah, Tehran —, Business, United Nations, Israel, Hamas, AP, Center for Strategic, International Studies, Getty, Institute for National Security Studies, CSIS, REUTERS, Foundation for Defense, Democracies, Israel Communications, Research Center, Congressional Research Service, Institution Locations: Israel, Iran, Lebanon, Tehran, Gaza . The Lebanon, Kiryat Shmona, Gaza, Lebanese, Nabatiyeh, AFP, Israeli, Washington, Khiam, Israel's

☆ Retiring early sounds like the dream — but not achieving FIRE could actually help you live longer
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-06 | by ( Serafina Kenny | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewBeing part of the financially independent / retire early movement sounds like the dream. Members of the "FIRE" movement prioritize living frugally to save and invest as much of their income as possible, creating a huge nest egg that enables them to retire early. Longevity is also a buzzy topic, and research suggests that people who live longer tend to have a strong sense of purpose. As many people get this purpose from work and their careers, could retiring early be detrimental to our health? But she said that evidence suggests the potential benefits of working or retiring vary from person to person.

Persons: —, Karen Glaser, Glaser, WHERL, Drazen Zigic Organizations: Service, Business, gerontology, Kings College London, University of Glasgow, Ageing, FIRE, Aging

CNN —Nearly 2 million people have been displaced in Gaza – almost the entire population – after the Israeli military last week ordered a further 80,000 people to evacuate parts of Gaza City amid a renewed ground operation, latest UN figures show. The number of displaced people rose from 1.7 million since Israel launched its offensive on the southern city of Rafah in May. Smoke rises after Israeli bombardment of Gaza City, July 4, 2024. One man displaced in Khan Younis told CNN about the hours needed to get hold of small amounts of clean water. Dining utensils need to be cleaned,” Zakaria Bakr, from the Al-Shati camp, told CNN Saturday.

Persons: Omar Al, ”, Khan Younis, ” Zakaria Bakr Organizations: CNN, UN, Israel Defense Forces, UNRWA, Israel, Humanitarian Affairs, Getty, Hamas, Civil Defense, IDF, Al, Gaza’s, Health Locations: Gaza, Rafah, Israel, Hamas, Gaza City, AFP, Shujaya, Nuseirat, COGAT

☆ Dr. Sanjay Gupta: It’s time for President Biden to undergo detailed cognitive and neurological testing and share his results
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-05 | by ( Dr. Sanjay Gupta | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Biden was examined by his physician after the debate to check on a cold, the White House said, but it was a “brief check” and not a physical. Biden and his aides have said it was a “bad night.” The White House press team said Biden had a cold but did not take any medications to treat symptoms. The White House has rejected requests from the press to release more medical records and question Biden’s physician, Dr. Kevin O’Connor. PoolWe often hear that observing a candidate on the campaign trail is the best assessment of the individual’s physical and cognitive health. Back in 2020, Biden said he was “constantly tested” by the work of running for president.

Persons: Joe Biden, Lewy, Biden, Karine Jean, Pierre, it’s “, Donald Trump, Trump’s, he’d, Trump, Bruce Aronwald, ” Trump, Jay Olshansky, Jean, Dr, Sanjay Gupta, “, Nancy Pelosi, Kevin O’Connor, Biden’s, O’Connor, Sen, John McCain —, —, John McCain, you’ve, ”, Amanda Sealy Organizations: CNN, United States, White, Trump, School of Public Health, University of Illinois, White House, Democratic, CNN Health Locations: Montreal, Chicago

☆ Israel sends delegation to negotiate hostage release deal with Hamas
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-04 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday he has decided to send a delegation to resume stalled negotiations on a hostage release deal with Hamas, Netanyahu's office said in a statement. Netanyahu is scheduled later on Thursday to have consultations with his negotiating team, and then discuss the hostage release talks with his security cabinet. Prior efforts to end the Gaza conflict were mediated by Egypt and Qatar, with talks held in both locations. Hamas has said any deal must end the war and bring a full Israeli withdrawal from Gaza. The plan entails the gradual release of Israeli hostages still being held in Gaza and the pullback of Israeli forces over the first two phases, and the freeing of Palestinian prisoners.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, Joe Biden, Netanyahu, Israel, Biden Organizations: Hamas, U.S Locations: Bureij, Gaza, Israel, Israeli, Egypt, Qatar

☆ Woman who escaped California wildfire just before son’s birth is forced to flee another while pregnant again
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-04 | by ( Taylor Galgano | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

And the PSTD from the Camp Fire kicked in instantly, especially with how big the cloud of smoke was,” Penick said. She has received one payment so far, and she used it to pay for her car and the rent on her Oroville house in advance, she told CNN. Penick also just found out she’s pregnant, just like she was when she had to flee the Camp Fire in 2018. Seeing my big old pregnant belly, he said ‘get in.’”She found out her house burned down about six or seven weeks later. We’ve been friends for a good almost 10 to 15 years.”Penick is waiting to hear more about her Oroville house.

Persons: Penick, Thompson, ” Penick, “, ”, I’ve, Andrew ., Butch, ‘, “ I’m, We’ve Organizations: CNN, Camp, National Fire Protection, Fire, Pacific Gas & Electric Locations: Oroville , California, Paradise, Maui, Oroville, Butte County

☆ The Wide, Wide World of Judy Chicago
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-03 | by ( Emily Labarge | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Like all women and all art, Judy Chicago contains multitudes. Across venues in Britain and France, six decades of Chicago’s distinctly feminist oeuvre show a remarkable range. Minimalist sculptures; psychedelic spray-painted car hoods; landscapes billowing with bright plumes of smoke; and paintings of swirling, hallucinatory flowers fill the galleries with Chicago’s hallmark bright colors and undulating line. Many works incorporate personal texts in tidy, looping cursive about gendered rejection, shame, longing and anger. These works foreground the female nude, its life-giving properties and implicit connection to the natural world.

Persons: Judy Chicago, — Locations: Britain, France

☆ Auto Sales Grew Slightly in Second Quarter
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-02 | by ( Neal E. Boudette | Jack Ewing | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Much of the auto industry, with the notable exception of Tesla, reported modest sales growth in the three months through June as high interest rates, high vehicle prices and uncertainty about the economy weighed on consumers. Sales in late June were also slowed by disruptions at car dealers stemming from a cyberattack on a company that supplies software and data services to dealerships. That’s a marked slowdown from the year’s first three months, when sales grew 5 percent. Slow growth is likely to continue through the end of the year, said Jonathan Smoke, Cox’s chief economist. “We probably can’t quite keep the pace of sales of the first half, but we aren’t expecting a collapse in sales.”

Persons: Tesla, That’s, Cox, Jonathan Smoke, ”, “ Organizations: Cox Automotive Locations: United States

☆ A Chinese firm's answer to SpaceX's Falcon 9 blew up in a giant fireball after it accidentally launched during a test
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-01 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewA Chinese space firm said on Sunday that it accidentally launched its Tianlong-3 rocket during a test, causing the vehicle to lift off and crash into a nearby mountainside. The Chinese Tianlong-3 Rocket Accidentally Launched During A Engine Test pic.twitter.com/EK54F4chYF — 𝕏 Ali Al Samahi 𝕏 (@alsamahi) June 30, 2024"The rocket body disintegrated after falling into the mountain," Tianbing's statement said. Related storiesDesigned to deliver satellites to orbit, it's a liquid-propellant rocket described by Tianbing as "comparable to Space X's Falcon 9." Tianbing, one of several Chinese private space rocket companies to gain prominence in recent years, in April 2023 launched another reusable rocket — the Tianlong-2 — fueled by coal-based kerosene. With nine engines, the Tianlong-3 is now being touted by Tianbing as a revolutionary rocket for China's space industry.

Persons: — Organizations: Service, Tianbing Aerospace Technology, Business Locations: Beijing, Gongyi, Henan

☆ Netanyahu says Israel advancing to ‘end of the stage of eliminating’ Hamas’ army in Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-01 | by ( Tamar Michaelis | Sugam Pokharel | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday the country’s military is nearing the “end of the stage of eliminating” Hamas’ army in Gaza. We are advancing to the end of the stage of eliminating the Hamas terrorist army; we will continue striking its remnants,” Netanyahu said, speaking to a group of mainly Israeli and international military officials studying at the National Security College. Netanyahu said last month that the “intense phase of the war with Hamas (in Gaza) is about to end,” and that the military’s focus could then shift to Israel’s northern border with Lebanon. “It doesn’t mean that the war is going to end, but the war in its current stage is going to end in Rafah. Israeli attacks in Gaza have since killed at least 37,718 Palestinians and injured another 86,377 people, according to Gaza health officials.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, “, ” Netanyahu, Israel, Bashar Taleb, Netanyahu Organizations: CNN, Israeli, Hamas ’, National Security College, Hamas, Getty, Channel, Television Locations: Gaza, Rafah, Israel, Sultan, Lebanon

☆ Turkish officials call for calm as social media hysteria fuels anti-Syrian riots in Turkey
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-01 | by ( Scott Mclean | Isil Sariyuce | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Istanbul CNN —Allegations of sexual abuse against a child by a Syrian man in Kayseri, Turkey, have sparked overnight riots that targeted Syrian businesses and cars in the city. Protesters in al-Bab, Aleppo, Syria, attack a Turkish truck during demonstrations against Turkey on July 1, 2024. Bakr Alkasem/AFP/Getty ImagesIn another town, Ghazawiah, also in northwest Syria, protesters were seen pulling the Turkish flag town from a military site. At the “Bab al-Salama” border crossing with Turkey, the Turkish flag was removed, burned and replaced with a Free Syrian Army flag, according to a local resident and images circulating on social media. Turkey hosts more Syrian refugees than any other country, but Turkey has often struggled to integrate Syrian refugees fully into society.

Persons: Ali Yerlikaya, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, ” Erdogan, ”, Bakr, Bab, Salama, Forces ”, Yerlikaya, “, Erdogan, Bashar al, Assad Organizations: Istanbul CNN, Anadolu, CNN, Getty, Free Syrian Army, “ National Coalition for Syrian Revolution, Forces Locations: Istanbul, Syrian, Kayseri, Turkey, Turkish, Anatolian, “, Syria, Atareb, Bab, Aleppo, AFP, Ghazawiah

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