Israel plans to remain in Gaza even if peace deal negotiated, defence minister says

Israeli troops will remain in the buffer zones they have created in Gaza even after any settlement to end the war, Israeli defence minister Israel Katz said yesterday, as efforts to revive a ceasefire agreement faltered.

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Nigerian mixed-faith families sense danger as violence flares
JOS (NIGERIA) - When the news came through of yet another massacre in the countryside in Nigeria's volatile Plateau state, local Christian Jamaima Haruna was terrified for her Muslim husband.

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Trump ends foreign students' legal status
BOSTON — International students are rushing to ask US judges to block immigration officials from deporting them after President Donald Trump's administration began revoking the rights of thousands of student visa holders to remain in the United States.

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Trump admin proposes redefining 'harm' to endangered animals
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration aims to remove degradation of habitat from its definition of "harm" to endangered species, proposing Wednesday a rule change that would open the door to human activity in ecologically sensitive environments.

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Cambodia eyes more China help as Xi visits amid US tariff standoff
Cambodia is betting on more financial support from China, including for infrastructure, as President Xi Jinping visits the country on Thursday at the end of a three-nation trip in Southeast Asia, a Cambodian government spokesman said.

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Putin compares Musk to Soviet space hero
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin praised Elon Musk on Wednesday, telling university students he was a pioneer comparable to legendary Soviet rocket engineer Sergei Korolev.

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