Tag: Northern
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Harrowing images emerge from northern Gaza as U.N. warns of ‘nonstop’ Israeli strikes
A paramedic with Gaza’s Civil Defense said displaced Palestinians had been hit by artillery shells while trying to escape Israeli strikes, with NBC News video showing some of those killed and wounded being brought to Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia. But even some who managed to escape Israel’s offensive in the north and head…
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Scores killed in Israeli strikes on northern Gaza, with no cease-fire in sight
Scores of people have been killed in Israeli strikes in northern Gaza this weekend, according to local officials, with the bloodshed in the enclave and continued attacks in Lebanon dimming hopes that the killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar might breathe new life into cease-fire talks that have been stalled for months. Meanwhile, fears also…
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Stern U.S. letter prompts Israel to allow first aid into northern Gaza this month. Will it last?
Israeli officials were Wednesday scrutinizing an unusually stern letter from the U.S. government threatening to review military assistance to the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if it continued to block essential aid from entering the Gaza Strip. While the departments of State and Defense will be reassured that, according to an Israeli official, the…
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Solar storm brings northern lights as far south as Texas
A severe geomagnetic storm brought spectacular light displays to many parts of the United States on Thursday night, with skies as far south as San Antonio bathed in rich hues of magenta and green. The Aurora Borealis, or Northern Lights as they are commonly known, are often more visible in Earth’s polar regions, but due…
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Northern lights may be visible as far south as Alabama, California
A powerful eruption from the sun is expected to supercharge the northern lights on Thursday evening, making colorful sky shows visible potentially as far south as Alabama and Northern California. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Space Weather Prediction Center said Thursday that plasma and other materials from the sun reached Earth at 11:17 a.m.…
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United plans flights to Greenland, Mongolia and northern Spain in search for next ‘it’ destination
United Airlines is plotting a 2025 international expansion that spans Senegal to Mongolia and Greenland to Palau, a bid to win over travelers who have already had their fill of the well-trodden streets of Paris, Rome and Tokyo. Starting May 21, United will fly three times a week between its Newark, New Jersey, hub to Palermo,…
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Beirut faces heavy bombardment; Israel launches major offensive in northern Gaza
Share Morning after a sleepless night in Lebanon Reporting from Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon The headlines this morning in Lebanon told us what had kept us up all night: “One of the toughest nights on Dahiya.” For people outside Beirut; you wake up in the middle of night and you are no longer able to sleep.…
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Northern Israel braces for war with Hezbollah as cross-border attacks intensify
KIRYAT BIALIK, Israel — Those who remain in the northern city of Kiryat Bialik are preparing for the worst-case scenario: a full-blown war between Israel and the Hezbollah militant group just across the country’s northern border with Lebanon. After months of tit-for-tat cross-border attacks, the damage in the city in Israel’s Haifa region is plain…