While declining to detail the specifics of their conversation, United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said the most important thing was that the two were again talking.
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Families of hostages in Gaza back cease-fire deal set out by Biden. Israel says conditions remain
Cease-fire talks halted last month after a push by the U.S. and other mediators to secure a deal in hopes of averting a full-scale Israeli invasion of Gaza’s southern city of Rafah.
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Climate activist in Paris stuck a protest poster on Monet’s ‘Poppy Field’
It was the latest of several actions by protesters with the group Food Riposte to target artworks in France in calls for action to protect food supplies from further damage to the climate.
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Marian Robinson, mother of Michelle Obama, dies at 86
Michelle Obama and family said in a statement that ‘there was and will be only one Marian Robinson. In our sadness, we are lifted up by the extraordinary gift of her life.’
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Jennifer Lopez cancels summer tour: ‘I am completely heartsick and devastated’
The tour was to be her first in 5 years, in support of her first solo album in a decade, ‘This Is Me…. Now’ and its companion film.
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Woman is back on dialysis after doctors remove transplanted pig kidney
Lisa Pisano was the second person to receive a kidney from a gene-edited pig, and NYU Langone Health announced that she is stable after an operation to remove the organ earlier this week.
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Congressional leaders invite Israel’s Netanyahu to deliver an address at the Capitol
The invitation from House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Republican, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat, among others across the aisle, has been in the works for some time.
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Biden details 3-phase hostage deal aimed at winding down the Israel-Hamas war
Cease-fire talks ground to a halt at the beginning of the month after a major push by the U.S. and other mediators to secure a deal, in hopes of averting a planned Israeli invasion of the southern city of Rafah.
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Six injured in knife attack in German city of Mannheim. Police shot and wounded assailant
Police quickly put an end to the attack by shooting the assailant, who also was wounded.
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Shares in Trump Media slump after former president convicted in hush money trial
Trump Media’s stock was down about 9% in after-hours trading Thursday as news of the verdict emerged.