Some 700,000 Palestinians – a majority of the prewar population – fled or were driven from their homes before and during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war that followed Israel’s establishment.
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Small, well-built Chinese EV, the Seagull poses threat to U.S. auto industry
A tiny, low-priced electric vehicle called the Seagull has American automakers and politicians trembling.
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Three men charged in Whitey Bulger’s 2018 prison killing have plea deals
Bulger, who ran the largely Irish mob in Boston in the 1970s and ’80s, served as an FBI informant who ratted on the main rival to his gang.
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Sen. Bob Menendez’s corruption trial begins, his second in the last decade
Besides charges including bribery, extortion, fraud and obstruction of justice, the Democrat also is charged with acting as a foreign agent of Egypt.
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Bankers notch win in fight to keep billions in credit-card fees
A ruling made last week is on hold as the U.S. Supreme Court considers a broad challenge to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s funding.
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Punxsutawney Phil’s babies are named Shadow and Sunny. Just don’t call them the heirs apparent
The groundhog family lives in a climate-controlled burrow at the local library.
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Far-flung towns in the Philippines will host U.S. forces returning to counter China
After withdrawing from 2 huge U.S. military bases in the Philippines at the end of the Cold War, American forces are returning and building a new presence in 9 sites on Philippine bases.
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Misery deepens in Gaza’s Rafah as Israeli troops press operation
The United Nations’ agency for Palestinian refugees said 360,000 Palestinians have fled Rafah over the past week, out of 1.3 million who were sheltering there before the operation began.
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Star witness Michael Cohen implicates Trump in hush money case
‘Make sure it doesn’t get released,’ Cohen said Donald Trump told him about a story that he’d had an affair with a Playboy model before his alleged encounter with adult film actor Stormy Daniels.
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U.S. aims to stay ahead of China in using AI to fly fighter jets, navigate without GPS and more
When two U.S. fighter jets recently faced off in a dogfight in California, only one was piloted by a human.