The large-scale raid by Israel comes amid a more than yearlong spike in violence that has created a challenge for Netanyahu’s far-right government.
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China restricts exports of high-tech metals in a slap at Washington ahead of Yellen’s visit
China has imposed export curbs on two metals used in computer chips and solar cells, expanding a squabble with Washington over high-tech trade ahead of Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s visit to Beijing this week.
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Vietnam bans ‘Barbie’ movie over map showing China’s territorial claim
The map shows China’s ‘nine-dash line,’ which extends Beijing’s territorial claims far into waters that fall within areas claimed by Vietnam and other countries.
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Venus Williams falls early in her first match at her 24th Wimbledon and loses to Elina Svitolina
Five-time Wimbledon champion Venus Williams has lost in the first round of her 24th appearance at the All England Club
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10 states plan to sue EPA over standards for residential wood-burning stoves
State officials say that the EPA’s standards aren’t good enough and that the agency’s testing and certification program is so ineffective that it has failed to ensure even those standards.
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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is making a long-awaited trip to China this week
Yellen, who has called the notion of an economic decoupling from China ‘disastrous,’ has frequently said in the past year that she would like to visit China.
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Cleanup begins after asphalt binder spill into Montana’s Yellowstone River after train derailment
Officials with the Environmental Protection Agency said cleanup efforts began on Sunday, with workers cooling the gooey material with river water, rolling it up, and putting the globs into garbage bags.
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Indiana Jones’ box office destiny? A lukewarm $60 million debut in North America
Moviegoers were only moderately interested in going to the theater to say goodbye to Harrison Ford’s archaeologist character in “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.”
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Karen Allen on one last hurrah as Marion Ravenwood in ‘Indiana Jones: Dial of Destiny’
Since 1981’s ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark,’ Allen has been only a sporadic presence in the subsequent sequels. But the glow of the freckled, big-eyed actor who so memorably played Marion Ravenwood has only grown stronger over time.
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A tornado in Alberta has wrecked homes but caused no serious injuries
Police said numerous homes were damaged but Cpl. Gina Slaney said there were no known injuries. The tornado warning was later ended.