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The Text of the Gaza Ceasefire Agreement

The Times of Israel has published what it claims is the text of the agreement between Israel and Hamas. It states that the agreement, labeled as Appendix I, complements the Israeli plan for an agreement with Hamas, which was officially put forward on May 27, 2024, and was publicly introduced by US President Joe Biden on May 31, 2024. This ...

Sinner Drops Rare Set En Route to Australian Open Third Round

World number one Jannik Sinner dropped a set for the first time in 14 matches on Thursday before surging back to keep his Australian Open title defence on track. The Italian top seed had no answers at the start against Australian wildcard Tristan Schoolkate, ranked 173, but found his groove to win 4-6, 6-4, 6-1, 6-3 on centre court. It was his ...

Raptors Upset Celtics, Rockets Rout Nuggets

R.J. Barrett scored 22 points as the lowly Toronto Raptors turned the tables on the Boston Celtics with a dominant 110-97 victory over the reigning NBA champions on Wednesday. The Raptors, who are languishing three places off the bottom of the Eastern Conference, grabbed only their 10th win of the season after stifling Boston's offense at the ...

The Great Realignment: Navigating the Chaos of Modern Politics

Politics in the 21st century feels like a pendulum that has lost its rhythm. The ideological battle between the left and right has become less about substance and more about spectacle, leaving liberals—once the pragmatic bridge between these two camps—searching for relevance. The world has entered an era where media-savvy personalities ...

Behind The Truce In Gaza, ‘Remarkable’ Cooperation Between The Biden And Trump Teams

The agreement on a second truce in Gaza is the result of ‘remarkable’ cooperation between the teams of Joe Biden and Donald Trump, according to a senior US official on Wednesday. The official, who requested anonymity, lifted a corner of the veil behind the scenes of the fierce negotiations of the last few days. For example, he ...

Trump's Diplomatic Chief to be Heard by US Senate

Marco Rubio, Donald Trump's nominee for secretary of state, will say Wednesday that China cheated its way to superpower status and that the "liberal world order" long cherished by the US elite should be discarded. Rubio will face fellow senators at his confirmation hearing in what is likely to be among the least contentious sessions for Trump's ...

Private US, Japanese Lunar Landers Launch on Single Rocket

One rocket, two missions: lunar landers built by US and Japanese companies launched their "rideshare" to the Moon on Wednesday, showcasing the private sector's growing role in space exploration. On board the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that took off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida were Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost and ispace's Resilience ...

Iranian President Warns Trump Against Risk Of ‘War'

Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian warned Donald Trump against the risk of a ‘war’ against the Islamic Republic, reaffirming that Iran was not ‘seeking’ to acquire nuclear weapons, in an interview with a US television channel on Tuesday. ‘I hope that (President-elect Donald) Trump will lead to regional and world peace and will not, on ...

The Augean Stables Trump Must Clean Up

President-elect Donald Trump faces a host of complex challenges as he prepares for his January 20 inauguration. Amid a deeply polarized America, he aims to unite the nation and tackle its pressing issues. Here are the key priorities for his presidency: The Economy: A Top Priority Trump has made the economy the centerpiece of his agenda, vowing ...

TikTok Faces Possible Ban in the US After January 19

A regulation that might ban TikTok in the United States unless it finds an American buyer by January 19 has been upheld by a federal court. The ruling requires TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, to either sell its US business or shut down in the country. Therefore, the well-known application which is currently used by 170 million Americans, ...

Search for Bodies as LA Firefighters Brace for More Wind

Search teams with dogs fanned out looking for victims in Los Angeles on Monday, as firefighters girded for hurricane-force winds that could spark new blazes. With the disaster in America's second biggest city in its seventh day, 24 people are known to have died -- a toll expected to rise -- and more than 90,000 people remain displaced. But the ...

NATO Baltic Leaders Set to Boost Security After Cable 'Sabotage'

NATO countries on the Baltic Sea will look to boost security when they meet in Helsinki on Tuesday, following the suspected sabotage of undersea cables widely blamed on Russia. They are expected to announce a NATO patrol mission monitoring activity "below, above, and on the sea surface", researcher Iro Sarkka of the Finnish Institute of ...