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More than 34,600 Palestinians have been killed in Israel’s assault Cairo: Hamas negotiators began intensified talks on Saturday on a possible Gaza truce that would see the return to Israel of some hostages, a Hamas official told Reuters, with the CIA director present in Cairo. The Hamas delegation arrived from the Palestinian Islamist movement’s political office in Qatar, which, along with Egypt, has tried to mediate a follow-up to a brief November ceasefire amid international dismay over the soaring death count in Gaza and the plight of its 2.3 million inhabitants. Taher Al-Nono, a Hamas official and advisor to Hamas…

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Aiman Zaarab had “commanded and directed” several attacks, said IDF. Jerusalem: The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has announced that Aiman Zaarab, a senior commander of the Islamic Jihad Rafah Brigade, was killed in an airstrike on the southernmost Gazan city of Rafah. 🔴ELIMINATED: Aiman ZaarabZaarab was one of the Islamic Jihad Rafah Brigade commanders, responsible for the Islamic Jihad Nukhba force’s attack on Kibbutz Sufa and the Sufa military post during the October 7 massacre.Along with Zaarab, two additional Islamic Jihad terrorists… pic.twitter.com/Kh5l2Nk7rI— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) May 4, 2024 Zaarab directed the Islamic Jihad’s elite forces during the October…

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Opinion polls predicted that Labour would win the next UK national election London: Britain’s Labour Party won mayoral polls in London and central England on Saturday, in crushing defeats for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s unpopular Conservatives ahead of a national election due later this year. While Labour politician Sadiq Khan’s re-election as London mayor was widely expected, Labour also snatched a surprise, narrow victory in the central West Midlands region that is home to Britain’s second-largest city of Birmingham. The wins are Labour’s latest in local elections to councils and mayoralties on Thursday and could fuel fresh calls for Sunak…

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Residents struggled in chaotic conditions to find their way to safety Porto Alegre: Nearly 70,000 people have been forced from their homes amid deadly flooding, mudslides and torrential storms in southern Brazil, with the major city of Porto Alegre particularly hard-hit, the country’s civil defense agency said Saturday. Raging floodwaters have left 57 dead, 74 people injured and another 67 missing, civil defense said. The death count did not include two people who died in an explosion at a flooded gas station in Porto Alegre, witnessed by an AFP journalist, where rescue crews were attempting to refuel. Fast-rising water levels…

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In a rather shocking development, Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) has recorded its first-ever inflow after witnessing significant daily outflows since its launch.  Grayscale Bitcoin ETF Records Over $60 Million In Inflows Grayscale’s Spot Bitcoin ETF has finally broken its 82-day streak of outflows since its launch on January 11, 2024. GBTC saw its first day of inflows on May 3, after witnessing approximately $17.46 billion in outflows.  According to data from Farside, an investment management firm, Grayscale’s Spot Bitcoin ETF had amassed inflows of about $63 million, alongside other Bitcoin ETFs like BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) which had inflows…

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Demonstrators have gathered on at least 40 US university campuses New Delhi: Student protests against the Israeli military assault on Gaza following the unprecedented October 7 attack by Hamas on Israel have spread to several countries. Here is a round-up of the main campaigns. Pro-Palestinian Protests In US Demonstrators have gathered on at least 40 US university campuses since April 17, often erecting tent camps to protest against the soaring death count in the Gaza Strip.  Nearly 2,000 people have been detained, according to US media, in demonstrations reminiscent of protests against the Vietnam War. Students during a Pro-Palestinian protest…

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A “black book” linked to late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, allegedly containing the names and addresses of 221 people associated with him, is set to hit the auction block.  Epstein’s controversial book, believed to be from 1997, is set to go up for private sale by Alexander Historical Auctions on May 15. Its authenticity will be confirmed by a forensic examiner’s report, as per a report in American news website Daily Beast.  Bidders have been promised anonymity as they fight to get a hold of the item, which could fetch over $200,000, according to Bill Panagopulos, owner of the auction house. “There…

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The World Food Program is one of the many humanitarian groups trying to get aid into Gaza. (File) Washington: The chief of the United Nations’ food program has warned of a “full-blown famine” in northern Gaza and reiterated calls for a ceasefire in Israel’s war against Hamas. “There is famine, full-blown famine in the north and it’s moving its way south,” Cindy McCain, executive director of the World Food Program, said in an interview excerpt published Friday. “What we are asking for and what we’ve continually asked for is a ceasefire and the ability to have unfettered access to get…

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