Hamas says Israel withdraws from key Gaza road
GAZA CITY (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - A Hamas official said Israeli troops on Sunday completed their withdrawal from a strategic road bisecting the Gaza Strip, part of a fragile truce deal that Israel said it was implementing.

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Israeli soldiers risk possible prosecution abroad from Gaza war
It&s a hallowed Israeli tradition: after completing military service, backpack through South America or hitchhike across Asia. But global outrage at the Gaza war, threats of arrest and the ubiquity of social media are causing some soldiers and reservists to reconsider their plans.  

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More Australian retirees are struggling to pay rent: report
A growing number of Australian retirees risk falling into homelessness because they can&t afford to pay rent, said a new report aimed at lawmakers preparing to fight an election on housing and cost-of-living.

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Drastic cuts to National Institutes of Health 'indirect funds' for medical research has prompted deep concerns at UC over how to continue studies into 'life-saving treatments.'

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Trump says has spoken to Putin about ending Ukraine war
MOSCOW - US President Donald Trump said he has spoken to Russian President Vladimir Putin by phone about ending the war in Ukraine, the New York Post reported, the first known direct conversation between Putin and a US president since early 2022.

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President Donald Trump announced his intention to appoint himself chair of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The org says it has 'received no official communications' about Trump's plan.

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