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Stage B of the war began - and again without strategy

After a year of a campaign focused on Gaza, the main effort shifted to the north, with growing friction with Iran. The current stage requires Israel to deeply study the lessons of the Gaza war: it also began with promises to dismantle Hamas, and a year later it was stuck without a decision. It's important not to get stuck in a similar reality in Lebanon.

https://www.ynet.co.il/news/article/bjhm2t2ac

iPhone 17 Air could force Pro users to give up these five things

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Next year’s iPhone 17 Air has a better chance than ever to draw users away from the Pro models. The strong iPhone 16 base model has done that for some this year. But the ultra-thin, futuristic 17 Air could spark a fresh wave of users abandoning the Pro line. Here are the five things Pro users may have to give up to switch to the iPhone 17 Air. more…

https://9to5mac.com/2024/10/02/iphone-17-air-could-force-pro-users-to-give-up-these-five-things/

SEC Enforcement Director Gurbir Grewal Is Leaving the Agency

Gurbir Grewal, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) director of enforcement, is stepping down and departing the agency, according to a Wednesday press release.

https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2024/10/02/sec-enforcement-director-gurbir-grewal-is-leaving-the-agency/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Congo plans to come to terms with Lukoil on projects in six months — minister

This refers to offshore projects and Lukoil is interested in becoming their operator, Bruno Jean-Richard Itoua said

https://tass.com/economy/1848831

Pezeshkian visits wounded victims of Lebanon terrorist attack

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TEHRAN, Sep. 20 (MNA) – Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian visited several wounded victims of the recent Israeli terrorist attack in Lebanon, who have been transferred to the Iranian hospitals.

https://en.mehrnews.com/news/221578/Pezeshkian-visits-wounded-victims-of-Lebanon-terrorist-attack

67 killed, injured in Israeli strike on Beirut (+VIDEO)

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TEHRAN, Sep. 20 (MNA) – At least 67 people, including several children, were killed and injured in an Israeli attack on Beirut's Dahieh on Friday.

https://en.mehrnews.com/news/221585/67-killed-injured-in-Israeli-strike-on-Beirut-VIDEO

Mexican President Blames America for Violence After U.S. Arrests Two Cartel Leaders

Last July, the U.S. arrested two high-ranking members of the Sinaloa cartel. The resulting bloodbath in the Sinaloa capital of Culiacan has seen 30 bodies drop in just the last week as two rival factions struggle for control.

https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2024/09/20/mexican-president-blames-america-for-violence-after-us-arrests-two-cartel-leaders-n4932693

Parents urged to get young children flu vaccine

The flu vaccine is given to most children as a quick, painless spray up the nose, with no injection.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g5dlndd5do

North Korean Leader Kim Jong-Un Executes 30 Officials After Flooding Kills 4,000

I suppose this is one way to ensure accountability.

https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2024/09/04/north-korean-leader-kim-jong-un-executes-30-officials-after-flooding-kills-4000-n4932224

Nicaraguan congress gives legal footing to practice of prosecuting exiles and seizing their property

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Nicaragua’s Sandinista-controlled National Assembly has approved criminal code changes that allow the government to try opponents in absentia and seize the assets of the condemned

https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/nicaraguan-congress-legal-footing-practice-prosecuting-exiles-seizing-113365466

Suspect in Gymnast’s Killing Identified as Former Wrestler

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University of Wisconsin-Whitewater and Whitewater PoliceA 23-year-old Loves Park, Illinois man was arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of University of Wisconsin-Whitewater national title-winning gymnast Kara Welsh, 21, on Saturday, according to police. Police wrote in a statement that on Friday, they responded to a report of an “individual who had suffered a gunshot wound,” adding “upon arrival, officers found a deceased 21-year-old female who had sustained multiple gunshot wounds.” Investigators “determined that leading up to the shooting, an altercation had occurred between the two” and “the male was detained.”The man was identified as Chad T. Richards by Whitewater police in a Facebook post on Tuesday, a former wrester at University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, reported 620WTMJ. Police said that they have “forwarded the following charges to the Walworth County District Attorney’s Office: first-degree intentional homicide, endangering safety by the use of a dangerous weapon and disorderly conduct while armed.”Read more at The Daily Beast.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/suspect-in-gymnast-kara-welshs-killing-identified-as-former-university-of-wisconsin-whitewater-wrestler

Young Palestinian whose coverage of Gaza's destruction went viral arrives in Lebanon to pursue master's degree

A young Palestinian journalist whose coverage of the widespread destruction and humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip went viral now watches the war from afar in Lebanon.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/young-palestinian-whose-coverage-of-gazas-destruction-went-viral-arrives-in-lebanon-to-pursue-masters-degree

Monday in Gun-Controlled NYC: Five Shot During West Indian Day Parade

Five people were shot, one fatally, during New York City's West Indian Day Parade on Monday around 1:45 p.m. The post Monday in Gun-Controlled NYC: Five Shot During West Indian Day Parade appeared first on Breitbart.

https://www.breitbart.com/2nd-amendment/2024/09/03/monday-gun-controlled-nyc-five-shot-west-indian-day-parade/

Wildfires in Brazil leave at least 2 dead in Sao Paulo sate. Dozens of cities are on high alert

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Local authorities in Brazil say that wildfires in Brazil’s southern Sao Paulo state have killed at least two people

https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/wildfires-brazil-leave-2-dead-sao-paulo-sate-113126582

Kamala Harris' joy to the world schtick is done. Now, it's time for legacy media to do serious journalism

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The public should be cynical about all this 'joyful warrior' coverage, which underlines how the news networks have used the 'news' to sound more like positive advertising.

https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/kamala-harris-joy-world-schtick-done-now-its-time-legacy-media-do-serious-journalism