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No More Bear Hugs: Biden Gives Up On Netanyahu Embrace

Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hugs US President Joe Biden upon his arrival at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion airport on October 18, 2023
Seven months into the devastating conflict, the gentle approach is over. Biden, who memorably once wrote to Netanyahu "I love you," has for the first time raised the ultimate leverage the United States has on Israel -- military aid, which totals $3 billion a year.

Apple Apologizes For IPad 'Crush' Ad After Backlash

Apple said it won't air the iPad 'Crush' ad on television as planned
Social media users immediately criticized the ad, which was posted on X by Apple CEO Tim Cook, as painfully tone-deaf at a time when the creative community is worried about its future with the emergence of generative AI.
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Interior minister James Cleverly accused Russia of 'malign' activity

UK Says To Expel Russia Defence Attache For Intel Role

Interior minister James Cleverly told parliament the UK would also remove the diplomatic status of several Russian-owned properties, including one in Sussex, southern England, and another in London "which we believe have been used for intelligence purposes".
Israeli soldiers are reportedly seen dismantling a tunnel in the area of Beit Hanun in the northern Gaza Strip

Israel Shells Rafah As Biden Vows Arms Suspension

Israel has defied international objections by sending in tanks and conducting "targeted raids" in the border city, which it says is home to Hamas's last remaining battalions -- but is also crowded with displaced Palestinian civilians.
Former US president Donald Trump in court for his hush money trial

Stormy Daniels Details Alleged Sex With Trump At Hush Money Trial

Trump, 77, is accused of falsifying business records to reimburse his lawyer, Michael Cohen, for a $130,000 hush money payment to Daniels on the eve of his 2016 election against Hillary Clinton, when the lurid story of marital infidelity could have sunk his campaign.
ByteDance has said it has no plans to sell TikTok, leaving the lawsuit as its only option to avoid a ban

TikTok Challenges Potential US Ban In Court

The suit, filed at a federal court in Washington, argued that the move violates the First Amendment, charging that "Congress has made a law curtailing massive amounts of protected speech."
US President Joe Biden looks at note cards as he meets with Romanian President Klaus Iohannis in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 7, 2024.

US Halts Bomb Shipment To Israel Over Rafah Concerns

Washington halted the load of 1,800 2,000-lb (907 kg) bombs and 1,700 500-lb (226 kg) bombs after Israel had not "fully addressed" US concerns about a major ground operation, a senior administration official said.
Smoke billows after Israeli bombardment in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip on May 6, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas

Pulitzer Prizes Honor Gaza War Coverage

The New York Times won a Pulitzer in international reporting for its "wide-ranging and revelatory coverage of Hamas's lethal attack in southern Israel on Oct. 7," as well as reporting on "the Israeli military's sweeping, deadly response."
Police arrest a Jewish pro-Palestinian demonstrator near the Met Gala in New York on May 6, 2024

Pro-Palestinian Demonstrators Protest Outside The Met Gala

Among the rallying points were the gates of Columbia University, which has been the center of spreading demonstrations, before protesters marched through Manhattan to American fashion's biggest night -- or at least as close as police would let them.
This picture shows Aramco tower at the King Abdullah Financial District (KAFD) in Riyadh on April 16, 2023. Saudi Arabia has put a second four-percent chunk of shares of the Aramco energy giant, worth tens of billions of dollars, under the control of the

Saudi Aramco Says Q1 Profit Down 14.5 Percent

The world's biggest crude exporter, whose profits dropped by a quarter last year, is currently producing roughly nine million barrels per day (bpd), well below its capacity of 12 million bpd.
Netanyahu was speaking at a Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony at the Yad Vashem memorial in Jerusalem

Netanyahu Says Nothing Will Stop Israel From Defending Itself

Speaking at a Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony at the Yad Vashem memorial in Jerusalem, he lamented that when the Nazis killed six million Jews during World War II, his people "were totally defenseless against those who sought our destruction.

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