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Could the US midterms further isolate Israel in Washington?
The midterms showed that challenging support for Israel can win votes. But changing US foreign policy may be harder.
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Could the US midterms further isolate Israel in Washington?
The midterms showed that challenging support for Israel can win votes. But changing US foreign policy may be harder.
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Burning rubbish chokes besieged Yemeni city of Taiz
Taiz residents face health risks as waste accumulates amid sniper fire, forcing people to burn it in the streets.
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Burning rubbish chokes besieged Yemeni city of Taiz
Taiz residents face health risks as waste accumulates amid sniper fire, forcing people to burn it in the streets.
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Joint List says it will back Eisenkot to form Israel’s next government
Arab-led parties won a record 19 seats in Israel's 120-seat parliament in last week's general election.
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Joint List says it will back Eisenkot to form Israel’s next government
Arab-led parties won a record 19 seats in Israel's 120-seat parliament in last week's general election.
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Entertainment
Is that an explosion, an implosion or an orgasm? Pixies bass-player Emma Richardson’s realm-leaping life in painting
Huge, ecstatic canvases are just one of the vocations of the musician who joined the art rockers in 2024. As her show Hotwire My Heart opens, she talks terror, awe and teabags Emma Richardson loves to eavesdrop when people look at her paintings and talk about what they see in them. “They turn into these Rorschach inkblot tests,” she grins. Looking at her works, you do stand back in awe wondering. Is that a nebula, a god or a fleshy, baroque orgy? An explosion, an implosion or an orgasm? Richardson implies all of these and more, her paintbrush chasing in vivid oils the hedonism, desire and brea
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Democrat leads by just over 1,000 votes in surprisingly tight Mississippi Senate race
If Democrat Scott Colom wins the race, he could become the first black US senator elected in Mississippi since 1875.
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‘It’s kind of a melting pot’: how one US city transformed a highway into a leafy oasis
The BLVD is home to 250 enterprises, from banks, tattoo shops and restaurants to museums and a performing arts centre
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Gangs, gaffes and two guys named Chris: why I’m glued to the 2026 New Zealand election contest
Every three years, New Zealanders’ carefully curated ‘nice guy’ persona is put to one side
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Tracking the blue wave: how our visual and data journalists helped you navigate the US midterm elections
Ahead of the Democrats’ ‘Blue-nami’, some of the team behind our epic results page explained the work that goes into preparing for every election night
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David Jones wrongly believed it could be exclusive and everywhere. Can the 188-year-old institution keep the lights on for Christmas?
The arbiter of Australian taste abandoned prestige to chase profits through expansion. Now 6,000 staff across 38 stores fear job cuts as ‘difficult decisions’ loom
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