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Israel Defense Forces spokesman Daniel Hagari closed out the year with a warning that Israel’s war objectives “require prolonged fighting” and that the IDF is “preparing accordingly” as it heads into 2024. Earlier, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the war “will continue for many more months,” as fighting continued across Gaza. Credit: 1: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/01/01/israel-hamas-war-gaza-news-palestine/ […]

Venice welcomed nearly 13 million tourists in 2019 despite its modest size of 7.6 square kilometres A daytime view of Venice, Italy. — Unsplash Venice, the “city of canals,” is slated to ban loudspeakers and restrict tour groups to no more than 25 individuals to lessen the negative effects of mass tourism in the Italian

close Video NYC revelers reveal their celebrity New Year’s kiss desires Fox News’ Jimmy Failla asks tourists in New York City which celebrity they would put a smacker on at midnight. At least nine people were injured in New York City overnight after a car plowed into New Year’s Eve revelers and police officers. The

People across the globe celebrated the turn of the new year Sunday night and into Monday morning as they watched the ball drop and kissed loved ones under confetti that showered onto city streets marking the start of 2024. In New York City’s Times Square, Frank Sinatra’s “New York, New York” was heard from speakers

Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save JERUSALEM — It might seem obscene to assess the mounting financial cost of Israel’s war in Gaza while the bombs are still falling on the besieged enclave, when hundreds of Palestinians, on average, are dying each day — alongside smaller, but historic, numbers of Israeli

A 34-year-old man was killed on Saturday after an encounter with a shark while surfing off Maui’s northern shore, according to the Maui Police Department. In a press release, just after 11:15 a.m., officers responded to a beach area in Paia for reports regarding a “miscellaneous type of incident.” Ocean Safety Officers collected and transported

Queen Margrethe II of Denmark announced that she is abdicating her position in the new year after nearly 52 years on the throne.  During her New Year’s Eve speech, Margrethe II, 86, said that she plans to step down on Jan. 14. The date marks the anniversary of her own ascension to the throne in

Add to your saved stories Save Jiang Ping, a Chinese legal scholar forced to resign a university president post after backing the 1989 pro-democracy protests in Tiananmen Square but who remained an influential voice for the rights of citizens against the powers of the state, died Dec. 19 at a hospital in Beijing. He was