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Sanders joined Senate Republicans in blocking an aid bill for Israel and Ukraine on Wednesday. He tells NPR that Israel has the right to go to war with Hamas, but not “against the Palestinian people.” (Image credit: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

I woke up Sunday morning, Dec. 3, 2023, to frantic texts from B, a college student I mentor in Gaza through We Are Not Numbers, an organization that helps young adult writers publish stories in English. I’m calling him “B”

In the two months since the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel, the U.S. has witnessed an outbreak of antisemitic and anti-Palestinian and Islamophobic episodes. These incidents have been a painful reminder of how some Americans, in the aftermath of national

UNLV shooting: Former college professor kills three in Las Vegas campus  BBC.com Special report: Police say multiple people killed in UNLV shooting  NBC News ‘Active shooter’ at University of Nevada, Las Vegas with ‘multiple victims;’ suspect dead  Fox News 12/6: CBS Evening News  CBS

LONDON — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was struggling to avert a leadership crisis on Thursday after his plan to revive a blocked asylum deal with Rwanda triggered turmoil in his party and the resignation of his immigration minister. Sunak

Ex-US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy will leave Congress, raising Republican worries  Reuters Kevin McCarthy to resign from Congress after being ousted as House speaker  Fox News Kevin McCarthy to leave Congress at the end of this year  CNN Editorial: Kevin McCarthy quits Congress.

Antisemitism on campus hearing: Harvard, Penn, MIT heads face backlash  USA TODAY College Presidents Under Fire After Dodging Questions About Antisemitism  The New York Times College leaders leave distressing impression in Washington hearing  The Boston Globe Vantage | Are top US colleges defending

US Senate Republicans sink Ukraine aid bill in dispute over immigration  Financial Times As Ukraine aid falters in the Senate, Biden signals he’s willing to make a deal on border security  WGN News Senate Republicans block Ukraine, Israel aid bill  CBS Evening News

A year after China abruptly scrapped its notoriously stringent zero-COVID controls and amid a recent surge in respiratory illness cases, some Chinese citizens are starting to worry about a potential reintroduction of the controversial regime of mass testing and restrictions

Hundreds of campaigners across the UK have gathered outside several defence factories to protest against arms being sent to Israel.