Biden and Netanyahu clashed over the war in Gaza
President Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu traded barbs as the public dispute over Israel’s tactics in Gaza intensified.
Biden said in an interview that Netanyahu “should pay more attention to the innocent lives that are being lost” and that he is “hurting Israel more than helping Israel.”
Netanyahu responded in a later interview that if Biden believed that Netanyahu was going against the wishes of the majority of Israelis and that it harmed Israel’s interests, then he was wrong on both counts.
The fight comes as the UN and aid agencies warned of imminent famine in the beleaguered enclave of about 2.2 million. Health officials in Gaza said at least 25 people, mostly children, had died of malnutrition and dehydration in recent days.
A US military vessel was heading to Gaza with equipment to build a floating jetty that could eventually be used to deliver about two million meals a day to the enclave. But the Pentagon said the project could take weeks to complete. American officials acknowledged that ground aid deliveries were more effective, but Israel greatly reduced them.
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The crisis engulfed Haiti
Haiti is facing an insurgency unlike any seen in decades.
The country’s prime minister, Ariel Henry, is holed up in Puerto Rico and refuses to step down, despite calls from the US and Caribbean countries to do so.
Gangs band together in coordinated attacks against the state, leaving millions of people across the country caught in the middle. Many are afraid to leave their homes for fear of being caught in the crossfire. They are hungry. They are running out of clean water and natural gas. They are desperate.
“It’s a war zone,” said a doctor there.
As the security situation worsens, so does food insecurity. Nearly a million of Haiti’s 11 million people are on the brink of starvation, UN says
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News agencies reported that a Kensington Palace photograph of Catherine, Princess of Wales, had been manipulated by the palace. (The New York Times removed the photo from an article about it, as did other news organizations.)
The claim that the photo was doctored is likely to deepen the mystery surrounding Catherine, 42, who has not been seen in public since undergoing abdominal surgery almost two months ago.
British news media have struggled to cover Catherine, torn between a public curious about news of a future queen and Britain’s custom of giving even public figures privacy on health matters.
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The 2024 Academy Awards have come and gone, and pretty much everything went as expected.
“Oppenheimer” dominated, winning seven awards in total: best picture? best director (Christopher Nolan, above); best actor (Cillian Murphy) best supporting actor (Robert Downey Jr.). and best photography, editing and original score.
“Poor Things” took home four awards, winning best actress (Emma Stone), costumes, production design and make-up and hair.
Da’Vine Joy Randolph won Best Supporting Actress for her performance in “The Holdovers.”
“The Zone of Interest” won the award for best international film. “20 Days in Mariupoli” for the best documentary. Hayao Miyazaki’s “The Boy and the Heron” for Best Animated Feature. “War Is Over!” by Sean Lennon! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko” for the best animated short. and Wes Anderson’s “The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar” for best live-action short. (The full list of winners follows.)
“Barbie,” the Greta Gerwig blockbuster, won only one Oscar, for best original song (Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell’s “What Was I Made For?”). Ryan Gosling’s rendition of “I’m Just Ken” from “Barbie,” with Slash of Guns n’ Roses in a cameo, was one of the show’s most memorable moments.
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