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Foreign leaders react to Bidens decision not to seek reelection

World leaders watching the U.S. election have started to react to the decision by President Biden on Sunday not to seek reelection, discussing their relationships with the U.S. president and offering thoughts on his decision. U.K. Prime MinisterKeir Starmer said: “I respect President Biden’s decision and I look forward to us working together during the remainder of his presidency. “I …

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Israeli airstrikes kill at least 13 people in Gaza refugee camps as cease-fire talks grind on

At least 13 people were killed in three Israeli airstrikes that hit refugee camps in central Gaza overnight into Saturday, according to Palestinian health officials, as cease-fire talks in Cairo appeared to make progress. Among the dead in Nuseirat Refugee Camp and Bureij Refugee Camp were three children and one woman, according to Palestinian ambulance teams that transported the bodies …

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Yemens Houthis claim drone strike on Tel Aviv that Israeli military says killed 1 and wounded 8 people

A large explosion rocked the streets of central Tel Aviv in the early Friday morning hours, jolting Israelis out of bed, shattering windows and raining down shrapnel in what Yemen’s Houthi rebels claimed as an attack using a new explosive drone. Israeli officials said later Friday morning that the blast was caused by a drone fired from Yemen, and that …

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Climate change is making days longer, according to new research

Climate change is making days longer, as the melting of glaciers and polar ice sheets causes water to move closer to the equator, fattening the planet and slowing its rotation, according to a recent study. Research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences used both observations and reconstructions to track variations of mass at Earth’s surface since …

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Why a London man named Bushe is on a mission to turn his neighbors hedges into art

London — On a dead-end road in London’s Islington district, CBS News found Tim Bushe trimming his hedge. It was an ordinary scene in the neighborhood of row houses until you stepped back to take in the full scale of the neatly pruned topiary — in the form of a giant locomotive. “Philippa, my wife, used to sit in the …

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Princess Kate shares health update on cancer treatment, announces first public appearance in months

London —Catherine, the Princess of Wales, offered a rare health update Friday, saying in a statement that she is still undergoing chemotherapy for an undisclosed form of cancer and has “a few more months” of treatment left, but that she is making “good progress.” Princess Kate, as she’s often known, also announced her first formal step back into public life. …

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Floating Gaza aid pier temporarily dismantled due to rough seas

Just a week after a temporary offshore pier designed to bring desperately-needed humanitarian aid into war-torn Gaza reopened following repairs, authorities announced Friday that it is being temporarily dismantled yet again because of rough seas. U.S. Central Command announced Friday that the U.S.-built pier was being removed from Gaza’s coast and towed back to Ashdod, Israel, to prevent it from …

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Treasure trove recovered from ancient shipwrecks 5,000 feet underwater in South China Sea

Nearly 1,000 pieces of treasure — including copper coins and ornate pottery from the Ming Dynasty — were recovered from a pair of ancient shipwrecks discovered in the South China Sea, officials saidon Thursday. The yearlong retrieval operation came after the two shipwrecks were discovered in 2022 about 5,000 feet underwater near the northwest continental slope of the South China …

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U.N. official says he saw Israeli troops kill 2 Palestinians fishing off Gaza coast

Two men fishing in the waters off the coast of the Gaza Strip were killed Wednesday by Israeli troops firing at them with automatic weapons, James Elder, the global spokesperson for the United Nations’ children’s agency UNICEF, told CBS News. Elder said he was in a truck attempting to deliver food and medical supplies for 10,000 children in northern Gaza …

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It only takes 5 seconds of hail to damage an airplane mid-flight, expert says. Photos show how destructive it can be.

An Austrian Airlines flight went viral this week after it flew through a hailstorm on Sunday that ripped off part of the plane’s nose and shattered its cockpit windows. And one expert tells CBS News that while incidents like this are rare, they can happen very easily — and very fast. The incident involved Austrian Airlines flight OS434, en route …

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