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German opposition leader Merz calls for snap elections

Chancellor Olaf Scholz faces growing pressure from politicians and business to commit to January vote

World - Financial Times - 1 hour ago

Irish Leader Plans to Call Election Later This Week

Simon Harris, Ireland’s prime minister, said Tuesday that he would dissolve Parliament later this week, setting the stage for a general election by the end of the month.

World - The New York Times - Yesterday

More EU leaders expected to back calls for offshore asylum centres

Migration to dominate summit as four people including two toddlers die after falling from crowded speedboat off Kos. A growing number of European leaders are expected to back calls for offshore ...

World - The Guardian - October 16

Bolton calls death of Hamas leader 'a good day for the whole world'

Former White House national security adviser John Bolton said Thursday was “a good day for the whole world” after the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar. “Well, it's a good day for the whole world ...

Politics - The Hill - October 18

Biden calls killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar a moment of justice

President Biden on Friday in Berlin addressed U.S. allies on Israel's killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, calling it a moment of justice and urging a path to peace. CBS News White House reporter ...

Tapper mocks GOP leaders with clips of Trump calling Harris 'fascist'

CNN host Jake Tapper mocked the two Republican leaders in Congress with clips of former President Trump calling his opponent, Vice President Harris, a “fascist.” Tapper made fun of Speaker Mike ...

Politics - The Hill - October 25

Kurdish leader in Syria calls for diplomatic solutions to conflict with Turkey

The leader of the U.S.-backed Kurdish forces in northeast Syria has called for international mediators to continue pushing for diplomatic solutions to the complex web of conflicts in the Middle ...

World - ABC News - October 29

Boeing machinists' union leaders back new contract, call for Monday vote

Some 33,000 Boeing machinists have been on strike for weeks. Union leadership said the latest proposal adds a general wage increase of 38% over four years.

Pakistan's leader calls on Biden to secure release of a woman serving lengthy prison term

A lawyer says Pakistan's prime minister has written to U.S. President Joe Biden to request the release of a Pakistani woman who is serving an 86-year prison sentence in the U.S. for terrorism charges

World - ABC News - October 18

Iran's supreme leader says Israel's attack 'should not be exaggerated nor downplayed,' without calling for retaliation

World - ABC News - October 27

Community leaders call for hate crime charge as Jewish man shot on his way to synagogue

A Chicago man has been charged with 14 felonies after shooting a Jewish man who was on his way to a local synagogue.

Trump takes calls from growing list of world leaders following election victory

Chinese President Xi Jinping and French President Emmanuel Macron were among the first world leaders to speak by phone with President-elect Donald Trump.

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The Leader of Hamas Is Dead

Also, Biden traveled to Germany as the U.S. wrestles with military aid. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.

Top stories - The New York Times - October 17

The Death of Hamas’s Leader

Yahya Sinwar is dead. Could this be a turning point?

Top stories - The New York Times - October 18

The Dilemma Iran’s Leader Faces

Iran’s Supreme Leader now faces a critical choice: whether to pursue nuclear weapons.

Top stories - The New York Times - October 24

Canadiens: Crazy Call is Unexplainable

Just when you think the officiating cannot surprise you anymore, this Montreal Canadiens and Philadelphia Flyers game happens.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 27

Who Is Yahya Sinwar, Hamas’s Leader?

Mr. Sinwar, one of the main architects of the Oct. 7 Hamas-led attack on Israel, has spent decades with the militant group, working his way to the top of its leadership.

Top stories - The New York Times - October 17

Who was the Hamas leader, Yahya Sinwar?

Israel says its troops in Gaza killed Yahya Sinwar, a chief architect of the 7 October 2023 attack.

Who was Yahya Sinwar, the Hamas leader Israel says it killed?

Yahya Sinwar masterminded an attack on Israel that shocked the world, unleashing a still-widening catastrophe with no end in sight

World - ABC News - October 17

Friday Briefing: The Leader of Hamas is Dead

Plus, an interview with Hugh Grant.

World - The New York Times - October 17

Yahya Sinwar, Leader of Hamas, Is Dead

Mr. Sinwar climbed the ranks of the Palestinian militant group to plot the deadliest attack on Israel in its history.

World - The New York Times - October 18

The death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar

He was Israel's "most wanted," the accused mastermind of the October 7 attacks. But the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, killed by IDF forces this week in southern Gaza, has not ended Israel's ...

Trump is the American leader Ukrainians need

Donald Trump is the best candidate for the U.S. election as he is a man of action and business who understands the value of strength, and will bring peace in Ukraine through a ceasefire, allowing ...

Politics - The Hill - October 21

Trump holds Latino leaders roundtable

Former President Donald Trump courted Latino voters in Florida during a roundtable conversation where he discussed union voters and his plans to expand the U.S. economy. CBS News' Nikole Killion ...

Trump calls himself 'the father of IVF'

Former President Trump in a Fox News town hall that aired Wednesday called himself the “father of IVF,” seeking to claim credit as a defender of the fertility treatment that conservative Supreme ...

Politics - The Hill - October 16

Q3 2024 KeyCorp Earnings Call

Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 18

In a New Era of Jeans, What You See Isn’t Always What You Get

Sales are thriving in the uncanny valley of printed denim.

Lifestyle - The New York Times - October 21

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