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Israeli rescue mission for 4 hostages in Nuseerat part of Gaza June 10, 2024. 

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Jannik Sinner has a new coach Vagnozzi as he resets his game in world tennis.

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Kylian Mbappe will play for Real Madrid in the opening game with Atalanta for the UEFA Cup.

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Following the Gaza conflict in mid 2014, the situation in Nov. 2014 is one of continued unrest among young people in the West Bank. Here Rudoren and Kershner give a exceptional account of the feelings of Palestinians at the Askar refugee camp in the West Bank. With no prospect for a way out or the way ahead, and lack of confidence in the leadership, no peace talks, Palestinian young people engage in random acts of protest or violence. A decade of protest has put Palestine further behind in development, jobs, and economic progress. A decade of conflict has not reduced Israel's sense of insecurity, even as it has evolved into an advanced technological society. The situation of Jerusalem divides the two peoples, just as it did a decade ago under Palestinian leader Arafat. No novel or out of the ordinary solutions for Jerusalem that would preserve Jerusalem as a city open to Muslims, Christians and Jews, without a preeminent status for any one community, have been tried.

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President Biden reassured yet also cautioned Israel by saying that in the rage over the Hamas attacks Israel should "not be consumed by it."  And make mistakes that the US made after the 9/11 attacks of going too far, losing world sympathy and entangled in decades of conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan. He also stated that US information showed that Israel had not bombed a Gaza hospital, that the damage came from rocket attacks within Gaza.

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How Shohei Ohtani can do so much for American baseball and the LA Dodgers effort to revive the game.

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Goncalo Ramos hat-trick in the 6-1 soccer game against Switzerland shows a Portugal team at its best. 

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Gretchen Morgenson reflects on 2011 and the lessons not learned from the financial crisis of 2008.

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Alvaro Morata gives Spain a win in the 88th minute over Portugal after Ronaldo and Diego Jota fail to score. The game ended 1-0.

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See Pep Guardiola describe how he approached the game against Real Madrid in the semifinal of the Champions League soccer in this video from The Guardian.

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Pictures of big moments in Euro 21 soccer round of 16 matches from FR24 including Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema together after the France game with Portugal.

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Its as if Speaker of the US House of Representatives is visiting a foreign capital with Tibetan and US flags in Dharamsala and the seat of the Dalai Lama and Tibetan Government in exile. The visit is a coincidence and was planned earlier. What does this kind of popularity of the Tibetan cause in the US do to US-China relations and to future of Tibet especially if Democrats are supporting Tibet when the American conservatives are likely to be also supporters of Tibet.

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Iran and Houthi rebels in Yemen seeking to enlarge the Gaza response of Israel into a wider regional conflict. The US under Biden seeking to limit the contours of the conflict and convince Israel to end its invasion of Gaza. Shipping lanes in the Red Sea and the Suez Canal are affected as Maersk now sends its ships around the Horn of Africa. The US and UK warships tackle a recent barrage of attacks on shipping in the Red Sea last week and the US says it will respond to keep theshipping lanes open for Suez and the Red Sea. The WSJ shows these shipping lanes and the impact.

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Few remember it today, yet there was a period of players during the Ken Rosewall-Rod Laver period of the sixties and seventies that the lob and the drop shot were what made tennis exciting and fun. Ilie Nastase, a Romanian player of that time was adept at the drop shot and lob. Kurt Streeter of the NYT looks at the game of Spanish player Alcaraz and his frequent use of drop shots even from a distance that are taking tennis back to that era. In the woman's game Tunisian player Jabeur is also known for the drop shot. Marshmallows is a.k.a. for drop shots.

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Erik Vance takes one through some of the best workouts including core strengthening, yoga, tai chi, hiking, swimming, and the mental game of getting started, of going outdoors.

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The Israeli response to the Hamas attack and US plans to rescue hostages on Day 5 of the war in Gaza and border towns in Israel.