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Hamas accepts cease-fire proposal for Gaza, but Israel still uncertain

An official familiar with Israeli thinking said Israeli officials were examining the proposal, but the plan approved by Hamas was not the framework Israel proposed

Storms bring tornadoes to Oklahoma, Kansas; forecasts warn more to come

National Weather Service said that more than 3.4 million people, 1,614 schools and 159 hospitals in Oklahoma, portions of southern Kansas and far north Texas, face the most severe threat for tornadoes

Pro-Palestinian protestors retake MIT protest site, other buildings

Sam Ihns, a graduate student at MIT studying mechanical engineering aid the group has been at the encampment for the past two weeks

Gaza may be Biden's Vietnam but ready to battle Trump, says Bernie Sanders

Privately, Sanders has felt less enthusiastic in recent days about making the political case on Biden's behalf as the Gaza crisis worsened

Jail threat looms for Trump as prosecutors look at transactions in case

The jury on Monday heard from two witnesses, including a former Trump Organization controller who provided a mechanical but vital recitation

Macron prioritises trade, Ukraine as Jinping opens European tour in France

France is the first stop on a European trip by Xi aimed at rebuilding relations at a time of global tensions. After France on Monday and Tuesday, the Chinese leader will head to Serbia and Hungary

Palestinian, Egyptian officials say Israeli tanks enter Gaza town Rafah

Egyptian official said the operation appeared to be limited in scope. He and Hamas' Al-Aqsa TV said Israeli officials informed the Egyptians that the troops would withdraw after operation

Russia defends UN veto on space nuke ban, urges ban on all weapons

Russia's UN ambassador, Vassily Nebenzia, said the United States and Japan, which sponsored the vetoed resolution, are guilty of of hypocrisy and double standards

Trump calls Joe Biden weak on antisemitism, ignoring his own rhetoric

Trump's attempts to claim a moral high ground against antisemitism come as the Democratic president is navigating the intense divisions of the Israel-Hamas war and the resulting unrest

Turkey carried out new airstrikes against Kurdish militants in north Iraq

Warplanes struck suspected positions of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, in the regions of Hakurk, Metina and Gara in Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdish region

FAA to probe Boeing after workers in US falsified 787 inspection records

Boeing notified the FAA and is taking swift and serious corrective action with multiple teammates, Stocker said

Pulitzer Prizes in journalism awarded to NYT, Washington Post and AP

Hamas' October 7 attack on Israel and the aftermath produced work that resulted in two Pulitzers. The Times won for text coverage while the Reuters news service won for its photography

82-yr-old US Sen Bernie Sanders running for re-election to a fourth term

Sanders has criticised President Joe Biden's handling of the US relationship with Israel

Turkey opens another former church from Byzantine-era as mosque

Turkey formally converted The Church of St. Saviour in Chora, known as Kariye in Turkish, into a mosque in 2020, soon after it similarly turned Istanbul's landmark Haghia Sophia into a Moaque

Hamas says it accepts Gaza ceasefire deal proposal of Egypt, Qatar

It issued a statement Monday saying its supreme leader, Ismail Haniyeh, had delivered the news in a phone call with Qatar's prime minister and Egypt's intelligence minister

Judge warns Trump of possible jail time, fines $1k for gag order violation

The fine marks the second sanction for Trump for inflammatory comments about witnesses since the start of the trial last month. He was fined $9,000 last week for nine violations

US, Philippine forces stage combat drills near channel off southern Taiwan

Washington and Manila say the drills are not directed at any country and are crucial for improving the response to emergencies in the Philippines, one of the world's most disaster-prone countries

Columbia University cancels commencement ceremony amid ongoing protests

The University of Southern California earlier cancelled its main graduation ceremony while allowing other commencement activities to continue

Heavy rains ease around Houston, flooding remains after hundreds rescued

Houston is one of the most flood-prone metro areas in the country. Hurricane Harvey in 2017 dumped historic rainfall that flooded thousands of homes and resulted in more than 60,000 rescues

Airbus stays humble even as Boeing flounders; Here's the reason

Airbus has outpaced Boeing for five straight years in plane orders and deliveries, and just reported a 28 per cent quarterly increase in net profit