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6 Questions to Find Out How Your Employees Are Really Doing

[[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=114013&nl=daily you know
how your employees truly feel about their roles, work, and
relationships? Asking the right questions in focused one-on-one
settings is key to making sure you’re in tune with your people. This
article outlines six questions to try to move beyond surface-level
interactions. The more you recognize your team members as people with
ambitions and dreams — not just cogs in the machine — the better
you’ll understand how they feel about their jobs and futures.

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Editor's Note: Even with a strong rapport, it can be challenging to
understand how your colleagues truly feel about their roles, work, and
relationships - especially for your remote employees. Asking the right
questions in focused one-on-one settings is key, says Steven
Rogelberg, Chancellor's Professor at the University of North Carolina
Charlotte and author of Glad We Met: The Art and Science of 1:1
Meetings.

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Musk draws first blood with spending bill bombshell - WSJ (No paywall)
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WASHINGTONWith a 4:15 a.m. ET social-media post on Wednesday, Elon
Musk declared that a must-do spending bill should not pass." By early
evening, the bill was dead, leaving the government barreling toward a
weekend shutdown just before Christmas. Lawmakers who might have
underestimated Musks ability to shake up Washington were suddenly
having second thoughts.

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Journal that published faulty black plastic study removed from science
index
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The publisher of a high-profile, now-corrected study on black plastics
has been removed from a critical index of academic journals amid
questions about quality criteria, according to a report by Retraction
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Arizona School's Curriculum Will Be Taught by AI, No Teachers
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Remember that one teacher who made going to school fun and inspired
you to pursue your passions? Students at a new charter school in
Arizona won't, because they don't get to have teachers.

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BlackRock Just Quietly Confirmed A Devastating Bitcoin Price Bombshell
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Bitcoin has rocketed higher this year in large part due to BlackRock,
the world's largest asset manager, putting its $10 trillion weight
behind it--triggering Wall Street fomo. Unlock over $3,000 in NFT,
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Australian who falsely claimed to have invented bitcoin is found in
contempt of U.K. court
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An Australian computer scientist who falsely claimed to be the founder
of the bitcoin cryptocurrency was found Thursday to be in contempt of
an order of London's High Court.

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The Year in Computer Science
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Researchers got a better look at chatbots' thoughts, amateurs learned
just how complicated simple systems can be, and codes became expert
self-fixers. The end of 2024 seems a particularly uncertain time in
history, and theoretical computer science is no exception.















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A new, uncensored AI video model may spark a new AI hobbyist movement
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The AI-generated video scene has been hopping this year (or twirling
wildly, as the case may be). This past week alone we've seen releases
or announcements of OpenAI's Sora, Pika AI's Pika 2, Google's Veo 2,
and Minimax's video-01-live.

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"Tradwives" were the hot topic online in 2024 -- but offline, women
are more independent than ever
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I was already glad about the upcoming TikTok ban, but now I have one
more reason to be happy about it: the site's minitrend of women
"pranking" their husbands by saying, "I can't pay the mortgage this
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Poor math skills pose risk for EU competitiveness, report says
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The report rated these poor results as a threat to labor productivity
and competitiveness in the medium term. It cited employer surveys as
saying it's crucial to have skilled workers and pointed to labor
shortages as holding back companies' ability to scale up production.

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Bashar Assad is finished but Syrias fight for democracy is just
beginning
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Most European governments cant wait to get rid of their Syrian
migrants, says Lina Chawaf, who was a prominent TV personality in
Damascus until she fled in 2011 after siding with the popular revolt
against now-ousted strongman Bashar Assad.






















 









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Here's what a blockbuster Nissan-Honda merger could mean for the auto
industry
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Top Japanese carmakers Nissan Motor and Honda Motor are understood to
be exploring a blockbuster merger, sending shockwaves through the
global automotive industry as the two rival companies seek to stay
competitive on the road to full electrification.

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Elon Musk Is Trying to Force a Government Shutdown - Intelligencer (No
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Ever since Donald Trump rewarded Elon Musk for his massive election
assistance by putting him in charge of dismantling large swaths of the
federal government, no one has been quite sure what to think of it.
Would leading the unofficial Department of Government Efficiency (with
Vivek Ramaswamy) be a pretend job to keep Musk happy and busy (you
know, in the spare time left from running his various companies) while
the real adults implemented Trumps agenda? Or might it unleash a
powerfully destructive personality with a vast social-media machine at
his fingertips, one who knows nothing about the public sector other
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Whats Next for Five of 2024s Most Dramatic Tech Stock Stories -
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Reddit, Palantir and Vistra soared on broadening of AI trade Intel and
Super Micro have slumped on company-specific issues

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Corporate Japan is steeling itself for hostile interest - FT (No
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The volume of shareholder activism and dealmaking by private equity
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Putin signals no rush to end Ukraine war in marathon TV appearance -
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Russian President Vladimir Putin appeared in no hurry to seek an end
to the war in Ukraine during his annual set-piece television event
Thursday, seeking instead to project Russias strength despite
President-elect Donald Trumps stated goal of achieving a quick peace.

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Nippon-US steel executives are running out of time to save $14 billion
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Flanked by steelworkers and city leaders, the vice chairman of Japans
Nippon Steel last week pledged to invest nearly $950 million in U.S.
Steels largest mill. Nippon Steel also offered bonuses to all U.S.
Steel employees, amounting to $20 million for workers in Gary.






















 









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Trump isnt president yet. Hes already spooking the Fed. - WSJ (No
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The Feds economic projections, and Chair Jerome Powells press
conference, spooked the stock market into a sharp selloff. One
undeniable takeaway was concern over the president-elects policy
proposals. This sets up what could become a contentious and
destabilizing relationship between the chief executive and the central
bank.

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The age of quantum software has already started - WSJ (No paywall)
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Companies are building quantum algorithms and running them over
simulators and early-stage machines.

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No, All Black Founders Are Not the Same - Inc (No paywall)
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In the mid-1980s, as a high school student at Ransom Everglades School
in Miami, Carlos Watson took the Miami-Dade transit bus after school
to his home in Homestead. The trip required two transfers and could
take more than three hours door to door. For Watson, who worked at
Publix to put some money in his pocket, the journey was a small price
to pay for an elite education at one of the top prep schools in south
Florida.

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How to Create Products That Grow with Their Users - Harvard Business
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Planned obsolescence has generated reliable revenue streams, but at a
devastating cost: mounting environmental waste, eroding customer
trust, and missed opportunities for deeper customer relationships. As
sustainability concerns grow and customer loyalty becomes increasingly
vital, many executives are asking: How do we break free from planned
obsolescence and design products that grow? The answer lies in
understanding how innovative companies are already making this
transition. Adobes Project Primrose offers a masterclass in PTG
development, showing how organizations can evolve from disposable
products to adaptive solutions that grow with customer needs.

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Vertex touts pain drug results, but medicine does not outperform
placebo in sciatica study - STAT (No paywall)
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Vertex Pharmaceuticals said Thursday that its closely watched drug,
suzetrigine, reduced pain compared to baseline but did not outperform
a placebo in a Phase 2 study, raising doubts about the medicines
potential in the lucrative market for treating chronic pain.

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Gisele Pelicots Ex-Husband And 50 Men Jailed In French Mass Rape Trial
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Dominique Pelicotwho admitted to drugging his ex-wife Gisele multiple
times over a decade and inviting strangers from the internet to rape
her when she was unconsciouswas sentenced by a French court to 20
years in jail, while dozens of other men were also handed prison terms
in a landmark mass rape case that shocked the country.

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Disney bows to Donald Trump
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Donald Trump 1, Disney 0. Trump's long-running battle with Disney saw
an unprecedented win for the president-elect this month, when the
corporation's ABC News agreed to a $15 million settlement over a
defamation lawsuit.

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Trumps for-profit presidency
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Exclusive: New Research Shows AI Strategically Lying
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For years, computer scientists have worried that advanced artificial
intelligence might be difficult to control. A smart enough AI might
pretend to comply with the constraints placed upon it by its human
creators, only to reveal its dangerous capabilities at a later point.

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Russias not invincible just look at Syrian collapse, says EU top
diplomat
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Speaking about the two top items on the EU leaders agenda for the
meeting the EUs support for Ukraine and the blocs role in the world
Kallas stressed that Europe needs to act united to remain strong and
serious on the world stage.

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Ethiopias Precarious Economic Reforms - Foreign Policy (No paywall)
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Analysis: Ethiopias Precarious Economic Reforms

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Saturn's rings could be much older than scientists first thought
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Saturn's rings might not be younger than the dinosaurs as recently
suggested, but nearly as old as the giant planet itself at billions of
years in age, a new study says. The age of Saturn's rings has long
been controversial.

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The Artist Who Trained Rats to Trade in Foreign-Exchange Markets
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Mr. Lehman could predict the prices of foreign-exchange futures more
accurately than he could call a coin flip. But, being a rat, he needed
the right bonus package to do so: a food pellet for when he was right,
and a small shock when he was wrong.

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Scientists sheds light on how our brains create mental "chapters" with
new event segmentation study
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A new study published in Current Biology sheds light on how the brain
divides the continuous flow of information in our daily lives into
discrete, meaningful events.

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Microsoft Confirms Password Deletion For 1 Billion Users--Attacks Up
200%
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Microsoft has confirmed plans to delete passwords for a billion users.
"The password era is ending," it says, warning those users that "bad
actors know it, which is why they're desperately accelerating
password-related attacks while they still can."

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Why YouTube's spectacular rise from startup to media juggernaut should
get more respect
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YouTube has transformed itself from a place to watch funny cat videos,
explorations of dance history, and Charlie biting fingers into one of
the largest media companies in the world. But, in 2006, when Google
bought YouTube for $1.65 billion , it was the early days of the online
video boom.

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Bird Flu Has Hit California Dairies So Hard That They're Calling It
'Covid for Cows'
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Avian flu primarily affects birds, but it can also infect mammals,
including humans. There have been 61 human cases reported in the
United States so far this year, and most of the individuals have had
mild symptoms, including pink eye, fever and muscle ache.

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RFK Jr. Returns to Capitol Hill With New 'Make America Healthy Again'
Caucus in Senate
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But he has yet to meet with members of the conference who could
approach him more skeptically, including Mitch McConnell of Kentucky
and Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, a physician who is set to lead the
Senate health committee next year. Mr. Kennedy is still expected to
meet this week with Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, a more moderate
Republican who has vowed to press Mr. Kennedy on his anti-vaccine
activism.

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When will UK interest rates fall, making mortgages cheaper?
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In the US, the central bank - the Federal Reserve - has cut interest
rates for three meetings in a row. Its key lending rate is now in a
target range of 4.25% to 4.5%, but the Fed has indicated that it will
cut rates at a slower pace next year.

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A nation exhausted: The neuroscience of why Americans are tuning out
politics
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"I am definitely not following the news anymore," one patient told me
when I asked about her political news consumption in the weeks before
the 2024 U.S. presidential election.

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American Airlines Settles Racial Discrimination Case
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American has faced other accusations of racism. In 2017, the National
Association for the Advancement of Colored People warned Black
travelers about the airline, citing what it described as examples of
discriminatory behavior. The group dropped that warning nine months
later, saying American had started to address its concerns.

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Amazon Reaches Settlement to Resolve Federal Safety Accusations
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“This settlement requires Amazon to take action at the corporate
level to ensure corporatewide ergonomic requirements are effectively
implemented at its warehouses,” said Seema Nanda, the Labor
Department’s solicitor.

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Nvidia's Global Chips Sales Could Collide With US-China Tensions
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The restrictions would threaten an international expansion plan that
Nvidia’s chief executive, Jensen Huang, calls “sovereign A.I.”
Mr. Huang has hopscotched the globe this fall, logging over 30,000
miles in three months, and the company expects to make more than $10
billion in sales this year from countries outside the United States.

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Trump Tossed a Debt Limit Grenade Into Spending Talks. Here's Why.
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But Republicans will soon control Congress, as well as the White
House, putting the onus squarely on them to either deal with the debt
limit or face the prospect of a default. The standoff over the debt
limit last year roiled markets and led to a downgrade of the long-term
credit rating of the United States. Mr. Trump would like to avoid a
similar scenario on his watch.

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Trump's Return May Worsen Financial Woes for Global Health
Institutions
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Global health priorities are now competing with climate change and
wars for funding, and aid budgets have already been cut in major donor
countries, including Britain, Germany and Japan. Health organizations
are bracing for the likelihood that the second Trump administration
will sharply reduce contributions from the United States, as well.

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?Severe? Bird Flu in the U.S.: Latest Updates
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed on
Wednesday the United States? first ?severe? human case of H5N1 avian
influenza?or bird flu, a zoonotic infection which has stoked fears of
becoming the next global pandemic.

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Gisele Pelicot's Testimony in France Rape Trial Becomes a Message of
Hope
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As she has throughout the trial, Ms. Pelicot retained her trademark
poise, giving a simple statement about her decision to allow the world
to witness the painful details of her rapes rather than keep them
private as is allowed by French law. Her goal was to force discussions
of rape, including those facilitated through the use of drugs.

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Crypto scammers posing as real brands on X are easily hacking
YouTubers
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Ars Technica has been separating the signal from the noise for over 25
years. With our unique combination of technical savvy and wide-ranging
interest in the technological arts and sciences, Ars is the trusted
source in a sea of information. After all, you don’t need to know
everything, only what’s important.

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Starlink's first nationwide satellite texting service goes live in New
Zealand
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The satellite service is free for existing One NZ customers on
paid-monthly plans, but we don’t know the pricing scheme for new
customers or for those signed up for other types of contracts.
Starlink has partnered with other telecommunications companies to
bring comprehensive coverage to Japan, Peru, Switzerland and Chile. As
previously mentioned, it’s also working with T-Mobile to do
something similar in the US.

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DJI evades US ban but has one year to prove its products aren't a
national security threat
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However, US representatives believe they're a risk. "DJI drones pose
the national security threat of TikTok, but with wings. This
Chinese-controlled company cannot be allowed to continue to operate in
the US," said Republican Representative Elise Stefanik. "These
Chinese-manufactured drones allow for the CCP, the Chinese Communist
Party, to access data in a backdoor manner and ultimately surveil
Americans," added Democratic Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi.

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Panama says 55 US-bound migrants have died crossing DariA(C)n Gap this
year
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Despite dangers including fast-flowing rivers, wild animals and
criminal gangs, the Darién is a key corridor for Venezuelan and
other migrants traveling overland from South America through Central
America and Mexico to the United States.

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Cheers, chants and hope for change: supporters thank GisA?le Pelicot
for her bravery as rape trial ends
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Information and support for anyone affected by rape or sexual abuse
issues is available from the following organisations. In France, the
France Victimes network can be contacted on 116 006. In the UK, Rape
Crisis offers support on 0808 500 2222 in England and Wales, 0808 801
0302 in Scotland, or 0800 0246 991 in Northern Ireland. In the US,
Rainn offers support on 800-656-4673. In Australia, support is
available at 1800Respect (1800 737 732). Other international helplines
can be found at ibiblio.org/rcip/internl.html

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Who are the men convicted over rape and assault of GisA?le Pelicot?
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Information and support for anyone affected by rape or sexual abuse
issues is available from the following organisations. In France, the
France Victimes network can be contacted on 116 006. In the UK, Rape
Crisis offers support on 0808 500 2222 in England and Wales, 0808 801
0302 in Scotland, or 0800 0246 991 in Northern Ireland. In the US,
Rainn offers support on 800-656-4673. In Australia, support is
available at 1800Respect (1800 737 732). Other international helplines
can be found at ibiblio.org/rcip/internl.html

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Israel launches deadly air raids against Yemen after missile attack
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Muhammad al-Bukhaiti, a member of the Houthi political bureau, said:
“The American-Israeli bombings of civilian facilities in Yemen
expose the hypocrisy of the west. Our military operations to support
Gaza will continue and we will respond to escalation with escalation
until the crimes of mass extermination in Gaza stop and the
possibility of bringing food, medicine and fuel into the strip is
allowed.”

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