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Ismail Haniyeh, leader of the Palestinian militant group Hamas, speaks to journalists after his meeting with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, in Beirut, Lebanon, June 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

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Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas' international face, was marked for death by Israel over the Oct. 7 attack

By BASSEM MROUE BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press
Wed,07/31/24-2:41AM, 194 Reads
BEIRUT (AP) — Ismail Haniyeh was the international face of Hamas, its top leader in exile who kept up the militant group’s ties with allies around the region. At the head of its political hierarchy, he had little military role – but Israel marked him for death after the surprise Oct. 7 attacks.
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The Nation's Weather

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Wed,07/31/24-3:30AM, 136 Reads
The Nation's Weather for Thursday, August 1, 2024
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NATIONAL SUMMARY
Heavy afternoon and evening thunderstorms will spread in
parts of the Midwest and Ohio Valley tomorrow.
Thunderstorms may bring flooding downpours and damaging
wind gusts. There may be an isolated tornado or two from
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A television screen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, shows the Federal Reserve rate decision, Wednesday, July 31, 2024.(AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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Stock market today: Asian benchmarks are mixed as Tokyo sips on strong yen

By YURI KAGEYAMA YURI KAGEYAMA - AP Business Writer
Wed,07/31/24-2:52AM, 200 Reads
TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares traded mixed Thursday as Tokyo's benchmark plunged as the U.S. dollar sank against the yen.
Regional investors are also digesting the rally on Wall Street that came on hopes U.S. cuts to interest rates will be arriving soon.
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Fed Chair Powell says September interest rate cut could be 'on the table' as inflation cools

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER CHRISTOPHER RUGABER - AP Economics Writer
Tue,07/30/24-5:13PM, 119 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Wednesday set the stage for the central bank's first rate cut in four years, citing greater progress toward lower inflation as well as a cooler job market that no
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