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In a recent speech at the Katif Conference for National Responsibility in Yad Binyamin, Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich suggested that it might be "just and moral" to starve Gaza's population of two million until Israeli hostages are returned. However, he acknowledged the impossibility of such actions due to global scrutiny.

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The crowds are psyched. The campaign donations are flooding in. Volunteers are showing up at field offices in droves. After a mostly smooth two-week campaign startup, Vice President Kamala Harris is headed into a crucial week that includes her most critical decision yet — choosing a running mate — while grappling with how to keep that early political momentum alive.

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Elon Musk has filed a new lawsuit against OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman, reviving a legal conflict that seemed to have been put to rest just weeks ago. The suit, filed on August 5, 2024, in the U.S. District Court of Northern California, alleges a "textbook tale of altruism versus greed" and accuses OpenAI's leadership of "perfidy and deceit...of Shakespearean proportions."

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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, accused as the mastermind of al-Qaida’s Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States, has agreed to plead guilty, the Defense Department said Wednesday. The development points to a long-delayed resolution in an attack that killed thousands and altered the course of the United States and much of the Middle East.

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