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This week, for two whole days, close to a thousand troops from the Israel Defense Forces carried out a military operation in the Jenin refugee camp, whose official objective was "to dismantle the armed infrastructure of the terrorist organizations that operate in the area." The Israeli offensive focused on nipping in the bud the capabilities of the Jenin Brigade, a local armed group that has gained weight in the last year, as tension has intensified within the framework of the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict, that this 2023 is experiencing its deadliest year in the last two decades, with a total of 156…

NEW YORK (AP) — An accident involving a double-decker tour bus and a city bus in Manhattan Thursday night sent 18 people to hospitals for treatment, fire and EMS officials said.Reports of a major car crash came in shortly after 7 p.m., said Deputy Chief Kevin Murphy of the New York Fire Department's Division 1 Unit. Emergency personnel found what he described as a serious accident, with the larger bus adding to the complications.“We had some minor challenges on the double-decker bus — getting through the windows, getting people out,” said Paul Hopper, deputy chief of New York EMS Division…

HONG KONG (AP) — Millions of Taylor Swift fans across Asia competed for some 300,000 concert tickets Friday as general sales for her six shows begin next year in Singapore, the singer-songwriter's only stop in Southeast Asia. Swift's "Eras Tour," which kicked off in March and includes more than 100 shows on five continents, has sparked a ticket frenzy and is on track for a record $1 billion or more on sale. Some fans vying for the limited number of seats at Swift's concerts have referred to her experience as "The Great War," a song from her 2022 album "Midnights."But…

Job growth moderated in June, taking some steam out of what had been an incredibly strong job market.Nonfarm payrolls rose 209,000 in June and the unemployment rate was 3.6%, the Labor Department reported Friday. That compared to the Dow Jones consensus estimates for growth of 240,000 and an unemployment level of 3.6%.The total, while still strong from a historical perspective, marked a sizeable drop from May's downwardly revised total of 306,000 and was the slowest month for job creation since payrolls fell by 268,000 in December 2020.The closely watched wage numbers were slightly stronger than expected. Median hourly earnings increased…