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In today’s newsletter: Javier Milei was expected to top the first round of voting in the presidential election, but the country picked the centrist candidate

Biden administration insists all hostages held by Hamas must be freed before negotiations

Exclusive: Commissioner condemns incidents targeting Jews but supports ‘basic right’ to protest

Yocheved Lifshitz’s daughter says she ‘cannot put into words the relief that she is now safe’

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Chinese foreign minister expresses deep sadness at deaths of civilians in the war that started on October 7.

Palestinian officials say dozens killed in latest Israeli air strikes on the besieged enclave.

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday that the Hamas attack had been traumatic for Israel but that it also was a disaster for the Palestinian people. "Hamas does not represent the Palestinian people," Macrontold reporters alongside Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah, in the West Bank, following a meeting…

Over 70 protesters were issued citations for obstructing traffic, according to Chicago police. No arrests were made, and no injuries were reported.