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Delegates from Israel and Hamas began indirect talks in Egypt yesterday to hash out sticking points in a US-led 20-point proposal to forge a ceasefire and arrange a hostage-prisoner exchange. The negotiations—mediated by the US, Qatar, and Egypt—kicked off on the eve of the war's second anniversary.
The parties have conditionally agreed on the broader contours of the plan, but disagreements remain on the details. The proposal includes Hamas releasing the 48 remaining hostages in Gaza (roughly 20 of whom are believed to be alive) within 72 hours in exchange for Israel freeing 1,700 Palestinians detained after Oct. 7, 2023, and 250 prisoners who are serving life sentences. It also requires Hamas to disarm and surrender governance. Questions remain on whether and when Israeli forces will withdraw from Gaza.
President Donald Trump has said Israel would need to stop attacking Gaza before hostages are released. The Israeli military maintains it is mostly carrying out defensive strikes to protect its troops near the border. |
French PM Resigns (Again) |
French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu resigned yesterday, less than a day after unveiling his Cabinet. The decision comes after less than a month in the role and makes his government France’s shortest-lived in modern history.
Lecornu is France’s third prime minister this year, as consecutive governments failed to muster the parliamentary support to pass an austerity budget. Last year, the country’s budget deficit reached 5.8%—nearly double the European Union’s 3% limit (see breakdown). In July, the bloc added France to its list of countries being monitored for compliance, requiring France to meet target goals by 2029. France’s latest budget was due to be presented today.
The announcement has prompted fresh calls for President Emmanuel Macron to hold snap parliamentary elections or resign. After Macron lost his parliamentary majority in last year’s snap elections, he has resisted similar calls, pledging to stay in office until his mandate ends in 2027. The euro slid 0.7% on yesterday’s news. |
Endurance, the famed 20th-century polar expedition ship that stranded 28 men after being crushed by Antarctic ice, was structurally weaker than long believed, according to a report published yesterday.
For decades, experts attributed Endurance's sinking to extreme ice conditions and a faulty rudder. Newspapers and books hailed the wooden vessel as the strongest polar ship of its time, and famed explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton has been revered for guiding his crew on the perilous monthslong journey to safety (w/video). However, yesterday's first-ever structural analysis of Endurance challenges that narrative. The report found the ship lacked critical support beams needed to endure Antarctic ice, making it weaker than some other 20th-century polar ships. A complementary review of Shackleton's writings also suggests he was aware of Endurance's shortcomings—and the risks they posed—before setting sail.
The report was written by Jukka Tuhkuri, a scientist aboard the Endurance22 mission that discovered the wreck in 2022. |
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Sports, Entertainment, & Culture |
> The 2025-26 NHL regular season kicks off tonight; see preview and predictions for all 32 teams (More) | LeBron James to make major announcement today (12 pm ET), speculated to be regarding his basketball future (More) |
> Jilly Cooper, renowned bestselling British romance author and journalist, dies at age 88 (More) |
> Canadian rock band Rush announces 2026 summer reunion tour, their first concerts since 2015 (More) | Instagram announces Rings awards, which will honor the platform's top creators (More) |
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> Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine awarded to trio of American and Japanese immunologists for discoveries underpinning new autoimmune and cancer therapies (More) | Nobel Prize in Physics to be announced this morning at 5:45 am ET (More) |
> Deadly tornado that hit North Dakota in June upgraded to strongest classification, marking the first such rating in the US since 2013; winds reached 210 mph, and width peaked at more than 1 mile (More) |
> Researchers link fathers' exercise regimens to endurance and metabolic health of children, suggesting sperm microRNAs transmit benefits of physical activity (More) |
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> US stock markets close mixed (S&P 500 +0.4%, Dow -0.1%, Nasdaq +0.7%) as the federal government shutdown enters its second week (More) |
> OpenAI to purchase computing capacity from chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices for artificial intelligence data centers; AMD shares close up 23.7% (More) |
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> US Supreme Court declines to hear an appeal by Ghislaine Maxwell, convicted sex trafficker and former associate of Jeffrey Epstein (More) |
> Federal government shutdown enters seventh day after Senate fails to pass either of two competing stopgap bills; Republican-led bill failed 52-42, with Democratic bill failing 50-45 (More) |
> Rescue efforts begin to save hundreds of hikers stranded on Mount Everest in Tibet amid heavy snowfall, at roughly 16,000-foot elevation (More) |
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> Stone, Fire, and Glue
SciShow | Staff. Glue may be the third-most important invention, after stone tools and fire. Its sticky history dates back at least 200,000 years, when Neanderthals forged hunting knives using birch tar. (Watch) |
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Historybook: Edgar Allan Poe dies (1849); World’s oldest airline still operating under its original name, KLM, is founded (1919); American cellist Yo-Yo Ma born (1955); US invasion of Afghanistan begins (2001); Hamas launches attack into Israel, killing over 1,200 people and taking 250 hostage (2023). |
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