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Israeli strikes across Gaza kill dozens of Palestinians, even in largely emptied north

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DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israeli forces bombarded cities, towns and refugee camps across Gaza overnight and into Thursday, killing dozens of people in an air and ground offensive against Hamas that has widened to most of the territory and forced thousands more to flee from homes and shelters. The war has already killed over … Read more

Vatican prosecutor appeals verdict that largely dismantled his fraud case but convicted cardinal

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VATICAN CITY — The Vatican’s chief prosecutor has appealed a court verdict that largely dismantled his theory of a grand conspiracy to defraud the Holy See of millions of euros but found a cardinal guilty of embezzlement. Prosecutor Alessandro Diddi filed his appeal this week of the three-judge tribunal’s decision in a complicated financial trial … Read more

Google moves to end geofence warrants, a surveillance problem it largely created

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Google will soon allow users to store their location data on their devices rather than on Google’s servers, effectively ending a long-running surveillance practice that allowed police and law enforcement to tap Google’s vast banks of location data to identify potential criminals. The use of so-called “geofence warrants” have exploded in recent years, in large … Read more

Assessment of Guatemala’s vote seems to largely uphold outcomes from June 25 presidential elections

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GUATEMALA CITY — A court-ordered overview of Guatemala’s June 25 presidential election that included a second take a look at dozens of precinct tally sheets seems to have upheld the unique vote totals, an electoral official mentioned Friday. If candidates Sandra Torres and upstart Bernardo Arévalo stay the 2 highest vote-getters within the re-examination, it … Read more