What is Greater Israel, and how popular is it among Israelis? – Al Jazeera

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  1. What is Greater Israel, and how popular is it among Israelis?  Al Jazeera
  2. Outcry after Ambassador Mike Huckabee suggests Israel has God-given right to Middle East land  NBC News
  3. US ambassador's Israel comments condemned by Arab and Muslim nations  BBC
  4. How Christian Zionism explains Mike Huckabee’s expansive view of Israel’s borders  The Forward
  5. Huckabee: US investment in Israel is a ‘two-way street’  The Times of Israel
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Italian woman awarded compensation after breaking ankle while working from home

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University of Padua employee fractured ankle when getting up to fetch documents during video meeting

An Italian woman who fell and broke her ankle while working from home has obtained compensation in an unprecedented court ruling hailed a victory for workers’ rights.

In April 2022, the woman, an employee in the University of Padua’s law department, fractured her ankle in two places. The injury, which happened during a Zoom meeting where she fell after she got up from her desk to fetch documents, required surgery and treatment lasting more than four months.

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Mafia accused of using Naples hospital for fraud and illegal transport of corpses

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Four arrests over Camorra’s alleged infiltration of San Giovanni Bosco to carry out lucrative criminal activity

Italian police on Wednesday arrested four people over an alleged Camorra plot to infiltrate a Naples hospital, stage fake crashes for insurance payouts and spirit corpses away on oxygen-masked stretchers to profit from private ambulance transfers.

The investigation, prompted by the testimony of a state witness, uncovered a web of lucrative criminal activity allegedly carried out by members of the Contini clan of the Camorra, the Neapolitan mafia, inside San Giovanni Bosco hospital. Prosecutors said the “operations were made possible by the organisation’s capacity for intimidation, a force that bent public officials and private citizens alike to its will”.

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Italy calls for suspension of carbon price in major attack on EU climate policy – politico.eu

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  1. Italy calls for suspension of carbon price in major attack on EU climate policy  politico.eu
  2. The other side of the ‘net zero’ ledger  Financial Times
  3. Industry asks EU to keep free carbon permits for longer  Reuters
  4. EU ministers row on carbon pricing at competitiveness meeting  Euractiv
  5. Italy Pushes to Suspend EU Carbon Market Ahead of Review  Bloomberg.com
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Kim’s Daughter Suddenly Looks Like a Mini-Me – Newser

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  1. Kim's Daughter Suddenly Looks Like a Mini-Me  Newser
  2. Kim Jong Un fuels succession buzz with daughter's matching leather jacket  NBC News
  3. North Korea leader Kim's daughter appears at military parade, state media footage shows  Reuters
  4. Dressed For Succession? Kim Jong Un, Daughter Match Coats, Fuel Speculation  NDTV
  5. Exclusive: Kim Jong-un’s Daughter: Name Change, Missile Director Role  조선일보
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Russia says it has handed over 1,000 Ukrainian soldiers’ bodies – BBC

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  1. Russia says it has handed over 1,000 Ukrainian soldiers' bodies  BBC
  2. Next round of Ukraine-Russia peace talks set for early March, Zelensky says  France 24
  3. Russians return bodies of 1,000 dead to Ukraine  Ukrinform
  4. Russia Returns Remains Of 1000 Ukrainian Soldiers To Kyiv After 4th War Anniversary  The Times of India
  5. Moscow and Kyiv Exchange Bodies of Soldiers Killed in War  Caspiannews.com
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Pauline Hanson’s daughter employed in taxpayer-funded job with NSW One Nation senator

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Exclusive: Tasmanian Lee Hanson employed as senior adviser to Sean Bell in role worth as much as $180,000

One Nation has employed Pauline Hanson’s Tasmanian-based daughter as a senior adviser to a New South Wales senator, in a taxpayer-funded role worth as much as $180,000 a year.

Guardian Australia can reveal that Lee Hanson, who lives just outside Hobart, was appointed as the senior adviser to Senator Sean Bell in October last year.

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Albanese should demand reparations from Israel, say families of Australian soldiers whose graves were bulldozed

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A third family says the Australian government must do more to hold Israel and the Israeli Defence Force to account, including demanding an apology

The families of dead Australian soldiers whose graves were bulldozed by the Israeli Defence Force in Gaza have called for reparations and urged the Albanese government to hold Israel accountable.

Earlier this month, the Guardian revealed that the IDF had bulldozed parts of the Gaza War Cemetery – the resting place of Australian, British and Canadian soldiers who served in the first and second world wars.

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‘Unbelievably dangerous’: experts sound alarm after ChatGPT Health fails to recognise medical emergencies

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Study finds ChatGPT Health did not recommend a hospital visit when medically necessary in more than half of cases

ChatGPT Health regularly misses the need for medical urgent care and frequently fails to detect suicidal ideation, a study of the AI platform has found, which experts worry could “feasibly lead to unnecessary harm and death”.

OpenAI launched the “Health” feature of ChatGPT to limited audiences in January, which it promotes as a way for users to “securely connect medical records and wellness apps” to generate health advice and responses. More than 40 million people reportedly ask ChatGPT for health-related advice every day.

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Donald Trump’s oil embargo reveals a solar boom in Cuba – The Economist

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  1. Donald Trump’s oil embargo reveals a solar boom in Cuba  The Economist
  2. Cubans fight blackouts with solar as US extends oil chokehold  Reuters
  3. Photovoltaic Modules Benefit Education Sector Workers in Guáimaro (+Audio and Photos)  radioguaimaro.icrt.cu
  4. Energy crisis worsens: Deficit nears 1800 MW and keeps blackouts ongoing in Cuba  CiberCuba
  5. Cuba Reorganizes to Guarantee the Vitality of its Services  radioangulo.cu
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China piles pressure on Japan after Takaichi Sanae’s triumph – The Economist

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  1. China piles pressure on Japan after Takaichi Sanae’s triumph  The Economist
  2. China restricts exports to 40 Japanese entities with ties to military  NPR
  3. China Amps Up Pressure on Japan With Export Bans  The New York Times
  4. China Hits Japanese Firms With Export Bans  WSJ
  5. Tokyo protests as China blocks ‘dual-use’ exports to 20 Japanese companies  Al Jazeera
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Albanese Causes Uproar With One Word – Newser

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  1. Albanese Causes Uproar With One Word  Newser
  2. Grace Tame: Australia PM apologies for calling sexual abuse survivor 'difficult'  BBC
  3. Grace Tame says ‘spare me the condescension, old man’ after Albanese defends ‘difficult’ comment  The Guardian
  4. One word unravels Albanese's week  Australian Broadcasting Corporation
  5. ‘Spare me the condescension, old man’: Tame rejects Albo excuse  The Australian
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