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October 9, 2023
Vivek Ramaswamy Campaigns in Keene, NH - C-SPAN

October 7, 2023 Campaign 2024 2023-10-09T16:43:55-04:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvN2ZkXC8wMDFcLzE2OTY4ODU0MzFfMDAxLmpwZyIsImVkaXRzIjp7InJlc2l6ZSI6eyJmaXQiOiJjb3ZlciIsImhlaWdodCI6NTA2fX192024 Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy took his campaign’s signature criticism of “woke” culture to Keene, New Hampshire, where he was the keynote speaker at the 2023 Reagan-Coolidge Dinner fundraiser hosted by the Cheshire County Republican Party. He greeted many of those in attendance at the dinner before speaking to

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October 9, 2023
Carbon trading in the MENA region: Opportunities and challenges - Middle East Institute

Introduction: The Paris Agreement enables carbon trading One of the key outcomes of the 2021 U.N. Climate Change Conference (26th Conference of the Parties, COP26) meeting in Glasgow was the establishment of Article 6, which regulates carbon markets under the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change. The article indicates that “some Parties choose to pursue

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October 9, 2023
The Conflict in the Middle East - Council on Foreign Relations

CFR President Michael Froman leads a town hall discussion with CFR Fellows and members on the current crisis in the Middle East. FROMAN: Welcome, everybody, to this Council on Foreign Relations Town Hall on “The Conflict in the Middle East.” My name’s Mike Froman, president of the Council, and I am honored to be presiding

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October 9, 2023
What Is Hamas? - Council on Foreign Relations

United States Carolyn Kissane, academic director and clinical professor at the Center for Global Affairs at New York University, leads the conversation on the geopolitics of oil.   FASKIANOS: Thank you. Welcome to the final session of the Winter/Spring 2023 CFR Academic Webinar Series. I’m Irina Faskianos, vice president of the National Program and Outreach

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October 9, 2023
A Second October War in Israel-Palestine - Crisis Group

(L) Man stands in front of a damaged shop in Tel Aviv, after it was hit by a rocket fired by Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip. (R) Smoke and flames billow after Israeli forces struck a high-rise tower in Gaza City. Both on October 7, 2023 (L) JACK GUEZ / AFP and (R) REUTERS

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October 9, 2023
Israel's War on Hamas: What to Know - Council on Foreign Relations

How sophisticated was Hamas’s attack on Israel? It is completely unprecedented that a terrorist organization would have the capacity or the wherewithal to mount coordinated, simultaneous assaults from the air, sea, and land. In addition, Hamas possessing the ability to keep its preparations unknown from a country like Israel that has among the most sophisticated

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October 9, 2023
Il giorno che cambiò Israele - ISPI

Nel terzo giorno dall’inizio dell’attacco armato di Hamas, l’emergenza in Israele non è ancora rientrata, il territorio non è ancora stato del tutto bonificato dalla presenza di miliziani palestinesi armati e la conta delle vittime, civili e militari, e delle persone sequestrate è tuttora in aggiornamento. Ma mentre il paese cerca di riprendersi dallo shock

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October 9, 2023
Terror in Israel: Economic consequences depend on oil price development - ifw-kiel.de

"The attack against Israel is first and foremost a human drama. We are shocked by the outbreak of violence and feel great sorrow for the victims.The reaction of the oil price is central to the economic consequences of this conflict. As long as the major oil producers in the region do not react or are

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October 9, 2023
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Declares Independent Candidacy - C-SPAN

October 9, 2023 Campaign 2024 2023-10-09T12:15:45-04:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvZTVkXC8wMDFcLzE2OTY4Njg1MzVfMDAxLmpwZyIsImVkaXRzIjp7InJlc2l6ZSI6eyJmaXQiOiJjb3ZlciIsImhlaWdodCI6NTA2fX192024 presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., in remarks from Philadelphia, announced he was dropping his bid for the Democratic nomination to instead pursue an independent bid for the White House. “People stop me everywhere, at airports and hotels all across this country, and they remind me that this country

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October 9, 2023
Israele blocca la Striscia di Gaza - ISPI

“Hamas pagherà un prezzo altissimo”. Dalle parole del ministro della Difesa israeliano, Yoav Gallant, sembra chiaro anche chi altro, oltre Hamas, pagherà questo prezzo: i due milioni di palestinesi che vivono nella Striscia di Gaza. Da oggi la zona è sotto blocco totale, dopo che Tel Aviv ha sospeso le forniture di elettricità, carburante, cibo e acqua. Già oggi l’UNRWA, l’agenzia

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