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(Reuters) -Pulitzer Prize-winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen said on Saturday a Jewish organization in New York City canceled a reading he was due to give on Friday without explanation, a day after he said he signed an open letter condemning Israel’s “indiscriminate violence” against Palestinians in Gaza. Nguyen, a Vietnamese-American professor and writer whose novel …

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(Reuters) – The United States is committed to ensuring that civilians in Gaza will continue to have access to food, water and medical care without it being diverted by Hamas, President Joe Biden said on Saturday. “We will continue to work with all parties to keep the Rafah crossing in operation to enable the continued …

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By Matt Spetalnick, Jeff Mason, Steve Holland and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) -When Joe Biden met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his war cabinet during his visit to Israel, the U.S. president assured them: “I don’t believe you have to be a Jew to be a Zionist, and I am a Zionist.” The politicians …

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By Rollo Ross LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – As the actors strike hits the 100-day mark on Saturday, performers on the picket line offered a mix of worry over financial difficulties and hopes of getting a good deal out of studios after talks broke down. On the picket line outside Netflix on Friday, striking actors were …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden did not hear a question from a reporter who asked whether Israel should delay a potential ground invasion of Gaza until more hostages can get out, when he answered, “yes”, the White House said. “The president was far away. He didn’t hear the full question. The question sounded …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Friday temporarily lifted a partial gag order she had imposed limiting Donald Trump’s public statements about the federal criminal case in which the former president is accusing of illegally attempting to undo his 2020 election loss. Acting on the same day that a New York state judge fined …

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By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) – Dozens of Hollywood actors and artists, including comedian Jon Stewart and Oscar-winning actor Joaquin Phoenix, wrote on Friday to U.S. President Joe Biden, urging him to press for a ceasefire in Israel and Gaza. Palestinian Islamist group Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7, killing 1,400 people and taking about 200 …

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By Dawn Chmielewski and Danielle Broadway (Reuters) – An estimated 20.3 million people watched U.S. President Joe Biden’s Thursday night prime-time speech advocating wartime aid to support Israel and Ukraine, according to research firm Nielsen. That is a bigger audience than Biden attracted in June, when he made a prime-time Oval Office speech to trumpet …

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