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The measure elevates conservation in a number of ways, including by creating new leases for the restoration of degraded areas.

The measure elevates conservation in a number of ways, including by creating new leases for the restoration of degraded areas.

New regimens in development, including once-weekly pills and semiannual shots, could help control the virus in hard-to-reach populations.

The U.S. had accused the dead man of being a financial middleman between Hamas and Iran. The interior minister said there were suggestions that the killing “was carried out by intelligence services.”

Israel’s war cabinet met again to discuss how to respond to Iran’s assault. Far-right members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government have called for swift action.

As Biden urged Israel to show restraint, Iran signaled that it would not strike further unless attacked. Calm mostly prevailed in Israel after Iran fired hundreds of missiles and drones overnight, nearly all of them intercepted.

Nearly all the missiles and drones that Iran and its allies launched at Israel overnight were intercepted. Israel has not made clear how it might respond.

Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III made the comments during a hearing that was disrupted several times by protests of U.S. support for Israel’s assault on Hamas.

The government is coming under more pressure to suspend arms sales to Israel after the strike on a convoy in Gaza that killed seven aid workers, including three Britons.

The legal problems of Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula expose the governing African National Congress to one of its biggest weaknesses — corruption allegations — ahead of a crucial national election.