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Chocolate-makers and sellers have been raising prices to keep up with the skyrocketing costs of cocoa.

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  • Business

Cocoa prices spiked to an all-time high right before Valentine's Day

Chocolate lovers won't see a sudden price spike for Valentine's Day — because the cost already has been rising for months. Extreme weather is largely to blame.

February 12, 2024
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By:
  • Alina Selyukh
An Israeli air force F-35 warplane flies over during a graduation ceremony for new pilots in Hatzerim air force base near the city of Beersheba, Israel, June 29, 2023.

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  • World

A court orders Netherlands to halt fighter jet part exports to Israel over Gaza war

The court said there is a "clear risk that Israel's F-35 fighter jets might be used in the commission of serious violations of international humanitarian law."

February 12, 2024
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By:
  • Rob Schmitz and
  • Alex Leff
Palestinians survey the destruction from an Israeli airstrike in Rafah, Gaza, on Friday, Feb. 9.

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  • Middle East

Photos: Israel targets Rafah as dissent against Hamas grows in Gaza

This past week, Israel rejected a proposed cease-fire, the U.S. ambassador to the U.N. announced that Israel has a obligation to keep civilians safe as military strikes expand into southern Gaza.

February 12, 2024
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By:
  • GPB Newsroom
Israeli border police watch over protesters attempting to block the road at the Kerem Shalom border crossing, where Israel inspects trucks and allows them to cross into the Gaza Strip.

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  • Middle East

As Gaza strains under a food crisis, some Israeli protesters are trying to block aid

The World Food Program says one in four people in Gaza face extreme hunger. But in recent weeks, a small movement has emerged in Israel that is intent on stopping humanitarian aid from flowing in.

February 12, 2024
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By:
  • Eyder Peralta
A wooden boat was spotted at night in international waters north of Libya by Doctors Without Borders' rescue team aboard the MV Geo Barents.

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  • World

A rescue ship saved them from the sea. Now these migrants find a tough road in Europe

Thousands of migrants have drowned while trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea from North Africa to Europe. The dangerous journey does not deter many more from the risky crossing.

February 12, 2024
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By:
  • Ruth Sherlock
Palestinians look at their neighbor's damaged house following an Israeli strike in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Saturday, Jan. 27, 2024.

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  • Politics

NATO leader criticizes Trump's comments. Israel frees two hostages in Rafah operation

NATO chief criticizes Trump after he threatened to abandon NATO allies. Israel's military says it rescued 2 hostages in Gaza.

February 12, 2024
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By:
  • Majd Al-Waheidi
Fighters ride in a vehicle moving in a military convoy accompanying the governor of Sudan's Darfur State on Aug. 30, 2023.

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  • Africa

An account from the frontline of 'the largest displacement of children on the planet'

James Elder is a spokesperson for UNICEF — the U.N. agency that provides humanitarian aid to children — and has been visiting the areas on the border of Sudan and Chad.

February 12, 2024
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By:
  • Sacha Pfeiffer,
  • Michael Levitt,
  • and 1 more
This photo provided by the Israeli military shows an Israeli Air Force helicopter carrying what the military said are two released hostages, at Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan, Israel, on Monday.

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  • Middle East

Israel rescues 2 hostages, but Gaza officials say dozens were killed in the operation

Israeli military strikes in Rafah were part of an operation to rescue two Israeli hostages taken by Hamas on Oct. 7. There were initial reports that at least 50 Palestinians were killed in the raid.

February 12, 2024
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By:
  • Hadeel Al-Shalchi and
  • Anas Baba
President Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to proceed with his planned operation in Rafah unless there's a plan to evacuate more than 1 million civilians there.

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  • National Security

Biden tells Netanyahu to 'not proceed' in Rafah without plan to protect civilians

This is the first time Biden has publicly cautioned Israel against its planned operation in Rafah.

February 11, 2024
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By:
  • Tamara Keith
Kelvin Kiptum of Kenya celebrates after winning the 2023 Chicago Marathon professional men's division and setting a world record marathon time of 2:00:35 at Grant Park on Oct. 8, 2023, in Chicago.

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  • Sports

Kelvin Kiptum, men's marathon world record holder, dies in a car crash

World Athletics confirmed the 24-year-old died in his native Kenya alongside his coach, Gervais Hakizimana.

February 11, 2024
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By:
  • Joe Hernandez
Demonstrators gather outside of John F. Kennedy International Airport airport in New York to protest shortly after former President Donald Trump's executive order blocking visitors from seven predominantly Muslim nations went into effect in January 2017. Trump is promising to implement even more extreme immigration policies if he wins another term in November.

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  • Elections

With A Second Term, Trump Would Take His Immigration Crackdown Further

Immigration is one of the main things Americans will be voting on in November. And many are currently unhappy with the situation at the US Southern Border, which is widely described as a crisis.

As Donald Trump runs for another term, he's hoping to leverage that discontent just as he did in 2016.

An across-the-board crackdown on immigration was one of the signature policies of the Trump presidency. In a second term, he's promising to go even further.

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February 11, 2024
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  • GPB Newsroom
U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield speaks during a press conference at the United Nations headquarters.

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  • Middle East

Israeli military operation in Rafah 'cannot proceed,' U.S. ambassador to the UN says

U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield told NPR that under the current conditions, Israeli military operations in Rafah would "dramatically exacerbate the humanitarian emergency."

February 11, 2024
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By:
  • Michele Kelemen,
  • Tinbete Ermyas,
  • and 1 more
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a Get Out The Vote rally at Coastal Carolina University in Conway, S.C., Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024.

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  • Politics

Trump says he wouldn't defend NATO allies from Russia if they're 'delinquent'

The Republican front-runner said that, as president, he warned NATO allies that he "would encourage" Russia "to do whatever the hell they want" to countries that don't meet their spending commitments.

February 11, 2024
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler

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  • World

Social isolation takes a toll on a rising number of South Korea's young adults

A growing number of South Korea's young adults are isolating themselves from society, raising questions about the state of youths in a country known for cutthroat competition and pressure to conform.

February 11, 2024
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By:
  • Se Eun Gong
An Israeli soldier standing in front of a United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) building in Gaza City. This photo was taken during a controlled tour by the Israeli army on Feb. 8 and subsequently edited under the supervision of the Israeli military.

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  • Middle East

Israel says it discovered tunnels under U.N. agency's Gaza headquarters

The Israeli military said it discovered a network of tunnels under the UNRWA headquarters in Gaza City. UNRWA said it did not know what was underneath its headquarters.

February 10, 2024
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  • Hadeel Al-Shalchi
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