US President Joe Biden pauses during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss the war between Israel and Hamas, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023.

Biden arrives in Israel amid maelstrom

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US President Joe Biden pauses during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss the war between Israel and Hamas in Tel Aviv, Israel, Oct. 18, 2023.

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United States President Joe Biden touched down in Tel Aviv on Wednesday to find a nation awash in grief and anger. He pledged staunch support for the US ally and seemed to win a pledge from Israel to allow humanitarian aid to enter Gaza. Yet, division and uncertainty within Israel complicates Biden’s visit. And, Argentines will elect a new president this weekend, with polls showing a lead for far-right libertarian candidate Javier Milei. The former Rolling Stones cover band singer turned economist, TV pundit and politician is proposing radical changes in Argentina. Also, microfinance was hailed as a way to change the lives of hundreds of millions of people without access to credit. But with banks involved, borrowers in Cambodia are now drowning in debt and being forced off their land. Plus, the Oxford English Dictionary was the first Wikipedia. 

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President Biden arrives in Israel amid maelstrom
Protests across Middle East in response to hospital explosion
Who is Argentina’s presidential front-runner Javier Milei?
Rise and fall of Van Gogh-inspired Pokemon card
In wake of hospital explosion, painstaking open-source investigations continue
Portrait photo of a woman
Microfinance was meant to help the world’s poor, but in Cambodia, it’s plunging people deeper into debt
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Microfinance pioneer blames loan sharks for its demise
The Oxford English Dictionary was the first Wikipedia