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Why hotel breakfast buffets are shrinking (and where to find the world’s best)

Among the many wonders that travel delivers, one of the most extravagant is the hotel breakfast buffet. Especially in upper crust Asian or Middle Eastern hotels, it’s a work of wonder with great variety. Cereals from bircher muesli to Coco Pops, a rainbow array of juices, a pastry display loaded with sticky treats, …

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Bill to prosecute October 7 terrorists set for vote as Knesset returns from recess

A bill granting authority to impose the death penalty and conduct public trials for terrorists involved in the October 7 Hamas attacks is set to advance to its second and third readings on Monday, as the Knesset opened its summer session on Sunday following more than a month-long spring recess.

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What threat model did the UAE confront, and why should we care? - opinion

The recent statement by the United Arab Emirates State Security Service announcing the dismantling of a terrorist organization linked to Iran’s Velayat-e Faqih – which advocates Shi’ite clerical rule over the state and fealty to the supreme religious leader – should not be treated as a routine security incident, but…

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A campaign by Eurovision fans calls out the EBU for unfairly targeting Israel

A grassroots campaign has started among Eurovision fans around the world who feel that the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has been treating the Israeli delegation unfairly following a warning issued by the competition’s managing director to KAN, Israel’s public broadcaster, over the weekend.

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High Court questions comptroller’s authority to probe core Oct. 7 failures

The High Court of Justice on Sunday pressed State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman over whether he has the legal authority to examine the core failures surrounding the October 7 massacre and the Iran war, repeatedly questioning whether parts of his review belong instead before a future commission of inquiry.

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