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The Israeli counterassault over the last few days has killed at least 31 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip including seven children and four women, according to the U.N. humanitarian office.—
Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 12 May 2023
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The 77-minute siege ended with a counterassault led by a SWAT team from the US Border Patrol.—
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However, if Iran is successful in a counterattack, Israel would likely strike back with even greater force, and other countries may decide to get involved.—
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Russia, meanwhile, is expected to launch a counterattack against Ukraine, a plan Trump confirmed on Wednesday after speaking by phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin.—
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In Israel, 24 people have been killed so far in Iran's missile attacks, all of them civilians.—
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Even after that, Microsoft refused to take full responsibility and hasn’t done enough to prevent future attacks.—
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Many were deployed to Russia's Kursk region where Ukraine has been conducting a counteroffensive.—
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Both countries also worked together to draft plans for military actions, including counteroffensives in the Kharkiv and Kherson regions, The New York Times added, citing interviews with officials from the U.S. and allied countries.—
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Also watch out for ambush drones parked by the side of the road, which take off when a target approached.—
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But in South Africa, the two leaders’ reaction to their Oval Office ambush served as a remarkable public display of a new era in the country’s politics, one marked by solidarity and compromise.—
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Beijing has also softened its regulatory assault on Chinese technology companies and the property sector.—
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Zelenskyy has warned for weeks that Moscow aims to step up its assault after about two months of virtual stalemate along the front line that stretches across the south and east.—
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Duren took 546 field-goal attempts last regular season, with 478 coming less than five feet from the rim.—
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And yet, our research and conversations with executives show that instead of encouraging these efforts, some managers actively undermine employees’ attempts at cross-silo collaboration.—
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The Ukrainian president conceded that momentum for the Coalition of the Willing, a group of 31 countries that have pledged to strengthen support for Ukraine against Russian aggression, has slowed because of U.S. ambivalence over providing a backstop.—
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These movements share essential elements: disdain for pluralism and diversity, fetishization of leadership, order and aggression, dismissal of the rule of law, and aversion to accountability.—
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“Counteraggression.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counteraggression. Accessed 24 Jun. 2025.
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