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In gritty tales from China’s northeast, Shuang Xuetao chronicles a traumatic chapter of Chinese history with fresh resonance today: the mass layoffs that afflicted the region in the 1990s.

Police presence appeared heavy for the service. Allies and family members of the opposition leader blamed the authorities for difficulties arranging the funeral.

The Palestinian news agency reported that Israeli tanks had fired at thousands waiting for aid. Israeli officials said Gazans were trampled and run over by aid trucks.

The Gazan health ministry’s toll may be an undercount given the difficulty of accurately counting deaths amid Israel’s war against Hamas. The ministry’s figures do not distinguish between civilians and combatants.

The French president’s openness to Western troops in Ukraine signaled a quest for military resolve. But some allies felt blindsided.

The president of Egypt said he hoped a truce could be reached “in the next few days,” even as Hamas signaled it was far from a breakthrough with Israel.

Egypt joined Jordan’s airdrop operations for the first time on Tuesday, a day after a joint mission Jordan undertook with France.

Hamas has not yet responded to the proposal, but the shift in Israel’s stance could jump-start negotiations toward a hostage swap and possible cease-fire.

The French leader said that talks had not resulted in any consensus among European officials on putting troops on the ground in an “official” way, but that “anything is possible.”

Hamas has not yet responded to the proposal, but the shift in Israel’s stance could jump-start negotiations toward a hostage swap and possible cease-fire.