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Palestinian Authority Says Elections Are to Be Postponed

The delay, outlined in a letter to France, comes as Fatah, the governing party, is suffering from deep internal rifts.

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Hussein al-Sheikh, deputy to the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, in Ramallah, West Bank, in February. He was said to have sent the letters to European officials notifying them of the postponement.

Labour Holds Off Green Party in Election for Starmer’s Former London Seat

Sagal Abdi-Wali won a special election in central London that was seen as an early test for Prime Minister Andy Burnham.

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Labour’s candidate Sagal Abdi-Wali takes a selfie with supporters during her campaign launch in London last month.

Spain’s Protesters See ‘Madness’ of Rising Rent and a ‘Martyr’ in Maricarmen

Thousands of protesters marched in Madrid on Thursday, a day after the death of María del Carmen Abascal, an 87-year-old whose eviction became a symbol of the country’s housing crisis.

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Protesters marched in memory of Maria del Carmen Abascal, who was widely known as Maricarmen, in Madrid on Thursday. Soaring rents have far outpaced wage growth in Spain, according to an analysis by the newspaper El País.

‘Maricarmen,’ Whose Eviction Enraged Spaniards, Dies at 87

María del Carmen Abascal, aged and ailing, became a symbol of the country’s housing crisis when she was evicted two weeks ago, prompting mass protests and triggering national elections.

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María del Carmen Abascal packs a bag with her belongings in Madrid last month.

Can Artificial Intelligence Learn the Art of Surgery?

Canada wants to leverage A.I. to improve its health care system. At a Toronto hospital, surgeons are training a machine to distinguish a safe incision from a catastrophic one.

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Dr. Madani, left, and Dr. Timothy Jackson, perform laparoscopic cholecystectomy surgery on a patient at Toronto General Hospital, with the help of visual A.I. guides.

Cheikh Hamidou Kane, Author of Seminal Anticolonial Novel, Dies at 98

The Senegalese writer was lauded as one of the founding fathers of African literature who subtly captured the shock of colonization from the perspective of the continent’s people.

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Cheikh Hamidou Kane in 2011. Mr. Kane subtly captured the shock of colonization from the perspective of the African people.

Egypt Arrests 6 Matsaddash Journalists on Claims of Spreading Disinformation

The government claims that reporters from Matsaddash, a well-known news outlet that debunks false reports, spread disinformation for the banned Muslim Brotherhood.

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The Rabaa al-Adawiya mosque in Cairo, which was the center of a Muslim Brotherhood protest in 2013.
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