Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he had raised a number of US concerns with the Chinese leader.

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NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Chris Marsicano of Davidson College in North Carolina about how higher education institutions might go about divesting from Israeli interests, as demanded by protesters.

Two million meals a day could be delivered via sea to feed people in Gaza, the US says

Two million meals a day could be delivered via sea to feed people in Gaza, the US says

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CAIRO — Egypt sent a high-level delegation to Israel on Friday with the hope of brokering a cease-fire agreement with Hamas in Gaza, two officials said. At the same time, it warned that a possible Israeli offensive focused on Gaza's city of Rafah — on the border with Egypt — could have catastrophic consequences for regional stability. Egypt's top intelligence official, Abbas Kamel, is leading the delegation and plans to discuss with Israel a “new vision” for a prolonged cease-fire in Gaza, an… Read Full Article

HANOI — The chairman of Vietnam's parliament, Vuong Dinh Hue. has resigned over his "violations and shortcomings," its government said on Friday, in a new sign of political turbulence just weeks after the high-profile dismissal of the country's president.   The head of the assembly is among the four "pillars" of the leadership in Vietnam, which officially has no paramount ruler. Hue, 67, had been touted as a possible candidate for the Communist Party secretary position, Vietnam's most… Read Full Article