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Haaretz.com 

Three Israelis lightly wounded in shooting attack at a car in West Bank

20 rockets fired at northern Israeli town late on Monday ■ Hezbollah confirms that one of its members was killed in Bint Jbeil strike attributed to Israel ■ Three Israelis wounded in West Bank shooting ■ Gallant reportedly tells hostages' families that deal 'is closest it has ever been'

BangkokPost.com 

C.P. Land planning to unveil 9 new projects

C.P. Land Plc, a property firm owned by the Chearavanont family, plans to launch nine new residential projects worth a combined 11.3 billion baht in Bangkok and major provinces over the next 12 months, with one third being in the high-end segment.

Paper Blog 

Can the James Webb Space Telescope See Galaxies Above the Universe’s Horizon?

Since the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) began beaming data back to Earth in 2022, it has had a profound impact on astronomy. Among its most revolutionary achievements has been the observation of some of the most distant galaxies ever seen. However, because light does not travel instantaneously, but instead travels at about 300 million meters (985 million feet) per second in a vacuum, we see these galaxies not as they appear today, but as they appeared billions of years ago.

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Chicago Sun-Times 

How did the White Sox get this bad? All this losing starts at the top

It truly is a remarkable thing, this White Sox team.

As MLB pauses for the All-Star break, the Sox are 27-71, owners of the worst won-lost record in the game. At their current pace, they’re on track to finish 45-117, which would be only three losses fewer than the 1962 Mets, who went 40-120 for the most defeats in the history of modern baseball (since 1901).

Indeed, if the Sox were to pick up their pace of losing just a bit, they might break the Mets’ dubious record.

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