Martha Ackmann

From school campuses to public protests, tensions surrounding the longstanding conflict in the Middle East have escalated since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel, and the Jewish nation’s ensuing military campaign in the Gaza Strip. Even…
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The Berkeley City Council abruptly walked out of its Tuesday night meeting — only 20 minutes after protesters calling for a ceasefire to the ongoing violence in Gaza disrupted the agenda’s proceedings. Shortly before 8:30 p.m., a few dozen…
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Filoli, the grandest country estate in San Mateo County, always gets gussied up for holiday season visitors. This year, the arrivals start early. On Wednesday, the historic Woodside property will serve as the site for the historic meeting…
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OAKLAND – A 28-year-old San Jose man was sentenced Tuesday to more than six years in federal prison for selling fentanyl-laced pills to an Ohio resident who took one after being told it did not contain the deadly drug and died, according to…
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<!--enpproperty 2019-11-01 07:56:46.0Melanie HoareWalking the book talkWalking the book talk11022444Culture HK2@hk/enpproperty-->  Lindsay Varty will take readers of her book, Sunset Survivors, on a tour to meet its subjects.…
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The Democratic People's Republic of Korea lashed out on Saturday at Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for mistaking Pyongyang's recent test-fire of its rocket launch system for a ballistic missile launch, and warned he may "see a real one…
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Takehiko Nakao (2nd from right), president of the Asian Development Bank, meets with the beneficiaries of the grant-financed Turpan Women"s Ethnic Minority Cultural Tourism Development Project, in Turpan, a…
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Greater integration will spur innovation and cultivate new engines of growth China will strengthen innovation by developing high-tech industries with military technologies to boost military-civil integration, a move…
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JERUSALEM: The Israeli army on Tuesday confirmed the death of Noa Marciano, a woman soldier held captive in Gaza by Palestinian militant group Hamas.A statement from the army called Marciano “a fallen IDF soldier abducted by a terror…
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