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Israeli negotiators were traveling to Qatar on Monday to participate in a new round of in-person talks aimed at achieving a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip and the release of hostages held by Palestinian militants, according to two senior Israeli officials and another official briefed on the negotiations.The Israeli delegation’s trip to Doha, Qatar, comes after Israel and Hamas failed to reach an agreement ahead of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which began last week.The delegation from Israel is led by the head of Mossad, the foreign intelligence agency, and includes the director of the Shin Bet, the internal…

The Israeli military said on Monday that it was conducting a “high-precision” operation at Al-Shifa Hospital, claiming that senior Hamas officials had regrouped at the medical facility, which is Gaza’s largest and has been a flashpoint of the war.In a video address posted to social media at about 3:30 a.m. local time on Monday, Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, the Israeli military’s chief spokesman, said the military was in the process of conducting a raid in “limited areas” of the hospital complex, which is in northern Gaza. The Israeli military said that during the operation, Hamas fighters shot at its soldiers…

Even in the context of the current pantsless trend prevalent on the runway and in some celebrity circles, as well as the vogue for thematic dressing at movie openings, Kristen Stewart’s looks during her press tour for “Love Lies Bleeding” have stood out. Rarely has an actress been so unapologetically, gloriously undressed.Ms. Stewart and her stylist, Tara Swennen, have taken the film’s carnality and covert politics and translated them for the promotional panopticon, forcing anybody watching to confront their own preconceptions about women’s bodies, their sexuality and exactly what empowerment means, while at the same time undermining the whole circus…

A different kind of battle for Third PointA small computer chip design company, R2 Semiconductor, has been notching wins in a potentially big patent fight against Intel over the past few months — a dispute that could force Intel to stop selling several chip lines in Europe.Behind R2’s legal war is one of the biggest names in hedge funds, DealBook is first to report: Dan Loeb’s activist hedge fund Third Point, the company’s majority owner, is bankrolling the lawsuits, including two new ones against Amazon Web Services and Fujitsu that haven’t been previously reported.The context: R2 sued Intel, as well…

The Department of Homeland Security has seen the opportunities and risks of artificial intelligence firsthand. It found a trafficking victim years later using an A.I. tool that conjured an image of the child a decade older. But it has also been tricked into investigations by deep fake images created by A.I.Now, the department is becoming the first federal agency to embrace the technology with a plan to incorporate generative A.I. models across a wide range of divisions. In partnerships with OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta, it will launch pilot programs using chatbots and other tools to help combat drug and human…

The artist and musician Cody Critcheloe (who records as Ssion), has worked with Gossip for years, painting its portrait for the “Real Power” cover and directing videos for the album’s first two singles. In a phone interview, he said that Gossip’s members have been authentically themselves from the start. “Whatever they were bringing to a basement in the early 2000s,” with Ditto “in her bra and panties, that soul and spirit never changed when they were playing to, like, an arena in Italy,” he said.Gossip’s influence reverberated widely, even for fans who never experienced a show. Jessamyn Stanley, the yoga…

Experts anticipate a steep rise in malnutrition-related deaths in children in Gaza, according to a new report from a global authority on food security and nutrition, which warned of especially dire circumstances for 300,000 people in the northern part of the territory. “Famine is imminent in the northern governorates and projected to occur anytime between mid-March and May 2024,” said the report released Monday by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification global initiative. The group — set up in 2004 by U.N. agencies and international relief groups — has classified a famine only twice before: in Somalia in 2011 and…

Brussels, long the realm of stuffy French restaurants packed with gray-flannel-suited diplomats, has suddenly gone bold and bright. Thanks to a crop of young chefs with iconoclastic ideas about flavor and sustainability, the city, in thrall to the rich sauces of Gaul for nearly two centuries, has emerged as one of the most exciting, and affordable, places to dine out in Europe right now.These exciting talents are transforming the city’s old-fashioned bistros and cafes with spices from places like Korea, Latin America and Morocco, and “putting a vivid modern spin on homey local comfort food dishes,” explained Michel Verlinden, a…

March Madness is back.Below is the complete schedule for every game in the 2024 NCAA Men’s Championship, including kickoff times (ET) and TV channels.top fourTuesday, March 19No. 16 Wagner vs. No. 16 Howard: 6:40 p.m., truTV (Dayton)when. 10 Colorado. when. 10 Virginia, 9:10 p.m., truTV (Dayton)Wednesday, March 20No. 16 Grambling vs. No. 16 Montana, 6:40 p.m., truTV (Dayton)No. 10 Colorado vs. No. 10 Boise State, 9:10 p.m., truTV (Dayton)first roundThursday, March 21No. 8 Mississippi State vs. No. 9 Michigan State, 12:15 p.m., CBS (Charlotte)No. 6 BYU vs. No. 11 Duquesne, 12:40 p.m., truTV (Omaha)No. 3 Creighton vs. No. 14 Akron,…

Even in the context of the current pantsless trend prevalent on the runway and in some celebrity circles, as well as the vogue for thematic dressing at movie openings, Kristen Stewart’s looks during her press tour for “Love Lies Bleeding” have stood out. Rarely has an actress been so unapologetically, gloriously undressed.Ms. Stewart and her stylist, Tara Swennen, have taken the film’s carnality and covert politics and translated them for the promotional panopticon, forcing anybody watching to confront their own preconceptions about women’s bodies, their sexuality and exactly what empowerment means, while at the same time undermining the whole circus…