REIM, Israel (AP) — Cada año, a medida que se acerca la primavera, surgen flores silvestres en todo Israel, un toque de color antes del duro verano de Oriente Medio. En ningún lugar tal espectáculo es más dramático que en el sur de Israel, cerca de Gaza, donde las anémonas de un color rojo brillante estallan con tal intensidad que …

Stocks slipped to send Wall Street to a rare losing week, just its second in the last 16. The S&P 500 fell 0.5% Friday after a report on inflation at the wholesale level came in hotter than expected. The benchmark index set a record high a day earlier. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.4%, and the Nasdaq composite fell …

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s defense minister on Friday said Israel is “thoroughly planning” a military offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, signaling determination to move ahead despite growing international concerns about the safety of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians seeking refuge there. U.S. President Joe Biden has urged Israel not to carry out the operation without …