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The demonstration, called “Shut Down Wall Street” and meant to urge an end to the United States’ financial support of Israel, became a forum to express anger over the U.S. veto.

The announcement was long expected after the Constitution was amended in 2020, effectively allowing the Russian leader to stay in power until 2036.

A “muon shot” aims to study the basic forces of the cosmos. But meager federal budgets could limit its ambitions.

President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia stopped first in the United Arab Emirates and went on to Saudi Arabia. He said the Israel-Hamas war will figure prominently in his discussions.

The trip is part of a series of diplomatic meetings by the Russian leader, and comes as Ukraine tries to shore up eroding Western support for its war effort.

The man, identified as Armand Rajabpour-Miyandoab, was known to French intelligence services for Islamist extremism and psychiatric disorders.

The authorities said the suspect had serious psychiatric disorders and told the police he was upset over the deaths of Muslims around the world, including in Gaza.

The 22-year-old activist was jailed for three weeks without being charged. Her arrest was one of thousands made during the Israeli military’s crackdown in the occupied West Bank after the Hamas attacks on Oct. 7.

Mr. Whelan, who is serving a 16-year sentence in a labor camp, told his family that another inmate struck him in the face.

Vatican observers see a leader more willing to crack down on those seeking to derail his agenda for the Roman Catholic Church.