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Monday, August 17, 2026
On air · The briefing · IsraelOne story, several papersday 2 · 6 papers
Kushner meets with Hamas in Cairo
Lower third · where the papers splitIsraeli media focus on the diplomatic tension and the regional condemnation of Israel's stance.

Jared Kushner (US Envoy) · Khalil al-Hayya (Hamas leader) · Benjamin Netanyahu (Israeli Prime Minister)

The briefing · Israel · №02 · 4 papersJewish prayer books on the Temple Mount

Israeli media report on the shift in policy and the reactions from political and religious figures.

The briefing · Israel · №03 · 11 papersIDF strikes in Lebanon

Israeli media focuses on the military objective of targeting Hezbollah, while European and Middle Eastern outlets emphasize the civilian casualties and the violation of the ceasefire.

The Briefing · World

One story, several countries

All running stories

Today 12 stories are being told in more than one country. About 3 minutes to read.

01 · 14 countries · 19 newspapersTrump scales back US-South Korea military exercises

Coverage in Western and Asian media focuses on the strategic and diplomatic implications, while some outlets emphasize Trump's personal relationship with Kim Jong-un as the primary driver.

Donald Trump (US President) · Kim Jong-un (North Korean leader) · Pete Hegseth (Secretary of Defense)

02 · 6 countries · 7 newspapersCameroon wins Women's Africa Cup of Nations

French and African media highlight the historical significance of the win, while international sports outlets focus on the tournament's expansion and the performance of the underdog Malawi team.

Marie Ngah Manga (Player) · Naomi Eto (Player) · Gianni Infantino (FIFA President) · Patrice Motsepe (CAF President) · Shahinda El-Maghrabi (Referee)

03 · 5 countries · 5 newspapersRodri transfer to Barcelona

Spanish media frame the move as a major strategic signing for Barcelona, while international sports outlets focus on the financial details and the impact on Manchester City's squad.

Rodri (Midfielder) · Joan Laporta (Barcelona President) · Hansi Flick (Barcelona Manager) · Pep Guardiola (Manchester City Manager)

  1. 04Wildfires in Belgium and Germany5 countries · 7 newspapers
  2. 05Earthquake in Colombia5 countries · 5 newspapers
  3. 06Theft of Renaissance artworks in Sicily4 countries · 5 newspapers
  4. 07Bus accident in Hungary3 countries · 5 newspapers
  5. 08Lens defeats PSG in French Champions Trophy7 countries · 8 newspapers
  6. 09Ben Gvir's comments on Gaza4 countries · 4 newspapers
  7. 10Jared Kushner's Middle East diplomacy5 countries · 6 newspapers
  8. 11European Athletics Championships results5 countries · 11 newspapers
  9. 12Wildfires in Greece5 countries · 5 newspapers

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The CEO who fired 900 people on a Zoom call was fired himself: "Karma is a bitch"

Vishal Garg became famous as a cruel CEO when he fired about 900 employees in a 4-minute Zoom call, but 5 years later the circle closed - he was fired himself from the company he founded and managed, and now the employees are celebrating: "There is no greater satisfaction than seeing a toxic manager swallowed by the corporate monster he himself fed"

The competition between malls continues: The new attraction at Big Glilot

Big is launching a covered and air-conditioned padel complex with an investment of 3 million shekels, in response to the Gravity complex that Seven Stars opened last month. Ben Zini and his brother Omri, and Gilad Adin, are the owners of the complex, which will also contain a pickleball court and a teqball table

The safe guide to flying: 5 things you should do before every vacation abroad

The travel season has arrived: With the summer vacation at its peak, and just before the holidays - we have prepared 5 winning tips for lowering the cost of your next vacation, and flying with peace of mind and without worries. From using points in flight clubs to redeeming flight tickets and benefits, through real-time tracking of the plane, to the new generation of tracking tags at a cost of a few shekels: the steps that will ensure you

Anthropic explains exactly how it will snitch that you wrote a text with AI

Over the weekend, Anthropic published a new post on its blog that tries to answer some questions that arose following its decision to integrate "watermarks" into texts generated by the Claude bot. Until now, we knew watermarks mainly from image databases and image generation models - which thus (and with the help of metadata) revealed their source; but now for the first time announced

The creator of "Tiger King" dove into the world of reptiles - too bad he didn't consult with Ben Gvir first

The man who introduced the world to Joe Exotic descends the evolutionary ladder into the world of reptiles and introduces us to the pioneers of the trade and smuggling of exotic animals in the United States. There are cobras, pythons, crocodiles, drug cartels and dark stories from the past here - but the campy madness and larger-than-life characters that made his previous works are missing

Webb identified a candidate for a "star-like black hole" at the cosmic dawn

The object MoM-BH*-1 appears as it was only 660 million years after the Big Bang. Analysis of its light points to a young black hole wrapped in a vast and dense hydrogen envelope, which gives it the spectral appearance of a star. The finding may help explain the "little red dots" discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope – but for now, it is an interpretation based on

All known life shares one origin – but the independent cell may have been born twice

A reconstruction of about 420 metabolic reactions suggests that the common ancestor of bacteria and archaea still relied on metals in its environment. According to the researchers, the two lineages separately developed the enzymes that allowed them to exist as independent cells – but not all scientists agree that this is equivalent to "two origins of life"

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