nprnews_____ = ||| lubuntu at wor2 670N|||Israel And Hamas Agree To A Cease-Fire In The Gaza Conflict||| kickerpage = |||no kicker pagenpr for NPRNEWS||| summarynpr = |||The cease-fire plan was expected to take effect at 2 a.m. local time Friday, after 11 days of fierce exchanges of rocket fire and airstrikes that killed at least 230 people in Gaza and 12 people in Israel. It will take some hours to determine whether it is realized.

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Biden Cautiously Considers Lifting Stiff COVID Limits on Travel to the US


(Dreamstime)






The Biden administration has been weighing changes to sweeping travel restrictions that bar much of the world's population from coming to the United States. The EU is now taking steps to ease travel limits on non-EU visitors ahead of summer tourist season. But Biden has reached no decisions on U.S. limits, sources say.