From Jenna Orkin Student Accidentally Created Battery that Could Last 400 Years Russia and China are on the brink of a military alliance that could overwhelm the US The most potent El Niño event in almost a decade is about to exert its peak influence on North American weather. Israel planning to end ground operation in Gaza in '3rd phase of war': Media A REPORTER'S LAWYER In memory of Michael Nussbaum SEYMOUR HERSH How dairy farms are rethinking their water use The Egyptian proposal, worked out with the Gulf nation of Qatar, has been presented to Israel, Hamas, the United States and European governments but still appeared preliminary. It falls short of Israel’s professed goal of outright crushing Hamas and would appear not to meet Israel’s insistence on keeping military control over Gaza for an extended period after the war. Multiple arrests, officer injured at pro-Palestinian protest in Manhattan, NYPD says Alec Baldwin gets into heated exchange with protester at pro-Palestinian rally in NYC Attacks across Europe put Islamist extremism back in spotlight