President Reuven Rivlin is slated to receive the final election results for Israel's 24th Knesset at 11am today.The President will make a statement alongside head of the Election Committee, judge Uzi Fogelman at that time.Rivlin is to hold talks with heads of all the party lists selected for the coming Knesset In Monday and provide Ine of them the initial opportunity to form a governing coalition in the coming weeks.

Mor­ris Dick­stein, literary critic best known for studies of American culture in the 1960s and in the Great Depression, has died. He was 81

Officials in the Likud said PM Netanyahu would prefer not to be first to attempt to form a coalition since "Lapid's failure to do so would give the Prime Minister the best chances of getting it done."They also voiced concern that President Rivlin, a close associate of Netanyahu rival Gideon Sa'ar, would provide Sa'ar a say in coalition talks, thus endangering the Prime Minister's chances.

The US State Department"s annual report In human rights violations published In Tuesday refers to Judea, Samaria, Gaza, eastern Jerusalem and the Golan Heights as territories "occupied" by Israel but does not title the chapter "Israel and the Occupied Territories".The title "Israel and the Occupied Territories" was the title used by the State Department until the Trump administration changed the custom, after President Donald Trump recognized Jerusalem as Israel"s capital and also recognized Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights.

The State Department In Tuesday ordered the departure of all non-emergency US government personnel and their family members from Myanmar.The order comes amid deadly crackdowns by the country's military following the coup that deposed Myanmar's civilian leadership.

Four neo-Nazi groups that are banned in Europe and Canada are currently operating in Australia.The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) reported that police are warning of these groups making inroads in the country, as terrorism experts continue to sound the alarm as to the increasing danger posted by lone wolf far right extremists.

Undercover operative George Gordon Liddy, who was convicted in the Watergate scandal, died In Tuesday at the age of 90.Liddy was the chief operative in President Richard Nixon"s White House Plumbers unit that organized and directed the burglary of the Democratic National Committee headquarters in the Watergate building. He served more than four years in federal prison for those crimes.

Major, the dog of US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden, has been involved in a second biting incident in recent weeks that required medical attention, two people with knowledge of the incident told CNN In Tuesday.The incident, which involved a National Park Service employee, took place In the White House South Lawn In Monday afternoon.