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Gaza’s Entire Population Facing Severe Food Insecurity

The entire population of Gaza is experiencing “severe levels of acute food insecurity,” US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday, underscoring the urgency of increasing the delivery of humanitarian aid into the Palestinian territory. “According to the most respected measure of these things, 100 percent of the population in Gaza is at severe levels of acute food insecurity. That’s the first time an entire population has been so classified,” […]

todayMarch 19, 2024

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Israeli Forces Raid Gaza City’s Al-Shifa Hospital

The Israeli military says it has taken control of al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City in what it called an operation to "thwart terrorist activity". It said troops came under fire and that 80 people were detained and others killed, including a senior commander of Hamas's internal security service. Witnesses described heavy exchanges of fire around the site, where thousands of displaced people are sheltering. Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry said Israel […]

todayMarch 18, 2024

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China: Three Teenagers Detained In Handan Over Classmate’s Death

Authorities in the northern Chinese city of Handan have detained three teenage boys over the brutal death of their classmate, local media report. The case of the 13-year-old boy, identified only by his surname Wang, has sparked anger and furious debate on juvenile crime. Authorities found his remains buried in an abandoned vegetable garden. The boy was bullied in school, according to his father. Police are investigating the case as […]

todayMarch 18, 2024

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David Seidler: Oscar-winning King’s Speech Screenwriter Dies

  David Seidler, best known for writing the Oscar-winning film The King's Speech, has died aged 86. The London-born screenwriter, who had a stammer, brought the true story of how King George VI overcame his speech impediment to the big screen. The 2010 film starred Colin Firth, who also won the best actor Bafta and Oscar for his depiction of the king. Seidler was also behind the stage adaptation of […]

todayMarch 18, 2024

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Cubans Stage Street Protest Over Power Blackouts

Hundreds of people in Cuba's second-largest city, Santiago, staged a rare public protest on Sunday over chronic power blackouts and food shortages. The island is facing its worst economic crisis for three decades, with large parts of Cuba being left without power for more than 14 hours a day. Videos on social media show people chanting "power and food". Its president blames the situation on US sanctions, but critics say […]

todayMarch 18, 2024

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Survivors Of Rescued Mediterranean Ship Say Dozens Died During The Voyage

Survivors from a deflating rubber dinghy rescued in the central Mediterranean Sea reported that at least 60 people who departed Libya with them a week ago died during the journey, a charity rescue group has said. SOS Mediterranee said on Thursday that it had rescued 25 people in a “very weak” condition in coordination with the Italian coastguard a day earlier. Two unconscious people were also flown to Sicily by […]

todayMarch 15, 2024

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TikTok ban: China Attacks ‘Bandit Logic’ Of House Vote

China has attacked a bill going through Congress that could ultimately see TikTok banned in the US, accusing it of "unjustly" behaving like a "bandit". The bill passed by the House of Representatives would give TikTok's parent company six months to divest from the firm or face a ban on the app. It still faces an uphill battle in the Senate but President Joe Biden says he will sign it […]

todayMarch 14, 2024

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Fear And Chaos Await Haitian Migrants Forced Back Over Border

At the Dajabón border crossing between the Dominican Republic and Haiti, a constant stream of trucks pulls up carrying undocumented Haitian migrants, who are being deported back to their home country. They are being sent to a nation in the grip of its most acute humanitarian crisis since the devastating earthquake in 2010, which killed hundreds of thousands. "I'd been in the Dominican Republic for three years," yelled construction worker, […]

todayMarch 14, 2024

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Russia Detains South Korean Man On Spying Charges

A South Korean man has been detained in Russia on suspicion of espionage, local media has reported. South Korean officials have confirmed the arrest and say its diplomats have engaged in talks for his return. Baek Won-soon was arrested in the far-eastern city of Vladivostok "at the start of the year", state agency Tass reported, and is now in a Moscow jail. He is believed to be the first South […]

todayMarch 12, 2024