Gaza famine warning as Israel resists ceasefire calls, UNICEF says time running out
"We need to flood Gaza with large-scale food aid, immediately and without obstruction, and keep it flowing each and every...
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Portugal’s Felix joins Ronaldo at Al Nassr in Saudi
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia -- Portuguese forward Joao Felix has signed a two-year deal with Saudi Arabia's Al Nassr, where he...
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Ryanair earns bumper profit
It posted a net profit of $1.36bn in H1.
- It announced a return to profit as the aviation sector recovers following the lifting of Covid travel restrictions
- The airline said it flew 95 million passengers in its first half, up from 39 million one year earlier
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China exports fall in October, first decline since 2020
The slowdown in trade comes as global demand for Chinese products weakens with energy prices soaring and the United States...
- Exports fell 0.3 percent year-on-year in October, according to the General Administration of Customs
- Year-on-year imports were down 0.7 percent in October, negative for the first time since March this year
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Apple says iPhone production hit by China Covid lockdown
Owing to Covid restrictions in central China, Apple has said that production at the world's largest iPhone factory has been...
- Foxconn locked down its massive factory in Zhengzhou last month after a spike in infections -- in line with China's zero-Covid policy
- Multiple workers have recounted scenes of chaos and increasing disorganization at Foxconn's complex of workshops and dormitories
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Meta to sack thousands of employees: Wall Street Journal
Meta is planning to sack thousands of employees this week, becoming the latest tech firm to scale back its workforce....
- The latest plans from Meta follow recent announcements by other tech firms to freeze hiring or cut their workforce as the industry fights economic headwinds
- Twitter, freshly acquired by Elon Musk, abruptly fired about half of its 7,500 employees last week
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World population at 8 billion humans — and still growing
Given the increase in life expectancy as well as the number of people of childbearing age, the UN projects the...
- After a peak in the early 1960s, the world's population growth rate has decelerated dramatically
- Annual growth has fallen from a high of 2.1 percent between 1962 and 1965 to below 1 percent in 2020
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Hamas arrests two in Gaza over firing rockets at Israel
Gaza rulers Hamas arrested two people over firing rockets at Israel last week, a security source in the Palestinian enclave...
- Israel's army said rockets were launched Thursday from Gaza, the first such military action since three days of cross-border fighting in August.
- The incident prompted Hamas's internal security services to detain two people "directly related to the firing of four rockets", said a security source.
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Financing for climate damages finally on COP27 agenda
Countries least responsible for planet-heating emissions -- but hardest hit by an onslaught of weather extremes -- have been ramping...
- The issue was only added to the formal agenda to the UN's COP27 climate summit in the Egyptian resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh after two days of last-ditch negotiations.
- This "reflects a sense of solidarity and empathy for the suffering of the victims of climate induced disasters," Egypt's Sameh Shoukry, the COP27 president, said to applause.
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Global warming rising at alarming rate, says UN
Greenhouse gases accounting for over 95 percent of warming are at record levels, with methane showing the largest one-year jump...
- Earth has warmed more than 1.1 degrees Celsius since the late 19th century, with roughly half of that increase occurring in the past 30 years.
- Driven by melting ice sheets and glaciers, the pace of sea level rise doubled in the past 30 years, threatening millions in low-lying coastal areas.
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Iraqi lawmakers consider bill to reinstate military conscription
It would take two years after the passing of the law to fully restore conscription, Iraqi MP Watout said, adding...
- Service in the armed forces was mandatory in Iraq from 1935 up until 2003, when a US-led invasion toppled former dictator Saddam Hussein.
- The bill would pave the way for conscription of young men aged 18 to 35, for terms between 3 and 18 months depending on their education.
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Six displaced Syrians killed in regime rocket strike: monitor
According to the Observatory, the rocket fire came the day after five Syrian forces members died in shelling by a...
- The war monitor said more than 30 rockets exploded in several areas, including the camps, west of the city of Idlib in Syria's northwest
- The Idlib region is home to about three million people, they are among the millions displaced internally and abroad by the war in Syria since 2011
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Gaza famine warning as Israel resists ceasefire calls, UNICEF says time running out
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Israel’s Rafah attack set Hamas talks ‘backward’: mediator Qatar
"There is no clarity how to stop the war from the Israeli side. I don't think that they are considering...
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Lebanon resumes ‘voluntary’ repatriations of Syrians
Syrian state news agency SANA reported that an unspecified number of people had arrived from Lebanon as part of the...
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Fierce fighting rocks Gaza after US warning of anarchy, insurgency
The city on the Egyptian border had been sheltering 1.4 million Palestinians, according to the United Nations, but Israel's military...
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Kuwait approves new government amid political crisis
Kuwait's emir approved a new cabinet Sunday two days after he dissolved the parliament elected only weeks earlier, and he...
- The new government -- the small emirate's 46th -- is headed by Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmed al-Abdullah al-Sabah
- MPs have previously accused ministers of corruption
Israel opens new border crossing into northern Gaza
Israel said its Kerem Shalom southern crossing with Gaza reopened on Wednesday, three days after being closed because of rocket...
- Israeli tanks entered Rafah in southern Gaza on Tuesday, seizing control of the Palestinian side of the crossing from Egypt
- The United Nations has said it has not been able to receive aid through Gaza's two main crossings in days
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Egypt says to support South Africa ICJ case against Israel
Pretoria brought its case to the ICJ in December, calling on the UN court to order Israel to suspend its...
- Egypt said its move to back the case comes "in light of the worsening severity and scope of Israeli attacks against Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip".
- It further pointed to Israel's systematic "targeting of civilians and destruction of infrastructure" and "pushing Palestinians into displacement and expulsion".