Death becomes a growing business in ageing, lonely South Korea
Busan, South Korea -- Rows of coffins line a university classroom in the South Korean port city of Busan, ready...
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Unexploded bombs haunt Gazans, posing deadly risk as fragile truce halts demining efforts in ruins
After two years of war, the ruined cities of Gaza, a densely packed territory home to more than two million...
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North Gaza hospitals out of service as UN aid work risks halt
Youssef Abu Rish told AFP seven premature babies and 27 patients had died in recent days in Gaza City's Al-Shifa...
- The UN agency for Palestinian refugees warned Monday its Gaza operations might shut down due to fuel shortages.
- Jordan's King Abdullah II said on Monday that "any scenario or idea of (Israel) reoccupying parts of Gaza or establishing buffer zones there will exacerbate the crisis".
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Nations start negotiations over global plastics treaty at Nairobi meet
Nairobi, Kenya -- Nations grappling with the plastic "suffocating" nature and leaching into food and the human body began fresh...
- Around 60 so-called "high ambition" nations have called for binding rules to reduce the use and production of plastic
- Kenyan President William Ruto described plastic pollution as "an existential threat to life, to humanity and everything in between."
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UN flag at half mast in remembrance of 100 staff killed in Gaza
In Geneva, the second-largest UN headquarters after New York, the UN flag on Monday flew at half-mast and none of...
- The blue and white United Nations flag was first lowered at 9:30 am local time at offices in Bangkok, Tokyo and Beijing, and later, other UN offices followed suit
- The UN agency for supporting Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) announced on Friday that 101 of its employees had died in the Gaza Strip since the war erupted
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US strikes Iran-linked locations in eastern Syria
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said that his country's forces carried out precision strikes on facilities in Syria used by...
- Austin said the strikes were conducted against a training facility and a safe house
- There are nearly 2,500 American troops based in Iraq and some 900 in Syria
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Netanyahu tells NBC ‘there could be’ potential deal to free hostages
"We heard that there was an impending deal of this kind or of that kind and then we learned that...
- But he stopped short of providing specifics about any plan that might be coming together to free some or all of the 239 hostages that Israel says are being held captive.
- A source close to Hamas said this week that negotiations have occurred over a possible three-day ceasefire in exchange for the release of a dozen hostages.
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Erdogan calls for pressure on US to stop Israel’s Gaza onslaught
Erdogan returned from a summit on Saturday of Arab and Muslim leaders in the Saudi capital Riyadh, which condemned Israeli...
- "The most important country that needs to be involved is the United States, which has influence on Israel," Erdogan said. But he said he would not call Biden.
- "We cannot agree with Biden if he approaches (the conflict) by seeing Gaza as the land of occupying settlers or Israel, rather than the land of the Palestinian people," he said.
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Wall Street, Hollywood billionaires plan $50m anti-Hamas campaign
Real-estate tycoon Barry Sternlicht has initiated this campaign and sought $1million donations from various affluent business figures, including David Geffen...
- News website Semafor reported that Sternlicht expressed concern about the potential shift in public opinion against Israel due to the portrayal of Palestinian civilian suffering.
- The funds will be used for a media blitz to define Hamas as an enemy not only of Israel but also of the United States, the report said.
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Gazans fleeing devastating Israeli bombing live in dust, fear and hunger
Perched on trucks, crammed into cars, pulled by donkeys on carts, and on foot, tens of thousands of Palestinians are...
- In southern Gaza, overflowing with displaced from the north, rents of $150 a month are now up to $500 to $1000.
- Before the war, a little over 80 per cent of Gazans lived in poverty and almost two-thirds were dependent on international aid, especially for food, according to the UN.
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Algeria names new prime minister one year from elections
Algerian news website TSA said the change came after Tebboune publicly criticised "the management of tensions connected to the availability...
- Tebboune named Ennadir Larbaoui, currently serving as director of the presidential cabinet, to replace PM Aimene Benabderrahmane
- The nomination of Larbaoui, 74, came just over a year before presidential elections due to be held in December 2024
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Concern grows for thousands trapped in Gaza hospital
Crowds of people have crammed into the corridors of Al-Shifa to escape the fighting in Gaza between Israel and Hamas,...
- OCHA said Israeli bombardments around hospitals in Gaza City intensified on Friday
- MSF denounced the intense battles as the "death warrant of civilians currently trapped in Al-Shifa hospital"
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Trinity College Dublin university to cut links with Israel over Gaza violations
Dublin, Ireland -- Ireland's prestigious Trinity College Dublin said on Wednesday that it would cut all links with Israel in...
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Saudis use AI, drones and thousands of cameras to keep hajj pilgrims safe
Makkah, Saudi Arabia -- Working day and night in front of maps, screens and seemingly endless data, Saudi officials have...
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27 killed as Israeli army opens fire near Gaza aid point
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres decried the deaths of Palestinians seeking food aid as "unacceptable", and the world body's rights...
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Saudi hosts urge pilgrims to stay indoors during hajj high point
Makkah, Saudi Arabia -- Saudi authorities have asked pilgrims performing the hajj to remain in their tents for several hours...
- Hajj Minister Tawfiq al-Rabiah has requested that pilgrims refrain from leaving their tents between 10:00 am and 4:00 pm on Thursday.
- The "Day of Arafat" traditionally marks the high point of the hajj, when pilgrims scale Mount Arafat on the outskirts of Makkah.
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New WEF report reveals how tech convergence will reshape industries
Geneva, Switzerland – The World Economic Forum today released a new report examining how emerging technology combinations are reshaping industries...
- AI is a key enabler, making many emerging tech synergies commercially viable across industries.
- Digital twins, enhanced by AI and sensors, are expanding efficiency in sectors from aerospace to healthcare.
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Erdogan proposes new Putin-Zelensky-Trump meeting in Turkey, Trump ready to attend
Trump, who wants a swift end to the three-year war, is "open" to a three-way summit "if it comes to...
- Putin has so far refused such a meeting, but Zelensky has said he is willing, underlining that key issues can only be resolved at leaders-level
- Trump is "open" to a three-way summit "if it comes to that, but he wants both of these leaders and both sides to come to the table together.'