Israel allows 19 wounded children to leave Gaza in first medical evacuation
Israeli authorities say 68 people — 19 sick or wounded children plus their companions — have been allowed out of the Gaza Strip and into Egypt in the first medical evacuation since early May, when the territory’s sole travel crossing was shut down after Israel captured it. The nearly nine-month Israel-Hamas...
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Mongolia commences voting for expanded 126-seat parliament
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7.2 magnitude earthquake shakes southern Peru
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UK PM Rishi Sunak ‘hurt’ after far-right party campaigner filmed using racist slur for him
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Turkiye’s pres expresses willingness to restore diplomatic ties with Syria
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Ultra-orthodox jews protest Israel’s new military service mandate
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Biden stumbles in first presidential debate with Trump
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Palestinians surrounded by sewage and garbage
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Sanjana Thakur’s short story wins UK Commonwealth Prize
(): Sanjana Thakur, a 26-year-old writer from Mumbai, beat competition from over 7,359 entrants worldwide to be named the winner of the GBP 5,000 Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2024 in London on Thursday. Sanjana’s story entitled ‘Aishwarya Rai’ takes its name from the famed Bollywood actress to reimagine and reverse the...
Stella Assange thanks lawmakers for WikiLeaks founder’s freedom
Stella Assange thanked the spectrum of lawmakers who campaigned for her husband, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, to be freed during her visit Thursday to Australia’s Parliament House, where political leaders differed over how welcome the convicted felon was in his homeland. “Julian is overjoyed and so grateful to the Australian people,...
Rise in hate speech against minorities in India raises concern: Blinken
There has been a “concerning increase” in anti-conversion laws, hate speech, and demolitions of homes and places of worship for members of minority faith communities in India, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said. In his remarks at the release of the annual State Department report on international religious...
US sanctions Boeing over 737 Max 9 investigation information sharing
Boeing is being sanctioned by US investigators for sharing information about a federal investigation of a door plug blowout that left a gaping hole in a Boeing 737 Max 9. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said Thursday that Boeing “blatantly violated” the agency’s investigative regulations as well as a...
Ship attacked in Red Sea by Houthi rebels in latest maritime assault
A ship traveling through the Red Sea on Thursday reported being hit in an attack likely carried out by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, a private security firm said, the latest in the campaign targeting shipping over the Israel-Hamas war. The ship issued a radio call off the coast of the rebel-held port...
UK PM Sunak tries to override betting scandal in election campaign
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said he is “furious” about the scandal engulfing some of his Conservative Party candidates betting on the date of the general election, to be held on July 4, as the campaign entered its final week on Thursday. In the last televised debate before the polls on...
Lawyer accuses Prince Harry of destroying documents
(): An attorney for the publisher of The Sun tabloid Thursday accused Prince Harry of engaging in “shocking” and “extraordinary” obfuscation by destroying evidence it was seeking in his lawsuit claiming that the newspaper violated his privacy by unlawfully snooping on him. Attorney Anthony Hudson said at High Court that the...
