The main UN aid agency in Gaza says Israel has failed to meet a US deadline to boost aid to the territory or risk a reduction in American military aid.…
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New Zealand: PM apologies for ‘horrific’ care home abuse
New Zealand’s Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has formally apologised to victims of abuse in care homes, following an inquiry into one of the country’s biggest abuse scandals.The historic apology, delivered…
USA: Wildfires spread in New York, New Jersey
Fire crews in the United States are working to contain large blazes in the northeastern states of New York and New Jersey, where heavy, smoke-filled air has prompted health warnings…
Canada: Authorities record first human bird flu (H5 avian flu ) case
Canada has confirmed its first human case of bird flu after a teenager tested positive for the virus, according to health authorities. The teenager, from the western province of British…
Myanmar: Two million people at risk of starvation in Rakhine: UN
Myanmar’s war-ravaged Rakhine state could face imminent famine according to a new United Nations report, which estimates that more than two million people could be at risk of starvation. “Rakhine’s…
Palestine: Patients in rare medical evacuation from Gaza
More than 200 seriously injured and ill Palestinians and their carers have been evacuated from Gaza, in one of the biggest operations of its kind in months, Israel says. The…
Switzerland: UN rules forcible sterilizations of women in Peru ‘crime against humanity’
Accordinf to the United Nations women’s rights committe, Switzerland: UN rules forcible sterilizations of women in Peru ‘crime against humanity”the policy of forced sterilisation in Peru, which took place during…
Pakistan: Authorities close schools in Lahore due to record level pollution
Unprecedented air pollution in the Pakistani city of Lahore has forced authorities to close all primary schools for a week. From Monday, 50% of office workers will also work from…
Pakistan: Seven killed in attack on polio vaccine drive
At least seven people, including five schoolchildren, have been killed and 23 injured in a bombing near a girls’ school in southwestern Pakistan, officials said. Friday’s attack targeted police guarding…
DRC: Africa CDC warns mpox is not under control, appeals for resources
The African Union’s health watchdog has warned that the mpox outbreak was still not under control and appealed for resources to avoid a “more severe” pandemic than COVID-19. “The situation…