WHO loses contact with Gaza hospital staff after raid
The head of the World Health Organization said on Wednesday it had lost touch with health personnel at Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza after Israeli forces began raiding the facility.
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Sinner digs deep to down Djokovic in ATP Finals cracker
Novak Djokovic’s winning streak was halted at 19 matches as home favourite Jannik Sinner was roared to a superb 7-5 6-7(5) 7-6(2) victory by a partisan ATP Finals crowd in ...
Liverpool’s Diaz meets father first time since kidnapping
Liverpool and Colombia winger Luis Diaz has reunited with his father for the first time since the latter’s kidnapping ordeal, the Colombian football federation said on Tuesday.
Luis Manuel ...
German drug regulator considering export ban on Ozempic
The head of Germany’s drug regulator BfArM is considering an export ban on Novo Nordisk’s (NOVOb.CO) diabetes drug Ozempic, which is in high demand for its weight-loss ...
UK inflation slows sharply, boosting BoE and PM Sunak
British inflation cooled by more than expected in October as household energy prices dropped from a year ago while stubbornly high services sector price growth also eased, offering some relief ...
UN Security Council calls for pauses in Gaza fighting for aid
The United Nations Security Council on Wednesday called for urgent and extended humanitarian pauses in fighting between Israel and Palestinian Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip for a “sufficient number ...
Biden, Xi meet hoping to ease friction between the two adversarial superpowers
U.S. President Joe Biden meets Chinese leader Xi Jinping for the first time in a year on Wednesday, for talks that may ease friction between the adversarial superpowers on ...
Global EV sales stay strong
Electric-vehicle sales are seeing continued strength globally with China reporting record monthly sales in October despite the end of subsidies, according to market research firm Rho Motion.
China ended an 11...
German cartel office opens probe into Coca-Cola over pricing practices
The German cartel office said on Tuesday it opened an investigation into Coca-Cola Europacific Partners Deutschland over pricing practices in the country.
“There are indications that Coca-Cola could competitively hinder ...
Cryptoverse: Bitcoin miners make money ahead of ‘halving’
Bitcoin miners are making hay while the sun shines.
The business has been yanked out of the doldrums by the cryptocurrency’s recent rally – and now mining companies are racing ...
White House says it has evidence Hamas using Al Shifa hospital to run military actions
The White House on Tuesday said it had its own intelligence that Hamas was using Gaza’s largest hospital Al Shifa to run its military operations, and probably to store ...
US set to take action to win China’s cooperation on fentanyl
U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration is set to remove restrictions on China’s Institute of Forensic Science in a bid to convince Bejing to step up cooperation to ...
Demonstrators in Washington back Israel, denounce antisemitism
Tens of thousands of demonstrators gathered in Washington on Tuesday for a “March for Israel” to show solidarity with Israel in its war with Hamas and condemn rising antisemitism.
Streets ...
Dutch government scraps plan to cap flights at Schiphol next summer
Facing pressure from the U.S. government and the European Union, the Dutch government on Tuesday gave up on a plan to cap the maximum number of flights at Amsterdam’...
Sacked minister savages UK’s Sunak as failing and weak (Updated)
Sacked British minister Suella Braverman launched a blistering attack on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Tuesday, savaging his record and accusing him of betraying both her and the British people.
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Israel’s foreign minister says UN chief not fit to lead (Updated)
Israel’s foreign minister said on Tuesday that United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was not fit to head the global body, saying he had not done enough to condemn militant ...
Forests key to climate fight along with cutting fossil fuels, study suggests
By Jake Spring
Restoring global forests could sequester 22 times as much carbon as the world emits in a year, according to a scientific study published on Monday, making the case ...
Tsitsipas quits with injury against Rune at ATP Finals
Stefanos Tsitsipas retired after just three games of his Green Group clash against Holger Rune at the ATP Finals on Tuesday, handing the Danish debutant his first victory in the ...
Palestinians dig mass grave inside encircled Gaza hospital, no plan to rescue babies
Palestinians trapped inside Gaza’s biggest hospital were digging a mass grave on Tuesday to bury patients who died under Israeli encirclement, and said no plan was in place to ...
Williamson confident New Zealand can end India’s World Cup dreams again
New Zealand will approach their blockbuster World Cup semi-final against India with a clean slate and confidence in their ability to upstage the in-form hosts in Mumbai, skipper Kane Williamson ...
Brazil’s Dani Alves to stand trial for sexual assault in Spain
Former Barcelona and Brazil defender Dani Alves will face trial in Spain on charges of sexual assault of a woman in a Barcelona nightclub last December, a Spanish court said ...
Israel’s museums enact war protocol to protect most precious treasures
When Hamas gunmen stormed southern Israel on Oct. 7 and rocket sirens pierced the early morning quiet across the country, Israel’s premier museums went into war mode, rushing to protect ...
EU to miss goal of one million shells for Ukraine
The European Union will miss its target of supplying Ukraine with 1 million artillery shells and missiles by next March, German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said on Tuesday.
Arriving at a ...
Turkish parliament commission to debate Sweden NATO bid Thursday
The Turkish parliament’s foreign affairs commission will debate a bill approving Sweden’s NATO membership on Thursday, according to the official agenda of the commission.
President Tayyip Erdogan submitted ...