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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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.
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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 ...
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.
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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 ...
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 ...
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.
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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 ...
A century later, US Army overturns convictions of 110 black soldiers
The US Army set aside the court-martial convictions from a century ago of 110 African American soldiers, including 19 who were executed, saying they were denied fair trials in a landmark acknowledgement ...
UK wage growth cools slightly but stays close to record
British wages grew slightly less fast in the three months to September but remained close to their record pace, according to official data that will do little to ease the ...
Europe’s shrinking stash heralds economic trouble
By Francesco Guerrera
The eurozone is a tale of two interest rates: the official one set by the central bank, and the ones earned by companies and individuals on their ...
Israeli forces kill seven Palestinians in West Bank
At least seven Palestinians were killed in clashes after Israeli troops backed by the air force raided a town in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, medics and local media ...
Israeli military says it found signs hostages were held in Gaza hospital
The Israeli military shared video and photographs on Monday showing what it said were weapons stored by Hamas in the basement of a children’s hospital in Gaza where it ...
Greece starts process to sell 20 per cent stake in National Bank
Greece on Monday announced plans to sell a 20 per cent stake in National Bank of Greece (NBG) after concluding the sale of a 9 per cent stake in Alpha Bank to ...
Biden says Gaza hospitals ‘must be protected’
U.S. President Joe Biden said hospitals in the Gaza Strip must be protected and he hoped for “less intrusive” action by Israel as Israeli tanks advanced to the gates ...
Nothing to sell: Empty shelves in southern Gaza as population swells
Most of the shelves were bare at Hassan Abu Shabab’s convenience store in the centre of Khan Younis, a town in southern Gaza whose population has ballooned as tens ...