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Israeli airstrikes in Gaza have killed more than 500 people and injured hundreds of others since Tuesday. Gaza’s struggling health care system has been overwhelmed trying to treat the wounded. Source link
Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what’s in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience.Generate Key Takeaways French President Emmanuel Macron has announced a new summit of countries willing to help guarantee a possible peace agreement between Ukraine and Russia. Following … Read more
Hundreds of train passengers taken hostage by a militant group in Pakistan were freed in mid-March after a 30-hour siege, during which 27 off-duty soldiers were shot. But a video of an explosion in a moving train shared thousands of times on social media does not show the attack; it was filmed in 2022 and depicts … Read more
Malaysia’s majority-Chinese Democratic Action Party (DAP) has dismissed allegations of a “grand plan” to remove the special rights of Malays, Islam and the constitutional monarchy. The image of a pamphlet circulating online detailing the purported policy changes is credited to a former member of the ruling coalition party who has in fact been sacked in … Read more
LONDON — Britain’s Heathrow Airport will be closed Friday after an electrical substation fire knocked out its power, potentially affecting hundreds of thousands of passengers who use one of Europe’s biggest travel hubs. Thousands of homes also lost power and about 150 people had to be evacuated after a transformer within an electrical substation caught … Read more
Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks to a Canadian Lt Colonel as he visits a military base to meet planners mapping out next steps in the Coalition of the Willing in Northwood, London on Thursday. Alastair Grant/AP hide caption toggle caption Alastair Grant/AP KYIV, Ukraine — Senior military officers from more than 30 countries across … Read more
EL CALAFATE, Argentina (AP) — A creak, a thunderous roar, and then the plunge: Argentina’s Perito Moreno Glacier calves several times a day, as hundreds of visitors strain to see which side it will break off and capture the moment on their screens. The event, known as calving, is a normal occurrence, said Victoria Pacheco, … Read more
Helicopters fly over with Taiwan national flag during an inauguration celebration of Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te in Taipei, Taiwan, on May 20, 2024. Chiang Ying-ying/AP hide caption toggle caption Chiang Ying-ying/AP TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwanese President William Lai Ching-te said Thursday that the island’s defense budget will exceed 3% of its economic output as it … Read more
A plane takes off over a road sign near Heathrow Airport in London. Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP hide caption toggle caption Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP LONDON — Britain’s Heathrow Airport will be closed Friday after an electrical substation fire knocked out its power, potentially affecting hundreds of thousands of passengers who use one of Europe’s biggest travel hubs. Thousands … Read more
On Thursday, after deliberating for less than four hours, a federal jury returned guilty verdicts against two Eastern European self-described gangsters hired by Iran to send a hit man to kill an Iranian dissident at her Brooklyn home. The intended victim, Masih Alinejad, is a journalist and activist with nearly 9 million Instagram followers and … Read more