Fri 16 August 2024: Indian doctors have called for a nationwide shutdown of hospital services as public fury over the rape and murder of a trainee medic in the eastern city of Kolkata last week mounts. The Indian Medical Association (IMA), the country’s largest grouping of medics with 400,000 members, said the 24-hour shutdown would […]
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Fri 16 August 2024: The Gaza war has cost the Israeli economy over $67.3 billion, Israeli economists said on Thursday, Anadolu Agency reports. “The war has already cost the Israeli economy more than NIS 250 billion ($67.3 billion), and the defence establishment wants an annual increase of at least NIS 20 billion ($5.39 billion),” Rakefet Russak-Aminoach, the […]
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Fri 16 August 2024: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, on Thursday condemned the ongoing Israeli violence in the war-torn Gaza Strip, revealing that nearly 130 people have died daily since 7 October, Anadolu Agency reports. “On average, about 130 people have been killed every day in Gaza over the past 10 months. The scale […]
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Fri 16 August 2024: The World Health Organization (WHO) regional director for Europe warned on Thursday that mpox could spread to other countries after Sweden confirmed the first case of infectious viral disease outside of Africa. Sweden early Thursday reported the first case of the more contagious variant of mpox outside of Africa, just a […]
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Fri 16 August 2024: Pakistan’s military has said it arrested three retired officers in connection with the investigation into former spy chief Faiz Hameed, who faces a court-martial on charges of corruption and misuse of power. The arrests were tied to the proceedings against Hameed, who led the powerful Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) spy agency, for “actions […]
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Tue 13 August 2024: Former US President Donald Trump returned to X on Monday after nearly a year of absence. The comeback coincides with sagging poll numbers, a situation intensified by Vice President Kamala Harris’ formal nomination as the Democratic presidential nominee. In his first post since August 24, 2023, Trump shared a campaign video […]
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Mon 12 August 2024: A 12-year-old boy has become the youngest person to be charged over the far-right riots that broke out across England following the Southport stabbing on July 29. The boy, whose name has not been disclosed due to his age, has been charged with violent disorder in the Merseyside town, Southport on […]
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Mon 12 August 2024: “We have to be prepared for what could be a significant set of attacks,” National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters. “We share the same concerns and expectations that our Israeli counterparts have with respect to potential timing here — could be this week,” added Kirby. Kirby’s comments came as […]
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Mon 12 August 2024: As wildfires rage around the Greek capital, towns and villages near Athens are being evacuated. Authorities have ordered the evacuation of hospitals, a monastery, and over a dozen areas on Monday as a massive fire advanced. This blaze, which has deployed hundreds of firefighters, is the latest in a series of […]
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A sign on the road near Gao in Northern Mali, reads ‘Welcome to the Islamic state of Gao’. Communities have been fleeing the area due to violence from armed groups [File: Jerome Delay/AP] Mon 12 August 2024: Women and girls fleeing armed groups in Mali say they have suffered sexual assault by Malian soldiers […]
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