Thu 19 October 2023: More than one million emergency parcels are expected to be distributed by food banks this winter due to an “unprecedented need” for help, a charity warned. The Trussell Trust network, which supports more than 1,300 food bank centres across the UK, has forecast that more than 600,000 people will rely on […]
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Thu 19 October 2023: The US Army, Navy and Air Force are facing shortfalls in recruitment targets this year, as the Pentagon struggles to compete with civilian employment, while up to 77% of young people have been deemed ineligible to enlist, the New York Times said on Tuesday. By the end of its recruitment year […]
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Bishop José Álvarez Lagos surrounded by police officers on Aug. 4, 2022. | Diocese Media TV Merced / Diocese of Matagalpa Thu 19 October 2023: Nicaragua’s government has released a dozen Catholic priests jailed on a variety of charges and sent them to Rome, following negotiations with the Vatican. A government statement released late […]
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Wed 18 October 2023: Instagram users are accusing the social network of purposefully censoring posts in support of Palestine – underscoring longstanding concerns about unfair moderation as war rages in Gaza. Hena Mustafa, an Instagram user with 866 followers based in New York City, said that since she began posting about developments in Palestine as Israel mounted […]
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Wed 18 October 2023: We’ve been focused a lot on diplomacy efforts and geopolitics today as Joe Biden travelled to Israel and protests erupted across cities in the Middle East. The other side of this story is the worsening situation for the people in Gaza. At one shelter, a charity has said, 60 percent of […]
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Wed 18 October 2023: Israel will not allow humanitarian supplies into Gaza from the Israeli side of the border but will not block aid coming from Egypt, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office has said. “In light of President (Joseph) Biden’s demand, Israel will not thwart humanitarian supplies from Egypt as long as it is only […]
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Wed 18 October 2023: US President Joe Biden has arrived in Israel for a diplomatic scramble to prevent the Gaza war from spiralling into an even larger conflict, a challenge that became more difficult as outrage swept through the Middle East over an explosion that killed hundreds in a Gaza Strip hospital on Tuesday. ISRAEL-PALESTINE […]
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Wed 18 October 2023: Fears that the conflict between Israel and the armed Palestinian group Hamas could extend to other Middle Eastern nations and disrupt the world’s energy supply caused a dramatic spike in oil prices globally on Wednesday. Following an apparent missile strike on a hospital in Gaza City that claimed hundreds of civilian […]
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Wed 18 October 2023: New Delhi: Stating that he would like Indian troops to be moved out in the first week of his presidency, Maldives president-elect Mohamed Muizzu said he had indicated the seriousness of this foreign policy priority to New Delhi during his meeting with the Indian high commissioner soon after his electoral victory. A […]
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Wed 18 October 2023: At least 500 people have been killed in an Israeli air raid on al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza, according to Palestinian authorities in the besieged territory. Many world leaders have condemned the attack. African Union The African Union chief Moussa Faki Mahamat accused Israel of a “war crime” following the deadly […]
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