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February likely warmest on record amid climate change
Published on 29/02/2024
» The world is believed to have recorded its warmest February on record, as spring-like conditions caused flowers to bloom early from Japan to Mexico, left ski slopes bald of snow in Europe and pushed temperatures to 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 Celsius) in Texas.
Prince William: ‘Too many’ have been killed in Gaza
Published on 20/02/2024
» LONDON - Prince William in Tuesday called for an end to the fighting in Gaza, saying “too many” people had been killed, in an unusually direct intervention for a member of the British royal family.
Haiti president’s widow charged in assassination plot
Published on 20/02/2024
» PORT-AU-PRINCE - The Haitian judge in charge of the investigation into the 2021 assassination of the Caribbean nation’s last president has charged some fifty people, including his widow and a former prime minister, according to a document leaked to local media.
Israel bombards Gaza, with biggest functioning hospital under siege
Reuters, Published on 17/02/2024
» CAIRO - Gaza's largest functioning hospital was under siege on Friday in Israel's war with Islamist group Hamas, leaving patients and doctors helpless in the chaos as warplanes struck Rafah, the last refuge for Palestinians in the enclave, officials said.
Israel raids main Gaza hospital
Published on 15/02/2024
» JERUSALEM - Israeli forces raided the biggest functioning hospital in Gaza, they said on Thursday, as video posted online showed chaos, shouting and the sound of shooting in darkened corridors that were filled with dust and smoke.
Grim Gaza discovery underlines civilians’ plight
Published on 10/02/2024
» Relatives on Saturday found the body of a 6-year-old Palestinian girl who had begged Gaza rescuers to send help after being trapped by Israeli military fire, along with the bodies of five of her family members and two ambulance workers who had gone to save her.
Russian drone attack kills 7 in Ukraine
Reuters, Published on 10/02/2024
» KYIV: Russia launched a drone attack on the city of Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine, killing seven people, including three small children, triggering blazes and damaging infrastructure and houses, regional officials said on Saturday.
China spotlights drones at Saudi defence show
South China Morning Post, Published on 09/02/2024
» RIYADH - Drones took centre stage as Chinese arms contractors attempted to lure buyers at a defence exhibition in the Middle East amid escalating conflict in Gaza and the Red Sea.
Blasts kill 22 on eve of Pakistan polls
Published on 07/02/2024
» ISLAMABAD - Two blasts took place on Wednesday near electoral candidates’ offices in the southwestern province of Balochistan, killing 22 people and raising concerns over security on the eve of Pakistan’s elections.
Myanmar border guards flee to Bangladesh amid clashes, 2 killed
Published on 05/02/2024
» DHAKA: At least 95 Myanmar border guards, some of them wounded, have fled to Bangladesh over the last few days as fighting intensifies between rebel forces in Myanmar and the junta regime, officials in Bangladesh said on Monday.