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Gaza: where sickness can be ‘death sentence’
In Gaza, falling ill can be a death sentence. Cancer patients are waiting to die, polio has returned, and many of the doctors and nurses who might have offered help are dead while the hospitals they worked at have been reduced to rubble.
12 September 2024, 18:00 PM
Myanmar battles floods as toll spikes
Hundreds of villagers in Myanmar waded or swam through chin-high waters, fleeing severe floods around the remote capital Naypyidaw yesterday, while Vietnam began clearing up after deadly Typhoon Yagi.
12 September 2024, 18:00 PM
UNSC to expand!
The United States supports creating two permanent United Nations Security Council seats for African states and one seat to be rotated among small island developing states, US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield as set to announce on Thursday.
12 September 2024, 18:00 PM
33 held in Manipur
Indian police have arrested 33 people after a surge in ethnic violence in Manipur state, where a curfew and an internet blackout have been imposed, officers said yesterday.
12 September 2024, 18:00 PM
Rich nations have millions of mpox shots as Africa's outbreak spreads; Will they share?
A small fraction of those doses could help curb what is now the worst mpox outbreak on record in the Democratic Republic of Congo and neighboring countries, disease experts say.
12 September 2024, 10:30 AM
Millions in SE Asia battle floods, death toll passes 200
Yagi brought a colossal deluge of rain that has inundated a swathe of northern Vietnam, Laos, Thailand and Myanmar, triggering deadly landslides and widespread river flooding.
12 September 2024, 10:21 AM
Australia threatens fines for social media giants enabling misinformation
The bill is part of a wide-ranging regulatory crackdown by Australia, where leaders have complained that foreign-domiciled tech platforms are overriding the country's sovereignty, and comes ahead of a federal election due within a year.
12 September 2024, 08:51 AM
Russia puts Navalny lawyers on trial
Navalny died in unclear circumstances in an Arctic prison colony in February, where he was serving a 19-year sentence for leading an "extremist" organisation.
12 September 2024, 08:48 AM
Van Gogh 'Sunflowers' brought together in London show
This is the first time that the works have been exhibited together in this way.
12 September 2024, 06:23 AM
Malaysian police rescue 400 minors from suspected sexual abuse at Islamic charity homes
Malaysian authorities rescued more than 400 children on Wednesday suspected of being sexually abused at charity homes run by a prominent Islamic business organisation with links to a banned religious sect, the top police official said.
12 September 2024, 05:42 AM
How will Japan's ruling party pick the next prime minister?
Here is a rundown of the leading contenders.
12 September 2024, 04:39 AM
Indian police arrest 33 after violence in troubled Manipur
At least 11 people have been killed, including in what police called a "significant escalation" of violence, with insurgents firing rockets and dropping bombs with drones.
12 September 2024, 04:32 AM
Death toll from storms in Vietnam rises to 197: govt
Yagi is the most powerful typhoon to hit northern Vietnam in 30 years, according to meteorologists.
12 September 2024, 04:29 AM
Pope says migrant workers need 'a fair wage'
There are an estimated 170 million migrant workers around the world -- about five percent of the global workforce -- according to the International Labour Organization.
12 September 2024, 04:25 AM
North Korea fires salvo of short-range ballistic missiles
Pyongyang has denied any sanctions-busting weapons trade with Russia, but with diplomacy long stalled, it declared South Korea its "principal enemy" this year and recently moved nuclear-capable weapons to border areas.
12 September 2024, 04:22 AM
Hurricane Francine batters US state of Louisiana
Francine made landfall as a Category 2 hurricane on a five-level scale in Terrebonne Parish on the southern edge of the state at 5:00 pm local time (2200 GMT), according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC).
12 September 2024, 04:13 AM
Gaza rescuers say Israeli strike on school killed 18
UN chief Antonio Guterres deplored the killings, which he also said included six UNRWA colleagues.
12 September 2024, 04:08 AM
What if the US presidential election is decided by... Omaha?
The scenario involves Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump tying in the number of electoral college votes they receive, with a specific allocation of the seven key swing states.
12 September 2024, 04:04 AM
Trump and Harris attend 9/11 memorial after brutal debate
The solemn display of unity was a stark contrast to the evening before, when the Democratic vice president forced the rattled Republican former president onto the defensive in a bruising televised encounter.
12 September 2024, 03:56 AM
UN chief says six colleagues killed in Israel strike on Gaza school
UNRWA called it the highest death toll among its staff in a single incident.
12 September 2024, 03:54 AM