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World Central Kitchen calls for independent investigation into killing of aid workers in Gaza
Palestinians check a damaged vehicle after Israeli strikes in central Gaza Strip city of Deir el-Balah, on April 2, 2024. (Yasser Qudih/Xinhua via Getty Images) (LONDON) — The foreign-aid organization World Central Kitchen called on [Read More…]
Bodies of six aid workers killed in Israeli strike transported from Gaza as fallout grows
World Central Kitchen (NEW YORK) — The bodies of six of the seven World Central Kitchen aid workers killed in an Israeli military missile strike this week left Gaza on Wednesday, hospital officials said, as [Read More…]
King Charles III opens parts of Buckingham Palace, Balmoral Castle for first time
Jorg Greuel/Getty Images (LONDON) — King Charles III is giving the public a never-before-seen glimpse into two of the most iconic royal residences, Buckingham Palace and Balmoral Castle. Starting this summer, members of the public [Read More…]
Taiwan earthquake updates: 9 dead, hundreds injured in 7.4 magnitude quake
Getty Images – STOCK (NEW YORK) — At least nine people were killed and more than 1,000 others were injured on Wednesday in the most powerful earthquake to strike Taiwan in 25 years, the Taiwanese [Read More…]
Taiwan earthquake updates: Nine dead, hundreds injured in 7.4 magnitude quake
Getty Images – STOCK (NEW YORK) — At least nine people were killed and more than 800 others were injured on Wednesday in the most powerful earthquake to strike Taiwan in 25 years, the Taiwanese [Read More…]
7.4 magnitude earthquake hits Taiwan
Getty Images – STOCK (TAIWAN) — A magnitude 7.4 earthquake occurred in Taiwan at 7:58 a.m. local time, with an epicenter in eastern Hualien,Taiwan. It was followed by a 6.5M earthquake a short while later, [Read More…]
World Central Kitchen pauses Gaza operations, saying 7 foreign aid workers killed during IDF attack
World Central Kitchen (GAZA) — Seven aid workers with World Central Kitchen were killed during an Israel Defense Forces attack in Gaza, the food-relief organization said, adding that it plans to pause its operations in [Read More…]
World Central Kitchen pauses Gaza operations, saying 7 foreign aid killed during IDF attack
Photo credit to World Central Kitchen/WCK.org (NEW YORK) — Seven aid workers with World Central Kitchen were killed during an Israel Defense Forces attack in Gaza, the food-relief organization said, adding that it plans to [Read More…]
King Charles leads royal family on Easter Sunday as William, Kate and kids are absent
King Charles III and Queen Camilla attend the Easter Mattins Service at Windsor Castle on March 31, 2024 in Windsor, England. — Chris Jackson/Getty Images (WINDSOR, England) — King Charles III stepped out Sunday for [Read More…]
Skier speaks out after terrifying chair lift ride in more than 60 mph winds
Barnaby Dunning appears on “Good Morning America” on April 1, 2024. — ABC News (BREUIL-CERVINIA, Italy) — A skier is speaking out after surviving a terrifying chair lift ride at an Italian ski resort during [Read More…]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to undergo surgery for hernia, office says
ABC News Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will undergo surgery for a hernia on Sunday, his office announced, during which time he’ll be under full anesthesia. Yariv Levin, deputy prime minister and minister of justice, [Read More…]
Pope Francis presides over Easter Sunday Mass, calls for cease-fires in Israel-Hamas and Russia-Ukraine conflicts
ABC News ROME and LONDON — Pope Francis on Sunday presided over an Easter Sunday Mass in St. Peter’s Square and later used his Easter message on Christianity’s holiest day to invoke prayers for victims [Read More…]
Gaza ‘feels like a coffin for children,’ some adolescents are ‘wanting to die’: UNICEF
Ahmad Hasaballah / Stringer/Getty Images (GAZA) — Some children in Gaza are going to sleep thinking they may die amid the ongoing fighting in the Israel-Hamas war, according to an official with the U.N. organization [Read More…]
Kite festival in Gaza offers children rare break from ongoing war
American Friends Service Committee (GAZA) — Hala Fayyad is proud of her handmade kite, decorated in the colors of the Palestinian flag. The four pieces of colored plastic — red, white, green and black — [Read More…]
Wild birth of critically endangered black rhino in Kenya dubbed a ‘conservation success’ by wildlife researchers
Getty Images – STOCK (KENYA) — A baby eastern black rhino has been born in Kenya, an event wildlife researchers are dubbing as a conservation success for the critically endangered species. The calf, estimated to [Read More…]
US ‘not willing to provide’ some weapons Israel asks for because of American military readiness: General
Pentagon Press Secretary U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder. Via Joseph Clark/Department of Defense (WASHINGTON) — The United States hasn’t given Israel every weapon it has asked for as it continues military operations against [Read More…]
Congo displacement reaches ‘devastating level’ as violence escalates, aid groups warn
GUILLEM SARTORIO/Getty Images (LONDON) — Almost a million people have been forced to flee their homes in the Democratic Republic of Congo since the start of the year following an upsurge in violence in the [Read More…]
AI could eliminate nearly 8 million jobs in UK, study shows
Westend61/Getty Images (LONDON) — Artificial intelligence could eliminate up to nearly 8 million jobs in the United Kingdom, according to a new study, which cautions that women and early-career employees are most at risk of [Read More…]
More than one billion meals wasted per day in 2022, according to new UN report
CRISTINA PEDRAZZINI / SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Global households are discarding an exorbitant amount of food every year, despite food insecurity remaining one of the top concerns in several regions [Read More…]
Julian Assange extradition decision delayed by UK court, allowing time for appeal
ABC News LONDON — A court in the United Kingdom on Tuesday ordered a delay in the possible extradition of Julian Assange, allowing the WikiLeaks founder to continue his appeal fighting a transfer to the [Read More…]