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In war-torn Ukraine, officials and businesses voice concern about job vacancies
Yulia Drozd/ABC News KYIV, Ukraine — As Ukraine aims to mobilize up to 500,000 troops in the third year of war against Russia, it needs six times more workers driving the economy at home to [Read More…]
Oxfam’s Scott Paul describes the deaths of aid workers as a ‘failure’ everyone shares
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Scott Paul, the associate director for peace and security at Oxfam America, spoke with ABC News Live about the crisis in Gaza and the necessary steps to protect civilians and [Read More…]
Israel’s claims of UNRWA’s Hamas ties put agency’s future in jeopardy
Aid is given out to refugees in Gaza. — ABC News (NEW YORK) — Since the outbreak of the Israeli-Gaza conflict, the United Nations agency representing Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has provided aid to Gazan civilians [Read More…]
Israel-Gaza live updates: IDF says it misidentified WCK worker as Hamas gunman
Omar El Qattaa/Anadolu via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — An Israeli attack in Gaza on a convoy of aid workers from World Central Kitchen, the relief organization providing desperately needed food to Palestinians, has generated [Read More…]
Israel-Gaza live updates: World Central Kitchen attack is part of pattern, NGOs operating in Gaza say
Omar El Qattaa/Anadolu via Getty Images (TEL-AVIV, Israel) — An Israeli attack in Gaza on a convoy of aid workers from World Central Kitchen, the relief organization providing desperately needed food to Palestinians, has generated [Read More…]
Taiwan earthquake death toll climbs to 10, with hundreds still stranded
A landslide blocks a road near Taroko national park following an earthquake in Hualien, Taiwan, on Thursday, April 4, 2024. (An Rong Xu/Bloomberg via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — The death toll from Wednesday’s powerful [Read More…]
Taiwan earthquake death toll climbs to 10, with 38 people missing
A landslide blocks a road near Taroko national park following an earthquake in Hualien, Taiwan, on Thursday, April 4, 2024. (An Rong Xu/Bloomberg via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — The death toll from Wednesday’s powerful [Read More…]
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…]