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28 Gaza babies evacuated to Egypt
Twenty-eight premature babies were evacuated from war-torn Gaza to Egypt yesterday as the enclave’s health ministry accused Israel of launching a deadly strike on the territory’s Indonesian Hospital.
20 November 2023, 18:00 PM
Earth to warm up to 2.9C even with current pledges: UN
Countries’ greenhouse gas-cutting pledges put Earth on track for warming far beyond key limits, potentially up to a catastrophic 2.9 degrees Celsius this century, the UN said yesterday, urging G20 nations to boost emissions cuts.
20 November 2023, 18:00 PM
US’s Austin visits Kyiv in gesture of support
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin arrived in wartime Kyiv yesterday in a gesture of “unwavering” support as questions swirled over the sustainability of vital Western assistance as the war with Russia drags on. Austin, accompanied by the commander of the US European Command, was shown next to a train shaking hands with the US ambassador to Kyiv in a photograph published by the embassy.
20 November 2023, 18:00 PM
Iran rejects Israel’s accusations
Iran yesterday dismissed as “invalid” Israel’s accusations that Yemen’s Huthi rebels were acting on Tehran’s “guidance” when they seized a Red Sea ship owned by an Israeli businessman.
20 November 2023, 18:00 PM
Napoleon hat fetches record $2.1m at auction
A bicorne hat believed to have belonged to Napoleon Bonaparte sold for a record 1,932,000 euros ($2.11 million) at the Drouot auction house in Paris on Sunday.
20 November 2023, 18:00 PM
Rescuers drill to send more food to trapped workers
Rescuers are trying to send cooked food and set up a phone connection to 41 workers trapped for eight days in a collapsed tunnel in the Indian Himalayas as they explore fresh rescue plans after previous attempts stalled, officials said yesterday.
20 November 2023, 18:00 PM
Israel seeks to end Palestinians’ presence
Israel seeks to end the Palestinian people’s presence on their “historical land,” Palestine’s foreign minister has said.
20 November 2023, 18:00 PM
28 premature Gaza babies evacuated to Egypt
A group of 28 prematurely born babies evacuated from Gaza's biggest hospital were taken into Egypt for urgent treatment on Monday, while Palestinian authorities and the WHO said 12 people were killed at another Gaza hospital encircled by Israeli tanks
20 November 2023, 16:14 PM
Iran unveils Fattah-2 hypersonic missile
Iran has unveiled an improved version of its own hypersonic missile 'Fattah' for the first time
20 November 2023, 14:02 PM
OpenAI's Sam Altman to join Microsoft: CEO Satya Nadella
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on Monday said that ousted OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Greg Brockman will be joining Microsoft to lead a new advanced AI research team
20 November 2023, 08:18 AM
Health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza says 12 killed in hospital strike
The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said Monday 12 people were killed in an Israeli strike on a hospital in northern Gaza.
20 November 2023, 07:28 AM
32 killed in attack in Abyei, a region claimed by both Sudan and S Sudan
A spate of attacks in a disputed region claimed by both Sudan and South Sudan has left 32 people dead including a UN peacekeeper, local officials said.
20 November 2023, 07:20 AM
Former US first lady Rosalynn Carter dies at 96
Former US first lady Rosalynn Carter, the wife of former president Jimmy Carter, died at age 96 at her home in Georgia, the couple's non-profit organization announced.
20 November 2023, 06:48 AM
World's richest 1% emit as much carbon as bottom two-thirds: report
The richest one percent of the global population are responsible for the same amount of carbon emissions as the world's poorest two-thirds, or five billion people, according to an analysis published Sunday by the non-profit Oxfam International
20 November 2023, 06:36 AM
World must 'act urgently' to stop humanitarian crisis in Gaza: China FM
The international community must take urgent action to stop the "humanitarian disaster" unfolding in Gaza, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told visiting diplomats from Arab and Muslim-majority nations on Monday
20 November 2023, 05:19 AM
President-elect Milei vows 'end of Argentina's decline'
Libertarian outsider Javier Milei swept to victory in Argentina's presidential election Sunday, vowing to halt decades of economic decline in a country reeling from triple-digit inflation
20 November 2023, 03:29 AM
At least 21 dead in torrential Dominican Republic rains
At least 21 people, including three children, died after heavy rainfall inundated the Dominican Republic over the weekend, authorities said Sunday, warning the downpours were linked to worsening climate change
20 November 2023, 03:11 AM
Israeli army unveils footage it says shows hostages at Gaza hospital
Israel's military released security camera footage Sunday it said showed hostages being brought into Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City on October 7 after being kidnapped during Hamas's attacks on southern Israel.
20 November 2023, 02:48 AM
Hamas battles Israeli forces in north Gaza
Hamas gunmen battled Israeli forces trying to push into Gaza’s largest refugee camp yesterday and Israeli air strikes to the south killed dozens of Palestinians, witnesses said, as a US media report of a nascent hostage release deal was denied.
19 November 2023, 18:00 PM
Ukrainian army advances at Dnipro river
The Ukrainian army yesterday said it pushed Russian forces back “three to eight kilometres” from the banks of Dnipro river, which if confirmed would be the first meaningful advance by Kyiv’s forces months into a disappointing counteroffensive.
19 November 2023, 18:00 PM