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World The number of dead and missing in massive flooding and landslides wrought by tropical storm Trami in the Philippines has reached nearly 130, and the president said Saturday that many areas remained isolated with people in need of rescue. Some areas saw 1 to 2 months’ worth of rainfallContinue Reading

Iran says it has right to self-defence after Israel attack kills 4 soldiers Iran reported that Israeli airstrikes in the country killed four soldiers early Saturday but said the attack caused only ‘limited damage’ otherwise. Israel said its attack was in retaliation for the barrage of missiles Iran fired atContinue Reading

World·Video U.S. President Joe Biden formally apologized on Friday to Indigenous people for the government’s role in the abuse and neglect of children sent to federal boarding schools to assimilate them into white society. ‘It’s long, long, long overdue,’ president saysThe Associated Press · Posted: Oct 25, 2024 12:14 PMContinue Reading

World King Charles said on Friday the Commonwealth should acknowledge its “painful” history, as African and Caribbean countries push for reparations for Britain’s role in transatlantic slavery. Charles says Commonwealth members should pursue ‘creative ways to right the inequalities that endure’Thomson Reuters · Posted: Oct 25, 2024 10:27 AM EDTContinue Reading

Israeli strikes since Thursday night killed at least 72 people in Gaza and three journalists in Lebanon on Friday as growing worries about supply shortages in Gaza and international pressure for a ceasefire mounted. The airstrikes and shelling hit houses in eastern neighbourhoods of the southern city of Khan Younis lateContinue Reading

World Tropical Storm Trami blew away from the northwestern Philippines on Friday, leaving at least 82 people dead in landslides and extensive flooding that forced authorities to scramble for more rescue boats to save thousands of terrified people, who were trapped, some on their roofs. Storm could make a U-turnContinue Reading

World Indian authorities shut schools, evacuated hundreds of thousands of people and cancelled trains in parts of the country as rescue teams braced on Thursday for a tropical storm brewing in the Bay of Bengal. India Meteorological Department reports ‘landfall process’ has begunThe Associated Press · Posted: Oct 24, 2024Continue Reading

World At least 17 Palestinians, including children, were killed on Thursday in an Israeli strike on a school in Nuseirat camp in the central part of the Gaza Strip, where people displaced by the fighting were sheltering, Nuseirat’s Al-Awda hospital said. Israeli military says attack hit Hamas command and control centreThomson Reuters · Posted: Oct 24,Continue Reading

World An Israeli strike killed three Lebanese troops in south Lebanon on Thursday as France hosted a conference to rally support for Lebanese state forces, which are seen as vital to any diplomatic resolution of the war between Israel and Hezbollah. Fatal strike on troops comes as 70 countries gatherContinue Reading