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World More than 600,000 children under the age of 10 will receive the oral vaccine against polio after the first case was confirmed by WHO in Gaza. The fighting will pause for at least eight hours a day in specified areas to give health workers the opportunity to vaccinate children.Continue Reading

When Joshua Cabral got to Ukraine, he was advised to download the air-raid app — for obvious reasons. He was out for a walk the first time the app sounded the alarm “I remember feeling this spike of fear,” Cabral, a 39-year-old chef from Ontario, said in an interview. “Oh my God, thisContinue Reading

World China, Philippines accuse each other of ramming ships in South China SeaThe Philippines and China exchanged accusations of intentionally ramming coast guard vessels in disputed waters of the South China Sea on Saturday, the latest in an escalating series of clashes in the vital waterway. Collision of coast guardContinue Reading

World More than a million Oasis concert tickets go on sale with long waits online, error messagesOasis fans seeking tickets to the band’s reunion tour endured hours-long waits — and in some cases, disappointment — as online platforms strained under demand Saturday from hundreds of thousands of fans. Brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher endingContinue Reading

World Doctors and aid workers prepare for mass polio vaccinations in Gaza amid pause in fightingThe WHO aims to vaccinate more than 640,000 kids under 10 against polio, after the first case in 25 years was confirmed in the Gaza Strip. The rollout will take place during limited pauses inContinue Reading

As Israeli tanks and troops stormed into Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank this week — one of the largest such military operations in years — a comment by the country’s foreign minister reverberated loudly across the region. Israel should resort to the “temporary evacuation” of Palestinian residents fromContinue Reading

Brazil started blocking Elon Musk’s social media platform X early Saturday, making it largely inaccessible on both the web and through its mobile app after the company refused to comply with a judge’s order. X missed a deadline imposed by Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes to name a legalContinue Reading

World Medo Halimy, whose social media posts and videos documented daily life in Gaza, was sitting with his friend at the Brand Cafe in Khan Younis Tuesday when the teens were hit by shrapnel from a nearby airstrike. His friend survived, but Halimy died of his injuries. Medo Halimy, 19,Continue Reading

World One of Ukraine’s F-16 fighter jets crashed while repelling a major Russian attack on Monday, Kyiv’s military said, the first such loss reported since the long-awaited arrival of the U.S.-made planes this month. Pilot Oleksiy Mes killed in crash, according to air force’s western commandThomson Reuters · Posted: AugContinue Reading