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It will take until 2040 to repair destroyed homes in Gaza: UN

If the war in Gaza stopped today, it would still take until 2040 to rebuild all the homes destroyed in Israel’s bombardment and ground offensives, according to UN estimates...

India backs Palestine’s bid for full membership of UN

India on Wednesday said it hoped that Palestine’s application to become a full member of the United Nations would be reconsidered and endorsed.

Over 1,600 arrests at student-led Palestine protests on 30 US campuses: Report

The Associated Press news agency reported that police made arrests at least 38 times on US campuses since...

KFC shuts over 100 outlets in Malaysia over pro-Palestine boycott

American fast-food chain Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) has temporarily shut over 100 restaurants in Malaysia as U.S.-linked businesses around the world face battering amid boycotts in favor of Palestine, triggered by the ongoing genocidal war in Gaza.

Police in riot gears crackdown Palestine protest on Columbia University campus

New York Police wearing riot gear entered the campus of Columbia University on Tuesday night where students have...

Hate speech ‘dehumanizes individuals and communities’: UN chief

Hate speech incites violence, undermines diversity and social cohesion and “threatens the common values and principles that bind us together,” the UN chief said in his message for the first-ever International Day for Countering Hate Speech.

Israeli cops won’t be punished for attack on Shireen Abu Akleh’s funeral: Report

No Israeli police officers will be punished, despite brutally assaulting mourners at last month's funeral procession for slain Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, a leading newspaper in Israel reported Thursday. According...
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80% of Gaza children suffer depression after 15 years of blockade: Report

Four out of five children in the Gaza Strip suffer from depression, sadness, and fear. 

WHO to determine if Monkeypox should be declared ‘Emergency of International Concern’

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Tuesday that the International Health Regulations Emergency Committee has been convened due to the spread of the Monkeypox virus to 32 non-endemic countries.
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US politician rejects Hindutva-linked contribution; donates same amount to Muslim group

American politician John B. King Jr - Education Secretary for former President Barack Obama, who is now running for governor's office in Maryland has rejected the donation made by...

Miss Palestine comes in prisoner uniform, highlights Palestinians in Israeli prisons

Miss Palestine, Lauren Imseeh, represented her country in Indonesia's ninth international beauty pageant, "Global Beauty," by wearing the uniform of Palestinian inmates in occupation prisons as a show of solidarity with them and to draw attention to their suffering.
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“Tasty and that’s it”: New McDonald’s to Russians

Russia reopened its former McDonald's restaurant with a new brand name named "Vkusno-i tochka," which translates to "Tasty and that's it," following the announcement of the US fast-food jumbo due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

World’s most vulnerable now paying even more, for less food: Report

Ever-higher fixed costs for farmers of so-called “agricultural inputs” such as fertilizer and fuel are likely to be responsible for this year’s bigger-than-ever global food import bill.
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Environment Performance Index 2022: India ranked lowest for the first time

The Environment Performance Index 2022, jointly prepared by Yale and Columbia University has put India in the lowest position in the list of 180 countries even below Sudan, Pakistan,...

30,000 people have died each day WTO dragged its feet on vaccine patents: Oxfam

JULIA CONLEY As public health advocates prepared a global day of action to demand an end to Covid-19 vaccine inequity, international campaigners reported that the inaction by the World Trade Organization...
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Millions could starve due Russian blockade of ports: Zelenskyy

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has warned that millions of people could starve because of a Russian blockade of Ukraine’s Black Sea ports which he said it left the world “on the brink of a terrible food crisis.”

Monkeypox becoming established in non-endemic countries, warns WHO

The World Health Organization (WHO) chief said on Wednesday that monkeypox infections in non-endemic countries have passed the 1,000 mark and the risk of it becoming established in some is “real”.
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