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Video: Palestinian journalist Plestia Alaqad reads her poem ‘Only in Gaza’
Palestinian journalist and writer Plestia Alaqad shares a poem with Middle East Eye's Mohamed Hassan during a conversation about the power of storytelling, leaving Gaza and what the world is still missing in the way it sees Palestine.
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ICJ orders Israel to stop preventing ‘delivery of urgently needed’ aid
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Thursday ordered Israel to provide immediate, unhindered delivery of aid to...
Gaza Genocide
Gaza war surgeon Ghassan Abu-Sittah elected rector at University of Glasgow
Gaza war surgeon Ghassan Abu-Sittah elected rector at University of Glasgow.
World
In a week, Israeli army executes 13 children in and near Al-Shifa Hospital: Euro-Med Monitor
The Israeli army has executed 13 children by direct shooting in Al-Shifa Medical Complex and its Gaza City...
Opinion
Gangs, kidnappings, murders: Why thousands of Rohingya are desperately trying to escape refugee camps by boats
Ruth Wells, UNSW Sydney and Max William Loomes, UNSW Sydney
Late last week, a boat crammed with Rohingya refugees...
World
As virus spreads ‘freely’ COVID-19 ‘nowhere near over’: WHO
Rising COVID-19 cases are not only putting further pressure on already stretched health systems and workers but also triggering an “increasing trend of deaths”, World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told journalists at the regular weekly press briefing on Tuesday.
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James Webb Telescope reveals ‘deepest, sharpest’ view of universe
US President Joe Biden on Monday unveiled one of the James Webb Space Telescope’s image galaxy cluster SMACS 0723, known as Webb’s First Deep Field in a preview event at the White House in Washington.
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Global population will reach 8 billion on 15 November 2022: UN prediction
15 November 2022 is predicted to be the day that the global population reaches eight billion.
World
Thousands of children endure ‘horrific conditions’ in conflict zones: UN report
The annual UN report on Children and Armed Conflict (CAAC), released on Monday, details the devastating impact that various forms of conflict had on children around the world in 2021.
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Sri Lanka’s President Rajapaksa to step down on 13 July: Speaker
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has agreed to step down next week, Lanka’s parliamentary speaker, Mahinda Yapa Abeywardana, has said.
Sports
Cricket; Only source of joy for many in crisis torn Sri Lanka
Cricket is a mental healer for Lankans, a respite from the dearth going on around them. It is the only thing that lets them forget the darkness they are experiencing.
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Sri Lanka: Protesters storm President’s House, demand resignation
Thousands of protesters in Sri Lanka have broken through police barricades and stormed the president’s residence and office in one of the largest anti-government marches in the crisis-hit country this year.
Business
Elon Musk says he is terminating Twitter deal
Elon Musk has said he is terminating a $44bn deal to buy Twitter, saying the social media company did not provide information about fake or spam accounts on the platform.
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World
Here is who could replace Boris Johnson
Victoria Honeyman, University of Leeds
Most prime ministers would have resigned over any one of the scandals to engulf Boris Johnson’s government. Johnson, never one for tradition or rules, rode...
World
Shinzo Abe, former Japanese PM, dies after being shot during election speech
Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Japan's longest-serving leader, died on Friday after being shot while campaigning for a parliamentary election, public broadcaster NHK said.
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Japan ex PM Shinzo Abe shot at during speech, showing no vital signs
Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been taken to hospital after apparently being shot during a campaign speech in the western city of Nara.
World
Winter in Ukraine will be worse: UNHCR chief
While the Russian military advance in eastern Ukraine continues to escalate, the UN refugee agency, UNCHR, on Thursday warned that the winter months are very likely to be extremely harsh on millions of people affected by the war.
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