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4 More Gaza Children Die Of “Malnutrition And Dehydration”, Says Health Ministry

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4 More Gaza Children Die Of “Malnutrition And Dehydration”, Says Health Ministry

The deaths occurred at Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza (File) Four more children have died of “malnutrition and dehydration” in war-torn Gaza, the Hamas-ruled territory’s health ministry said on Friday, the latest such reported deaths as famine warnings mount. The deaths occurred at Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said…

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Meta Rebuffs Google’s Virtual Reality Tie-Up Proposal: Report

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Meta Rebuffs Google’s Virtual Reality Tie-Up Proposal: Report

Meta is talking to hardware companies about building new VR devices, said the report (Representational) Meta Platforms decided against a partnership with Alphabet to use Google’s Android XR platform for its virtual and mixed-reality Quest headsets, The Information reported on Friday. Google had suggested that Meta partnered with its new software platform that is being…

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U.S. drone sale to India proceeds to next phase

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U.S. drone sale to India proceeds to next phase

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.’s (GA-ASI) MQ-9B drone. | Photo Credit: PTI The possible sale of 31 MQ-9B high altitude long endurance armed Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) from U.S. firm General Atomics to India progressed to the next stage after a 30 day Congressional notification period concluded on March 1. The deal, pegged at an estimated…

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Auction wraps up for Danish cartoon on Prophet Mohammed

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Auction wraps up for Danish cartoon on Prophet Mohammed

Picture taken on March 16, 2010 shows Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard from Jyllands-Posten making his last drawing for the newspaper, in Viby. | Photo Credit: AFP Bidding closes Friday in the online auction of the original edition of a Danish cartoon depicting the Prophet Mohammed that provoked violent riots in Muslim countries. Published together with…

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Myanmar now a ‘never-ending’ nightmare: UN

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Myanmar now a ‘never-ending’ nightmare: UN

Volker Turk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Three years of military rule in Myanmar have inflicted unbearable cruelty, leaving people trapped in an unending nightmare as the conflict spreads, the UN human rights chief said Friday. The junta is crushing all forms of dissent with total impunity, Volker Turk…

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Calls for probe, ceasefire follow Israeli gunfire near aid convoy

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Calls for probe, ceasefire follow Israeli gunfire near aid convoy

World leaders on Friday called for an investigation and a ceasefire nearly five months into the Gaza war, a day after dozens of desperate Palestinians were killed rushing an aid convoy. Israeli troops opened fire as Palestinian civilians scrambled for food aid during a chaotic incident on Thursday which the Hamas-run territory’s Health Ministry said…

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Pope Francis labels gender ideology as ‘the worst danger’

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Pope Francis labels gender ideology as ‘the worst danger’

Pope Francis speaks during the international conference “Man-Woman: Image of God. Towards an Anthropology of Vocations” at the Vatican, March 1, 2024. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Pope Francis launched a fresh critique on Friday of gender ideology, saying it was “the worst danger” which “erases differences”. “It is very important that there is this meeting,…

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US Woman Dies After Falling Ill On American Airlines Flight

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US Woman Dies After Falling Ill On American Airlines Flight

The flight from Dominican Republic was diverted to the Turks and Caicos Islands. An American woman travelling on American Airlines Flight 2790 from Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, to Charlotte, North Carolina, tragically passed away after experiencing a sudden illness on the flight, according to The New York Post. The 41-year-old passenger, identified by family members…

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Dhaka fire: Bangladesh PM Hasina says shopping mall had no emergency exits as death toll climbs

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Dhaka fire: Bangladesh PM Hasina says shopping mall had no emergency exits as death toll climbs

Firefighters work to contain a fire that broke out at a commercial complex in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP A six-story shopping mall that caught fire in the Bangladeshi capital had no fire exits, the country’s Prime Minister said on Friday, as the death toll climbed to at least 46…

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Alexei Navalny, who galvanised opposition to Putin, is laid to rest after his death in prison

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Alexei Navalny, who galvanised opposition to Putin, is laid to rest after his death in prison

Workers carry the coffin and a portrait of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny out of the Church of the Icon of the Mother of God Soothe My Sorrows, in Moscow, Russia, Friday, March 1, 2024. Relatives and supporters of Alexei Navalny are bidding farewell to the opposition leader at a funeral in southeastern Moscow, following…

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