Hamas names 4 Israeli female soldier hostages to be freed in second swap Hamas has announced the names of four Israeli female soldier hostages to be released in exchange for Palestinian prisoners in the second swap under the ceasefire deal in Gaza, Reuters reports. Karina Ariev, Daniela Gilboa, Naama Levy and Liri Albag, all members of a […]
DELFT: Dutch university researcher Holger Caesar heads out into the afternoon traffic on a bicycle like no other, equipped to collect data he believes may one day save lives. His blue electric bike, kitted out with an array of laser sensors and scanners, speeds off among thousands of students pedalling home through the campus of […]
GENEVA: The World Health Organisation said on Sunday it was ready to pour much-needed aid into Gaza during the truce, but that it would need “systematic access” across the territory to do so. Much of the Gaza Strip’s health infrastructure has been destroyed by the more than year-long conflict between Israel and Hamas before a ceasefire […]
RAMALLAH (West Bank), Jan 20: The first three hostages were released from Gaza and the first Palestinian prisoners were freed from Israeli custody as the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took hold following 15 months of war, with mixed emotions and more difficult steps ahead over the next six weeks. Palestinians across Gaza began […]
WASHINGTON: Hours after TikTok went dark across the United States, President-elect Donald Trump called for the US to take part-ownership in TikTok and vowed to issue an executive order delaying a ban on the wildly popular app to allow time to “make a deal”. Trump’s announcement came on Sunday, as a deadline for its Chinese […]
China posted one of its slowest rates of economic growth in decades on Friday, as leaders nervously eye a potential trade standoff with incoming US president Donald Trump. Beijing has announced in recent months its most aggressive support measures in years in a bid to reignite an economy suffering on multiple fronts, including a prolonged property market […]
At least two Tibetan Buddhism monastic centres were severely damaged in Tibet with an unknown number of monks and nuns hurt, according to the few state media reports on the damage to religious sites since last week’s powerful earthquake. The magnitude 6.8 quake reduced to rubble roofs and walls at a monastery and a nunnery about […]
At least five people have been killed in wildfires rampaging around Los Angeles, officials said on Wednesday, with firefighters overwhelmed by the speed and ferocity of multiple blazes — including in Hollywood. Up to 1,500 buildings have burned in fires that have broken out around America’s second-biggest city, forcing over 100,000 people from their homes. […]
Beijing A 6.8-magnitude earthquake killed at least 53 people and injured 62 in the city of Xigaze in Tibet on Tuesday with tremors also felt in Nepal forcing people to run out of their houses. According to regional disaster relief headquarters, the quake jolted Dingri County in Xigaze in Tibet Autonomous Region in China […]
GENEVA: A United Nations report published on Tuesday found that Israeli strikes on and near hospitals in the Gaza Strip had left healthcare in the Palestinian territory on the verge of collapse. The report by the UN human rights office said such strikes raised grave concerns about Israel’s compliance with international law. “Israel’s pattern of […]