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"We lost the main entry point for all humanitarian aid," said Andrea De Domenico, who heads the United Nations humanitarian office, OCHA, in the occupied Palestinian territories. Israel on Sunday closed the key Kerem Shalom crossing between Israel and southern Gaza, through which most humanitarian aid enters the Palestinian territory, after a […]

This year's Eurovision song contest opened in the southern city of Malmo on Tuesday, with the grand finale Saturday, but the war in Gaza is looming over the festivities. "I am a Eurovision fan and it breaks my heart but I'm boycotting. I can't have fun knowing that Israel is there participating when all those kids are dying. I think it's just […]

Climate activist Greta Thunberg joined thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators in Eurovision 2024 host city Malmo on Thursday to protest Israel's participation in the song contest ahead of this year's second semi-final.

Some 400 municipalities have been affected by the worst natural calamity ever to hit the state of Rio Grande do Sul, with at least 107 people dead and hundreds injured. More than 164,000 people have been forced from their homes in the state capital Porto Alegre -- a city of some 1.4 million people -- and hundreds of other cities and towns. Many […]

The Maple Leafs. who have not won the NHL crown since 1967, were ousted with a 2-1 overtime loss at Boston in game seven of their best-of-seven Eastern Conference first round series. The Leafs have won only one playoff series since 2004, defeating Tampa Bay in last year's first round. "Today’s decision was difficult," Leafs general manager […]

Faulty cells in some batteries could short-circuit and ignite, a spokesperson said. Some 858 Taycans were initially identified as being at risk and recalled in January, but after further checks the company determined that further vehicles could also be affected. Porsche said 2,936 of the sporty four-door cars showed "anomalies", which requires […]

Years of under-investment in electric vehicle technologies and supply chains have left European carmakers struggling to keep up with their Chinese competitors. But even as the EU debates putting up trade barriers against electric vehicles imported from China, Chinese automakers are investing hundreds of millions in setting up their very own […]

Several countries, including the United States, Britain and France, have resorted to regular aid airdrops in northern Gaza, where humanitarian agencies have warned of a looming famine. On Tuesday, two people died when an aid parachute fell on the roof of a warehouse where residents had gathered to collect relief supplies. The latest fatalities […]

President Joe Biden on Tuesday decried a “ferocious surge” in antisemitism on college campuses and around the globe in the months since Hamas attacked Israel and triggered a war in Gaza, using a ceremony to remember victims of the Holocaust to also denounce new waves of violence and hateful rhetoric toward Jews. Biden said that on Oct. 7, […]

Israel undertaking a major Rafah operation will not advance the objective of both Washington and Tel Aviv of defeating the Hamas Palestinian militant group in Gaza, White House national security spokesman John Kirby said. Story by Siobhán Silke and Oliver Farry.