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[ad_1] WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are expected to speak by phone on Thursday, according to a U.S. official with knowledge of the call. It will be their first direct communication since seven aid workers were killed by Israeli strikes in Gaza this week. The discussion comes after Biden on Tuesday delivered…
[ad_1] WASHINGTON — Just five minutes into a meeting with President Joe Biden, a Palestinian American doctor who has treated gravely injured patients in Gaza couldn’t bear to stay, so he left. Dr. Thaer Ahmad, who specializes in emergency medicine, recalled getting emotional when talking about the many Palestinians he cared for, describing the scale…
[ad_1] More than 53,000 people have fled Haiti’s capital in less than three weeks, the vast majority to escape unrelenting gang violence, according to a United Nations report released Tuesday. More than 60% are headed to Haiti’s rural southern region, which worries U.N. officials. “Our humanitarian colleagues emphasized that these departments do not have sufficient…
[ad_1] Botswana is fed up. The country is home to almost a third of the world’s savanna elephants, a population that has tripled since 1984, and Botswana is often hailed as a conservation success. But European nations, most recently Germany, are attacking a lynchpin of Botswana’s elephant management strategy: trophy hunting. The German environment ministry…
[ad_1] MEXICO CITY — A ruling party mayoral candidate was shot dead on Monday in central Mexico during an event on the first day of her campaign, despite having requested security protection from authorities and receiving no response. A city council candidate was also initially reported as fatally shot in the incident, but the security…
[ad_1] A dream cruise vacation has turned into a nightmare for eight passengers left stranded on the African island of São Tomé and Príncipe after their ship left without them because they were late to return from a private tour. The tourists — six from the U.S. and two from Australia — were aboard the Norwegian…
[ad_1] Pope Francis led thousands of people in a moment of silence Wednesday to pray for the aid workers killed by an Israeli strike in Gaza and a young Ukrainian soldier named Oleksandre who was killed in ‘’this madness of war.” Francis appealed anew for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza and the release of hostages…
[ad_1] Luis Rubiales, the disgraced former president of Spain’s soccer federation who kissed a player on the lips without her consent at the Women’s World Cup final, was arrested Wednesday as part of a separate corruption probe by Spanish police before being released. The Civil Guard said that Rubiales was questioned by police at Madrid’s…
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[ad_1] IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Biden expresses outrage after Israeli strike kills World Central Kitchen workers 03:12 Now Playing Biden pays tribute to the ‘brave’ aid workers killed in Israeli airstrike 02:30 UP NEXT ‘Humanity lost a very good solider’: friend reacts to death…