Beijing | China is experiencing a major pneumonia outbreak with no known cause in children, and it is overwhelming paediatric hospitals in the country, according to a report. The children are mainly seeing symptoms including high fever, with some kids developing pulmonary nodules. There is so far no indication that the infections are deadly. But […]
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22 killed in two mass shootings in US, ‘person of interest’ identified
Washington | At least 22 people were killed in two mass shooting incidents in the US state of Maine, authorities said, adding that a “person of interest” who is “armed and dangerous” has been identified. In a statement late Wednesday night, the Lewiston Police Department said the 40-year-old person of interest Robert Card, who is […]
Hundreds killed in strike at hospital in Gaza
London | Hundreds of people were killed in an Israeli strike at a hospital in Gaza on Tuesday, reports said. The number of people killed has reached 500, following the alleged air strike on the Al Ahli Arab hospital, according to the Gaza Health Ministry spokesman, the BBC reported. It quoted an Israeli Army spokesperson […]
71-year-old man stabs 6-year-old Palestinian-American boy 26 times in anti-Muslim hate crime, boy dies
Chicago | A landlord in Chicago, who had been agitated due to the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, was charged and arrested after he stabbed his six-year-old Palestinian-American tenant 26 times because the child and his mother were Muslims, according to law enforcement officials. In a statement on Sunday, the Will County Sheriff’s Office said that on […]
Bodies of 1,500 Hamas militants found in Israeli territory: Israel Defense Forces
Jerusalem | The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Tuesday said that the bodies of some 1,500 Hamas militants were found inside Israeli territory as fighting rages between the two sides since the October 7 unprecedented attack. In its latest update, the IDF also said that 900 Israelis have been killed since the attack, including 123 […]
Mysterious disease paralyses 95 schoolgirls in Kenya, blood and urine samples collected for tests
Nairobi | A mysterious disease has affected about 95 schoolgirls in Kenya who have been paralysed, according to media reports. Officials from Kakamega county confirmed 95 students from St. Theresa’s Eregi Girls High School, located 374 kilometres northwest of Nairobi, had been hospitalised after alleged paralysis in the leg, KBC.co.ke reported. Kakamega County’s CEC for Health, […]
Israel launches ‘Operation Iron Swords’ against Hamas ‘Operation Al Aqsa Flood’
London | The Palestinian armed group Hamas has launched Operation Al-Aqsa Flood against Israel in the most serious escalation since Israel and Hamas fought an 11-day war in 2021, a media report said. Hamas said it had fired 5,000 rockets, while Israel confirmed that the group’s fighters had entered its territory. Daniel Hagari, an Israeli […]
US woman loses all 4 limbs after eating contaminated fish
New York | In a terrifying case, a US woman lost all her four limbs after suffering a bacterial infection from eating contaminated fish, according to media reports. Laura Barajas, 40, from San Jose, California, got the infection after eating undercooked tilapia, the New York Post reported. While surgery saved her life, her limbs had […]
Morocco mourns quake victims as death toll climbs to over 2,000
Rabat | Morocco has declared three days of national mourning after a devastating earthquake late Friday night claimed the lives of 2,000 people. Flags will fly at half-mast on all public facilities during the national mourning, according to a statement released by the Royal Office after Moroccan King Mohammed VI chaired a meeting on the […]
Morocco earthquake death toll mounts to 1,037
Rabat | The death toll from a strong earthquake that struck Morocco on Friday night has risen to 1,037, the country’s Interior Ministry said on Saturday. The earthquake has also injured at least 1,204 people, according to the latest update from the ministry. A 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit Morocco on Friday at 11:11 p.m. local time […]