Israeli strike on Gaza’s Nasser Hospital kills at least 20 people, including 5 journalists, health officials say

Israeli strike on Gaza’s Nasser Hospital kills at least 20 people, including 5 journalists, health officials say

Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip —  Israel struck one of the main hospitals in the Gaza Strip with a missile Monday and then fired another as journalists and rescue workers rushed to the scene, killing at least 20 people and wounding scores more, local health workers in Hamas-run Gaza said. At least five journalists were among those killed, health…

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Bus crash kills dozens of migrants just back in Afghanistan after Iran deported them, officials say

Bus crash kills dozens of migrants just back in Afghanistan after Iran deported them, officials say

Seventy-six people were killed in a collision between a bus carrying Afghan migrants and two other vehicles in western Afghanistan, a provincial official said Wednesday. “Seventy-six citizens of the country … lost their lives in the incident, and three others were seriously injured,” Mohammad Yousuf Saeedi, Herat provincial government spokesman, said in a statement. Map…

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Stanford student newspaper sues Trump officials over immigration law that they say led to chilling of free speech

Stanford student newspaper sues Trump officials over immigration law that they say led to chilling of free speech

Stanford University’s student newspaper on Wednesday sued the Trump administration over two provisions in federal immigration law that they say the officials have wielded against those with pro-Palestinian views. The Stanford Daily, in addition to two former college students, filed the lawsuit against Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem,…

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US official’s interview of Maxwell about Epstein ‘very productive’, lawyer says

US official’s interview of Maxwell about Epstein ‘very productive’, lawyer says

Madeline Halpert BBC News, New York Watch: Ghislaine Maxwell’s lawyer: A “good day” for his client after DOJ questioning A senior US justice department official says he will resume his questioning of Jeffrey Epstein’s long-time associate Ghislaine Maxwell on Friday – after a first “very productive” first meeting on Thursday, Maxwell’s lawyer said. Pressure has…

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Africa: Health Experts, Officials Convene in Uganda for HIV, Hepatitis B, Syphilis Elimination Across Africa

Africa: Health Experts, Officials Convene in Uganda for HIV, Hepatitis B, Syphilis Elimination Across Africa

Kampala, Uganda — Health experts, policymakers, and researchers on Monday began a three-day meeting in Kampala, the Ugandan capital, to accelerate the elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis, and hepatitis B across Africa. The event, held under the theme “Unifying Actions, Transforming Futures: Achieving Triple Elimination in Africa by 2030,” is dubbed as Africa’s…

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