NewsFeed Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Pierbattista Pizzaballa and Greek Orthodox Patriarch Theophilos III condemned Israel’s bombardment and blockade of Gaza as “morally unacceptable” after a rare visit to the besieged territory on July 18. Their trip followed an Israeli strike on Gaza’s only Catholic church, which killed three people. PublishedRead More →
GM’s profit tumble in second quarter comes a day after Jeep maker Stellantis says it expected a $2.7bn loss in the first six months of the year. Auto giant General Motors has reported a 35 percent drop in second-quarter profits, including a $1.1bn hit from United States-imposed tariffs but confirmedRead More →
Deir el-Balah, Gaza – “There is no voice louder than hunger,” the Arabic proverb goes. Now it has become a painful truth surrounding us, drawing closer with each passing day. I never imagined that hunger could be more terrifying than the bombs and killing. This weapon caught us off-guard, somethingRead More →
On Monday, 28 countries, including the United Kingdom, Japan, and numerous European nations, issued a joint statement calling on Israel that the war on Gaza “must end now”, marking the latest example of intensifying criticism from Israel’s allies. The joint statement, signed by the foreign ministers of these countries, condemnedRead More →
United States President Donald Trump has spent months attacking US Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell for not moving faster to lower interest rates. While Trump is not the first president to clash with the head of the US central bank on monetary policy, he has gone further than his predecessor byRead More →
Floods in Gilgit-Baltistan’s Diamer district have damaged dozens of houses, amenities and blocked major highways. A landslide triggered by torrential monsoon rains has killed at least three people in northern Pakistan, according to local officials, as operations continued to rescue 15 missing people. More than eight vehicles were swept awayRead More →
The project on a river that runs through Tibet and India downstream could dwarf the Three Gorges Dam when completed. China has started building a mega-dam on the Yarlung Zangbo River in Tibet, which could become the world’s largest source of hydroelectric power when completed, according to Chinese officials. TheRead More →
Hugam, Indian-administered Kashmir – Nasir Amin Bhat, 17, was barely ankle-deep in the water when his school friend and neighbour Adil Ahmad shouted from the riverbank on a breezy summer evening in May. “Turn back! There’s something in the water.” Across the Lidder, a tributary of the Jhelum River, inRead More →
Eduardo Bolsonaro, son of Brazil’s former president, Jair Bolsonaro, accuses Supreme Court justice of behaving ‘like every dictator’, after assets and accounts frozen. Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes has ordered the freezing of the accounts and assets of former President Jair Bolsonaro’s third son, Eduardo Bolsonaro, while theRead More →
Here are the key events on day 1,244 of Russia’s war on Ukraine. Here is how things stand on Tuesday, July 22: Fighting A large-scale Russian drone and missile attack on Kyiv killed two people and wounded 15, including a 12-year-old, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. The attack caused widespreadRead More →
