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Egypt braces for aid deliveries into Gaza
Egyptian government officials on Saturday inspected the preparations for the delivery of relief aid into the neighbouring Gaza Strip, a day before a ceasefire and hostage release deal between Israel and Hamas is set to go into effect. Egypt’s ministers of health and social solidarity inspected the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing with…
Read MoreIsrael ramps up deadly airstrikes on Gaza after ceasefire deal is reached
TEL AVIV — The Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal will go into effect too late for Akram Abu Ahmed to see his children again. His family’s sole survivor after an Israeli airstrike, Ahmed was sleeping in the area of Gaza City in the early hours of Thursday after celebrating news of the truce when he heard a…
Read MoreIn Brazil, disinformation deals Lula a bruising defeat
An avalanche of disinformation about a new economic measure proved so tricky for Brazil’s government to navigate that they backtracked entirely this week in a rout egged on by the opposition. The political fiasco centered around the beloved instant money transfer system known as PIX, used tens of millions of times a day by Brazilians…
Read MoreTemperatures to drop drastically in the coming days
The Quad Cities were quite fortunate today on this Friday afternoon to receive bright sunny skies and temperatures in the mid 50s. However, that is going to be short lived as a cold arctic air mass is going to be moving down within a couple of days to bring brutal cold weather to the area.…
Read More“Shabbat Shalom”: Israel’s government approves ceasefire deal
Israel’s government approved a ceasefire deal with Hamas early Saturday morning. The deal was revealed earlier this week, when negotiators revealed a breakthrough in talks between the two parties in Doha, Qatar, after 15 months of fighting. That deal was debated for hours before passing Israel‘s cabinet by a vote of 24-8, per Axios. The office…
Read MoreCurfew and deaths in South Sudan after revenge attacks on Sudanese
South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has called for calm and urged citizens not to take the law into their own hands, following a spate of attacks on businesses and homes owned by people from neighbouring Sudan. Three people have been killed and seven were wounded in violent confrontations with security officers in the capital, Juba,…
Read MoreWhy did 87 miners die trapped underground in South Africa as police tried to force their surrender?
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa’s president is facing calls to order an inquiry into a police operation that was meant to combat illegal mining but ended up leaving 87 miners to die underground as authorities attempted to force them to surrender during a monthslong standoff. The tragedy at the abandoned gold mine…
Read MoreMozambique’s new president sworn in despite opposition boycott
Mozambique’s new President Daniel Chapo has been sworn in at a low-key ceremony in the capital, Maputo, that was marred by an opposition boycott following heavily disputed elections. In his first presidential address, Chapo, 48, pledged to “devote all my energies” to promoting unity and human rights in a nation scarred by post-election violence. A…
Read MoreIndia’s ISRO carries out successful space docking mission
By Nivedita Bhattacharjee BENGALURU (Reuters) -India on Thursday became the fourth nation in the world to achieve space docking, a technological milestone that underscores its ambitions to expand its share in the rapidly growing $400 billion global space market. At around 9 a.m. IST (0330 GMT), the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) carried out the…
Read MorePosts falsely claim Ethiopia overtook Nigeria to become Africa’s fourth-largest economy
Nigeria’s economy has struggled in recent years due to lower oil prices and tough economic reforms, resulting in a severe cost-of-living crisis. Posts circulating on social media claim this has caused Ethiopia to replace Nigeria as Africa’s fourth-largest economy. This is false: the International Monetary Fund ranked Ethiopia’s economy sixth and Nigeria’s fourth in Africa…
Read MoreData readiness is the biggest AI challenge for global life insurers
Data readiness is the biggest challenge in getting value from AI reported 78% of global life insurers. Australia was top in terms of data readiness with 38% of carriers being “Optimal”, which in Latin America, 82% of carriers were “Progressive”. However, 66% of US life insurance carriers feel unready for AI, with organisational alignment as…
Read MoreSouth Korea’s suspended president Yoon detained
Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what’s in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience.Generate Key Takeaways Suspended South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol on Wednesday was detained for briefly imposing martial law in December, the official Yonhap news agency reported.…
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