UN panel calls for all member states to resume funding UN aid agency for Palestinian refugees
Middle East
May 18, 2024
UN panel calls for all member states to resume funding UN aid agency for Palestinian refugees
A panel of UN experts said Friday that the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near…
‘IF’ gets by (but just barely) with a little help from its imaginary friends
Culture
May 17, 2024
‘IF’ gets by (but just barely) with a little help from its imaginary friends
Occasionally a movie gets misleadingly marketed for understandable reasons, and so it is with “IF,” a sweetly sentimental film from…
Newly mapped lost branch of the Nile could help solve long-standing pyramid mystery
Egypt
May 17, 2024
Newly mapped lost branch of the Nile could help solve long-standing pyramid mystery
Egypt’s Great Pyramid and other ancient monuments at Giza exist on an isolated strip of land at the edge of…
US military starts delivering aid to Gaza through floating pier
Middle East
May 17, 2024
US military starts delivering aid to Gaza through floating pier
Trucks carrying humanitarian aid into Gaza have begun moving ashore after arriving through the floating pier built by the US…
In Beijing, Xi and Putin left no question of their close alignment in a divided world
Features/Interviews
May 17, 2024
In Beijing, Xi and Putin left no question of their close alignment in a divided world
Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin’s meeting in Beijing on Thursday left no question of how closely the Chinese and Russian…
At least 56 people dead in Sudan’s North Darfur state, Doctors Without Borders says
World
May 17, 2024
At least 56 people dead in Sudan’s North Darfur state, Doctors Without Borders says
At least 56 people died in El Fasher, the capital of Sudan’s North Darfur state, between last Friday and Wednesday,…
Google shows off astonishing vision for how AI will work with Gmail, Photos and more
Technology
May 16, 2024
Google shows off astonishing vision for how AI will work with Gmail, Photos and more
CNN — A day after OpenAI impressed with a startlingly improved ChatGPT AI model, Google showed off an equally stunning…
From one generation to the next, Palestinians aim to keep the history of al-Nakba alive
Middle East
May 16, 2024
From one generation to the next, Palestinians aim to keep the history of al-Nakba alive
CNN — Mohammad Zarqa trembled with fear as he watched panicked crowds of people, screaming and covered in blood, rush…
Suspect charged in attempted assassination of Slovakia leader
World
May 16, 2024
Suspect charged in attempted assassination of Slovakia leader
CNN — Slovakian police have charged a man in connection with the attempted assassination of Prime Minister Robert Fico, the…
Israeli military calls for investigation after releasing video showing armed men at UN facility in Gaza
Middle East
May 16, 2024
Israeli military calls for investigation after releasing video showing armed men at UN facility in Gaza
Jerusalem CNN — The Israeli military is calling on the United Nations to investigate the presence of armed militants at…