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Thursday November 21, 2024

U.S. vetoes Security Council resolution for ceasefire in Gaza

The United States on Wednesday vetoed a UN Security Council draft resolution that called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, drawing harsh criticism from most of the UN members, reported Xinhua. The draft, put forward by the council's 10 non-permanent members, demanded an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire,

Published: 01:59 am,Thursday 21 November 2024

Israeli airstrikes kill 31 in Lebanon, Gaza

At least 16 people were killed on Wednesday in Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon, reported Xinhua, quoting the official National News Agency (NNA). According to the NNA, Israeli airstrikes killed five people in the towns of Maarakeh and Qlaileh in the city of Tyre, killed one person, and

Published: 00:38 am,Thursday 21 November 2024

49 killed in Israeli attack on Syria's Palmyra city

The death toll from an Israeli missile attack that hit sites in and around the city of Palmyra in central Syria on Wednesday has risen to 49, with over 50 others wounded, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, reported Xinhua. The Britain-based watchdog group reported that

Published: 01:14 am,Thursday 21 November 2024

40,000 healthcare workers at University of California start 2-day strike

Nearly 40,000 healthcare workers at University of California (UC), a top public university system in the United States, kicked off a two-day strike on Wednesday morning, reported Xinhua. "Frontline Service and Patient Care UC workers are on strike Nov. 20 and Nov. 21, 2024, to protest UC's bad-faith

Published: 02:14 am,Thursday 21 November 2024

Google spends 15 years creating culture of concealment: NYT

U.S. search engine giant Google took 15 years to make deletion the default in its internal communications, creating an office culture that tried to minimize its own information, reported Xinhua, quoting The New York Times (NYT) on Wednesday. "Among its tools: using legal privilege as an all-purpose shield

Published: 01:25 am,Thursday 21 November 2024

Gaza becomes ´graveyard´ for children: UNRWA chief

Philippe Lazzarini, commissioner-general of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), said on Wednesday that Gaza has become a "graveyard" for children, reported Xinhua. "They are being killed, injured, forced to flee, and deprived of safety, education, and play," Lazzarini

Published: 02:09 am,Thursday 21 November 2024

12 soldiers, 6 terrorists killed in clash in NW Pakistan

Twelve soldiers and six terrorists were killed in a clash between security forces and militants in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Tuesday, the military said in a statement on Wednesday, reported Xinhua. The incident happened in Bannu district of the province, where terrorists "attempted to attack a

Published: 10:54 am,Wednesday 20 November 2024

US closes embassy in Kyiv over possible air attack

The US embassy in Ukraine’s capital Kyiv said it will be closed on Wednesday after it received “specific information of a potential significant air attack,” reported Cable News Network (CNN). The embassy told its employees to shelter in place while advising US citizens to be prepared to immediately shelter

Published: 02:36 am,Wednesday 20 November 2024

SpaceX launches Starship's 6th test flight

SpaceX launched the sixth test flight of its giant Starship rocket on Tuesday, reported Xinhua. Starship took off from the company's Starbase facility near Brownsville in the U.S. state of Texas at about 4:01 p.m. Central Time. Starship's Raptor engines ignited during hot-staging separation. Several minutes after liftoff,

Published: 01:45 am,Wednesday 20 November 2024

Israeli airstrike kills 3 Lebanese soldiers in southern village

An Israeli airstrike targeted on Tuesday a Lebanese army center in the southern village of Sarafand, killing three Lebanese soldiers, according to a statement by the Lebanese army on X platform, reported Xinhua. The health ministry said that the airstrike also injured eight other people, including civilians residing

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