US health secretary says he is ‘deeply concerned’ about outbreak in Texas. Robert F Kennedy Jr, the top health official in the United States who is known for his scepticism of vaccines, has backed the measles jab amid a deadly outbreak of the infectious disease in Texas. In an opinion piece published by Fox News … Read more
Fan Weiqu had rammed his car into a crowd, killing 35 people, while 21-year-old Xu Jiajin killed eight people and injured 17 in a stabbing attack. China has executed two men who committed deadly attacks that killed dozens in November, raising concerns about a surge in what are called “revenge on society crimes”, state media … Read more
BEIJING (AP) — China has executed two men who committed deadly attacks that killed dozens in November, raising concerns about a surge in what are called “revenge on society crimes,” state media reported Monday. Fan Weiqu, 62, who rammed his car into a crowd outside a sports stadium in the southern city of Zhuhai, killing … Read more
Some families in Spain were planning funerals on Tuesday, days after their relatives’ bodies were found in the aftermath of floods that killed at least 217 people. Others were still waiting for news, caught between grief and hope that a missing relative could still be alive somewhere in the muck. A full week after the … Read more
An Israeli air strike on a hospital courtyard in the Gaza Strip has killed at least four people and sent flames sweeping through a packed tent camp for people displaced by the war, leaving dozens with severe burns, according to Palestinian medics. The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in the central city of Deir el-Balah was already struggling … Read more
Report on abuse cases faults retired pope New report faults retired Pope Benedict for handling of sexual abuse cases in German diocese 01:41 A British clergyman died after a night of sex and drugs with a Belgian priest who has since been arrested on drug-related charges, Belgian authorities said on Saturday. The 69-year-old, who has … Read more
The group said the blast targeted the Taliban’s prosecution service to ‘avenge Muslims’ held in its prisons. The ISIS (ISIL) group has claimed responsibility for a deadly suicide bombing in Kabul that killed at least six people. In a Telegram post on Tuesday, ISIL said one of its members detonated an explosive vest in the … Read more
Mass polio vaccination to begin in Gaza after the deadly disease reemerges The Washington Post 3 days, 640,000 children, 1.3M doses. The plan to vaccinate Gaza’s young against polio The Associated Press First children in Gaza given polio vaccines a day before planned UN rollout Al Jazeera English Polio vaccinations arrive in Gaza, but the sanitation crisis remains NBC … Read more
The Israeli military is pressing on with its deadly offensive in the occupied West Bank despite widespread international condemnation from countries and rights groups. At least 18 people have been killed since the start of the operations across the territory, the Palestinian news agency Wafa reported on Thursday. The Israeli military said its forces killed … Read more
CNN — Israeli police are investigating an explosion that killed one person and injured another in Tel Aviv on Sunday evening. The unidentified person who died is believed to have been carrying the explosive material, District Commander Peretz Amar said. The injured person was taken to a hospital after being hit by shrapnel in the … Read more