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A Lebanon town’s grief in the aftermath of a deadly Israeli airstrike : NPR

A Lebanon town’s grief in the aftermath of a deadly Israeli airstrike : NPR

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More than 3,700 people in Lebanon have died in the war between Israel and Hezbollah. In a village in southern Lebanon, one airstrike last month killed 14 people, including 10 women and children. ADRIAN FLORIDO, HOST: President Trump said in a social media post today that a deal to end the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran will be signed tomorrow and that the Strait of Hormuz will be, quote, “open to all.” He’s been making similar promises for weeks, but still no deal. Iranian state media reported today that officials there said not to expect a signing on Sunday, but that one might take place in the coming days. Meanwhile, the intertwined conflict between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon is raging on. Lebanon’s health ministry says Israeli strikes have killed more than 3,700 people in the country. Israel says Hezbollah attacks have killed two civilians in Israel. NPR’s Jane Arraf and Jawad Rizkallah bring us this report from a village in southern Lebanon on the toll of one attack. JANE ARRAF, BYLINE: When we arrive in …

Hong Kong files charges over deadly Wang Fuk Court fire

Hong Kong files charges over deadly Wang Fuk Court fire

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HONG KONG: Hong Kong charged seven people and two companies on Wednesday (Jun 10) over the world’s deadliest residential building fire in decades, which killed 168 people at a public housing estate last year. The massive blaze, which engulfed seven of the eight high-rise apartment blocks at the Wang Fuk Court estate in November, prompted a months-long investigation in to the cause. Public hearings were told that almost all life-saving fire safety measures had failed on the day of the blaze because of human errors. Authorities “today charged seven individuals and two companies with 25 counts of offences, including manslaughter, conspiracy to defraud, ‘money laundering’, attempting to pervert the course of public justice, and tax evasion”, the government said in a statement Wednesday. The seven people charged included directors and inspectors of a consultancy firm involved in the estate’s renovation, as well as the main contractor involved in the project, according to the statement. Substandard construction safety netting and cigarette butts were focal points of the probe into the causes and rapid spread of the …

Libyans still traumatised by deadly 2023 Derna flood, but reconstruction offers hope

Libyans still traumatised by deadly 2023 Derna flood, but reconstruction offers hope

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Nearly three years after a catastrophic storm tore through eastern Libya’s port city of Derna the city is getting back on its feet. But the trauma persists: the flood killed nearly 4,000 people. Reconstruction provides a glimmer of hope here, where some residents said it helps them cope with the tragedy they lived through. Keywords for this article Source link

Why ceasefires haven’t stopped deadly strikes in Gaza, Lebanon or the Gulf

Why ceasefires haven’t stopped deadly strikes in Gaza, Lebanon or the Gulf

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Across the Middle East, three separate ceasefire deals are currently in effect. In all three, deadly strikes are still a frequent occurrence. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. The contradiction has exposed a growing question: What does a ceasefire actually mean when the fighting never fully stops? On Wednesday, President Donald Trump appeared to suggest that promises to stop fighting in the region cannot always be trusted, as he addressed the continued exchanges of fire with Iran in the Gulf. “It’s a different part of the world, you know,” he told reporters. “I’d say in that part of the world a ceasefire is when you’re shooting in a more moderate manner.” The same day Trump made his comments, Israeli strikes in Gaza killed at least nine Palestinians overnight, according to local hospitals in Gaza, where a ceasefire deal has been in place since October as part of a peace plan brokered by Trump. While the heaviest fighting has subsided, Israeli forces have carried out repeated airstrikes …

ADF rebels commit deadly attack in DR Congo

ADF rebels commit deadly attack in DR Congo

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ADF fighters killed at least 16 people in the city of Beni on Sunday, according to the Congolese government. While the details about the attack are still not clear, it is the first time the ADF made an incursion into Beni in three years. FRANCE 24’s Emmet Livingstone reports from DR Congo. Keywords for this article Source link

Israel conducts deadly attacks on southern Lebanon after Trump promises de-escalation

Israel conducts deadly attacks on southern Lebanon after Trump promises de-escalation

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Israeli drone strikes on southern Lebanon on Tuesday killed eight people, including two children and their father, a day after US President Donald Trump said Israel and the militant group Hezbollah agreed to dial back fighting. The ongoing hostilities – despite Trump’s announcement and a nominal ceasefire that began in April – are deepening displacement for Lebanon’s conflict-weary population. They also are a significant sticking point in negotiations to extend a ceasefire in the US-Israeli war in Iran, as the Islamic Republic wants any such deal to end fighting in Lebanon, too. Israel kept up strikes on southern ​Lebanon 24 hours after Trump asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to attack Beirut to avert further escalation in the three-month-old war. Following Trump’s intervention, Lebanon’s government said Israel would refrain from carrying out threatened strikes on the Hezbollah-controlled southern suburbs of Beirut, while the group would halt attacks against Israel. But the announcement has failed to reassure many Lebanese or halt the broader war in south ​Lebanon, which Netanyahu has ‌vowed would continue. The din of an …

Experimental pill promises new hope for deadly pancreatic cancer : NPR

Experimental pill promises new hope for deadly pancreatic cancer : NPR

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This undated microscope image from USC via the NIH shows pancreatic cancer cells, nuclei in blue, growing as a sphere encased in membranes, red. Min Yu/AP/USC via NIH hide caption toggle caption Min Yu/AP/USC via NIH WASHINGTON — A novel pill helped people with advanced pancreatic cancer live longer, researchers reported Sunday, raising hopes of long-needed better treatments for one of the deadliest types of cancer. “While not curing the cancer, it is a very large step forward,” said Dr. Zev Wainberg, of the University of California, Los Angeles, who helped lead the study. The drug is called daraxonrasib and it blocks a mutated protein that fuels tumor growth in more than 90% of pancreatic cancer cases — a target that had eluded treatment for decades. The daily pills nearly doubled survival time, with fewer severe side effects, in a study that randomly assigned the experimental drug or more chemotherapy to 500 patients whose metastatic, or spreading, cancer had quit responding to prior treatment. The findings were published in the New England Journal of Medicine …

MV Hondius hantavirus cruise ship cleared to sail again after deadly outbreak | World | News

MV Hondius hantavirus cruise ship cleared to sail again after deadly outbreak | World | News

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The cruise vessel at the heart of a fatal hantavirus outbreak has been given the all-clear to return to service, Oceanwide Expeditions has announced. MV Hondius triggered a worldwide health emergency earlier this month when passengers contracted the disease. A total of 13 confirmed cases have been linked to the outbreak, resulting in three fatalities. Hantavirus is an uncommon rodent-borne virus for which no vaccines or specific treatments are available, and the virus can remain dormant in the body for up to eight weeks. However, following comprehensive cleaning and disinfection procedures, the vessel is now ready to resume operations, with the Dutch public health agency stating there are ‘no longer any obstacles to putting the Hondius back to sea’. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) instructed the 22 British passengers aboard to remain at Arrowe Park Hospital on the Wirral, in Merseyside for testing – they began quarantine on May 10. Six individuals were permitted to depart the hospital to complete their isolation at home on May 13, but the remaining 16 passengers continue to …