World powers urge truce as Israel-Palestinian conflict rages
By Nidal al-Mughrabi, Jeffrey Heller and Stephen Farrell
GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel bombarded Gaza with air strikes and Palestinian militants resumed (More…)
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Officials in Japan warn of potential earthquake, that could be worse than Fukushima, is overdue
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The Japanese government warns of an 80% chance of a magnitude 9 Nankai Trough earthquake in 30 years, (More...)World
Scores missing at sea, at least 19 dead as cyclone tears up Indian west coast
By Sumit Khanna
AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters) -The Indian Navy mounted a massive air and sea rescue mission on Tuesday for (More…)
Tokyo doctors call for cancellation of Olympic Games due to COVID-19
By Antoni Slodkowski
TOKYO (Reuters) -A top medical organization has thrown its weight behind calls to cancel the Tokyo Olympics (More…)
‘It’s going to change our country’: South Africa starts vaccinating over-60s
By Akhona Matshoba and Shafiek Tassiem
KRUGERSDORP, South Africa (Reuters) – Hope and excitement gripped the Munsieville care home in (More…)
Biden to send 20 million doses of U.S.-authorized vaccines abroad for first time
By Steve Holland
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden will send at least 20 million more COVID-19 vaccine doses abroad by (More…)
COVID and conflict: Gaza’s hospitals strained on two fronts
By Nidal al-Mughrabi
GAZA (Reuters) – Gaza’s hospitals were already struggling to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic before the conflict (More…)
Brazil’s Christ the Redeemer statue lights up for vaccine equality
(Reuters) – The world’s most famous statue of Jesus Christ was lit up in Rio de Janeiro to promote vaccine (More…)
Exodus to jungles, villages as Myanmar troops retake town
(Reuters) – Thousands of residents of a hill town in northwest Myanmar were hiding in jungles, villages and valleys on (More…)
Under a tree, one Indian village cares for its COVID-19 sick
By Danish Siddiqui
MEWLA GOPALGARH, India (Reuters) – In a village in northern India engulfed by COVID-19, the sick lie (More…)
More forced power outages in Taiwan as demand spikes amid heatwave, drought
TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan imposed power cuts on Monday evening following a spike in demand amid a heatwave and drought and (More…)
